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A team behind the development of safe and secure voice technology for children, SoapBox Labs, has unveiled new features to its tech that give kids a ‘more natural and frictionless’ way to interact with their games, apps, and smart toys using their voices. Until now, features such as Voice Activity …

The kids’ voice technology company, SoapBox Labs has detailed its expansion into the US and the promotion of three employees within its leadership team, as the Dublin-based company maintains its momentum amid ‘growing demand for child-specific voice tech’ in the global market. “A decade after the introduction of voice assistants …

The connected play space is expected increase 200 per cent in the next five years, and is tipped to be valued at $18 billion in hardware and software by the year 2023. In that same time, those working in the sector are expecting consumers to invest more money in the products they play with.

Targeting Generation Z - made up of over 73 million people in the US alone, the smart toys, apps and games segment generates $44 billion in annual spending, while an estimated 75 per cent of the under 13 market owns its own smart device.