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3. Supporting Mobile Devices

Alex Libby1 
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Rugby, UK
 

“Juniper Research has forecasted that the number of smart assistants will triple from 2.5 billion in use at the end of 2018 to 8 billion by 2023.”

Remember that shocker from the start of Chapter 1? Given that mobile usage has now overtaken desktop, this makes for a powerful combination! But – I hear you: “What is the significance of those two facts?” Well, let me reveal all.

In previous chapters thus far, you may have noticed a focus on using the desktop as our environment. There’s nothing wrong with this per se, but it misses out one crucial point: what about using mobile devices? Given ...

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