Google has acquired Superpod that built an app allowing users to post questions and receive answers from experts quickly - a move that will help boost Google Assistant's ability to accurately answer users' questions.
The internet giant has paid nearly $60 million to "acqui-hire" the founders and purchase some of Superpod's assets, according to an Axios report. Google confirmed the acquisition to the publication but declined to disclose further details on the deal.
"We can't share any details at this time, but we're trekking onwards toward the same north star and are very excited about the future," Superpod founders wrote in a message. Google is constantly working on to improve its Assistant's capabilities to take on similar voice-based services like Amazon Alexa.
Despite Amazon Alexa being more popular globally, Google Assistant recently outperformed her -- and other voice assistants like Apple Siri -- in a test meant to understand the effectiveness of smart speakers.
In the 2018 edition of "Smart Speaker IQ Test" by research-driven venture capital firm Loup Ventures, Google Assistant (tested on Google Home smart speaker) managed to answer 87.9% of the questions correctly -- up from 81.1% in 2017, The Street.com reported last month.
The internet giant has paid nearly $60 million to "acqui-hire" the founders and purchase some of Superpod's assets, according to an Axios report. Google confirmed the acquisition to the publication but declined to disclose further details on the deal.
"We can't share any details at this time, but we're trekking onwards toward the same north star and are very excited about the future," Superpod founders wrote in a message. Google is constantly working on to improve its Assistant's capabilities to take on similar voice-based services like Amazon Alexa.
Despite Amazon Alexa being more popular globally, Google Assistant recently outperformed her -- and other voice assistants like Apple Siri -- in a test meant to understand the effectiveness of smart speakers.
In the 2018 edition of "Smart Speaker IQ Test" by research-driven venture capital firm Loup Ventures, Google Assistant (tested on Google Home smart speaker) managed to answer 87.9% of the questions correctly -- up from 81.1% in 2017, The Street.com reported last month.