“Alexa, Play Brain Games!” Complete against players around the world in real-time using voice Create and customise a personal game avatar Level up and purchase in-game currency The future of voice games has landed with the launch of Brain Games, the first ever online multiplayer game experience for Alexa, offering…

By Ruth Oakley, Creative Director at Vocala Games have been at the forefront of the voice platforms with some of the most popular experiences being puzzles, trivia, games, and quizzes. In fact, games and trivia have consistently been in the top 10 use cases in the Voicebot.ai …

Brands Should Embrace Voice Technology To Survive and Thrive Post-Covid By Rob Stanbridge, Vocala MD History has shown that a crisis leads to new ways of life, new mindsets, new habits and new opportunities. In 2007 the Global energy crisis led to new policies, regulations, legislation and standards around energy…

By Rob Stanbridge, Vocala MD Since undergoing months of ‘lockdown’ we have witnessed a huge paradigm shift in the relationship between brands and their consumers. The ‘stay home’ message changed how, when and where brands and businesses can interact and engage with their audience. Advertisers have had to rethink…

Usage of top games titles up by 47% Following more than three weeks of staying at home, data from some of the top voice activated games titles shows people are turning to their voice devices for in-home entertainment. …

“Alexa, open Super Quiz of the Day!” A brand-new quiz skill has just launched for Amazon Alexa featuring the voice of a different celebrity each day. Super Quiz of the Day is a fun and topical general knowledge quiz hosted by top TV and radio impressionist Jon Culshaw and ‘friends’. …

“Alexa, open Happy Place Meditations!” Fearne Cotton has launched a meditation experience for Amazon Alexa. Developed in partnership with leading voice studio Vocala, Happy Place Meditations offers daily guided meditations and acts as a companion to people looking to find calm, balance and relaxation. The meditations have been designed…

By Rob Stanbridge, Vocala MD We’ve been examining the role and potential of voice in a purpose-driven brand world. These two final examples demonstrate how the platform can support brands that have an interest in teaching and training as well as aiding the visually impaired. Teaching and training Whatever the…

By Rob Stanbridge, Vocala MD Voice for Good We’ve been looking at what voice can do to support brands with purpose, aiming to demonstrate that whatever the purpose, there is an opportunity to deliver a voice-activated experience to support it. For some, brand purpose has come to mean brands that…