This move makes Volley the largest developer of interactive voice games in the industry, with tens of millions of users. It's the same approach Google takes with its Android phones, and in a similar vain Google has also built a couple of its own Smart Displays: the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max.SAN FRANCISCO-( BUSINESS WIRE)- Volley, the leading voice game publisher, announced today that it purchased exclusive licensing rights to all Sony Pictures Television (SPT) voice games for Amazon and Google smart devices including “ Jeopardy!”, “ Wheel of Fortune”, “ Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”, and “ Pyramid”. Smart speakers with displays have become a popular new command center for the connected house.Īmazon kicked off the race with its Echo Show back in 2017, and Google first followed suit but with a different strategy: third-party manufacturers would build many of what Google itself calls ' Smart Displays' – and Google would provide the software. Stay tuned for the lineup of new titles we’ll be introducing throughout the year ,' read a statement on a Google blog post announcing the new games. 'We’re continuing to work directly with top game developers to to bring even more immersive games to your smart display.

Guide: Google Assistant multi-room audio setup And it's saying there's a lot more coming down the pipeline. You may have already played some of these games on your Google Assistant smart speaker but this is the first time that the search giant has made a big deal of the new visual elements. Like the visual skill games Alexa users get with their Echo shows, the trivia based games are voice based but use the smart speaker's display to add to the gameplay think clues, multiple choice answers and the like - while at the same time adding touchscreen controls to the mix as well. “Hey Google, let’s play a game” kick starts the action, with titles such as Guess the Drawing, Jeopardy (hosted by Alex Trebek) and Who Wants to be a Millionaire on offer. Google has announced a handful of interactive games to get involved with on your Smart Displays.

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