Global Scans · IVR · Weekly Summary

• [New] Traditional search engine volume is expected to decline significantly as AI-driven conversational search behaviour accelerates globally. Prox Digital Agency
• [New] Importance for marketers: Apple's AI strategy could bring advanced conversational interfaces to billions of devices. MarketingProfs
• [New] Voice Search Optimization is no longer a distant trend - it is happening now and will accelerate through 2026. RiverLee website design
• [New] ChatGPT Voice and Siri with Apple Intelligence are accelerating growth again through 2026-2027. Sprout Sage Solutions
• [New] AI assistants in 2026 will prove to be much better than previous voice assistants. Medium
• [New] Employee voice will be the driving force for defining what the human-AI partnership should look like. Lewis Silkin
• [New] By functionality, the speech / voice APIs segment is expected to grow at the fastest rate during the forecast period of 2026 to 2035. Precedence Research
• [New] Google deployed RCS-based deepfake call detection on Android 12+ this week, recognizing that AI voice cloning has crossed an infrastructure-level threat threshold. Tech Jacks Solutions Security Command Center
• Approximately 157.1 million people in the US are projected to use voice assistants in 2026. Call Your Girlfriend
• Conversational AI will decrease contact center labour expenses by $80 billion by 2026. Call Your Girlfriend
• 40% of enterprise applications will feature conversational AI agents by the end of 2026, a figure that has direct implications for legal workflow automation. PlatinumIDS
• (Gartner) Voice assistants and multimedia interactions will become ubiquitous in chatbot experiences. Call Your Girlfriend
• Voice search usage has skyrocketed in the past few years and it is expected to grow even more in 2026. Try Soft Ai
• Voice - both real-time voice AI and async voice - will dominate 2026-2027. Perspective AI
• Apple plans to implement features such as automatically deleting Siri prompts after user-defined time periods and imposing stricter controls over how conversational memory persists. MarketingProfs
• Keep Live will bring a similar experience to Google's notetaking app, while Gmail Live will transform AI voice chats into a faster way to find emails. Engadget
• Apple says Voice Control powered by Apple Intelligence will be available in English in the UK, US, Canada and Australia later in 2026. theregister
• The Federal Trade Commission has warned about voice cloning scams and misuse of synthetic media. ProAICraft

Last updated: 21 June 2026