Voice search is the use of vocal commands through digital assistants like Siri, Alexa, Cortana, etc. to handle search queries. [1] Voice searches increased more than 35-fold between 2008 and 2016. [2] ComScore estimates that more than 50 percent of searches will be voice-based by 2020. [3]
It's believed that voice search will soon be the new organic search.
References
- Why You Need To Prepare For A Voice Search Revolution, forbes.com
- Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends report in 2016, KPCB
- The Future of Search is Voice and Personal Digital Assistants, campaignlive.co.uk
- 33 Voice Search Statistics to Prepare You for the Voice Search Revolution, wordstream.com