Have You Incorporated Voice Assistants in Your Corporate Housing?

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Published Date: 2023-07-12

Are you using voice assistants in your corporate housing? It’s an important consideration and one that can make a difference in your guests’ experience.

Voice assistants powered by AI have been around for a while, demonstrating that they are more than just a fancy gadget, but offer practical, user-friendly functionality, especially for those who are not very tech-savvy. They are a common fixture in millions of homes today. They have proven to be particularly useful for organizing music, scheduling reminders, creating grocery lists, and even serving as the fact-checker in contentious arguments.

Voice assistants are a fine addition to the corporate housing environment and may even be expected to a certain extent. Because of this, creating an environment where these devices such as Microsoft’s Cortana, Amazon’s Alexa, or Apple’s Siri are readily available could be just the thing to help make your property stand out or to help tenants be more productive during their stay.

Both Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant are excellent products on their own, but integration becomes a significant hurdle if you don’t have a smart home. While both voice assistants can connect to your Wi-Fi and act as an assistant, play music, set reminders and appointments, and more. However, without other smart devices connected to your rental’s wireless network, they’re a little limited. For instance, if you want to allow your guests to control the lights, you’ll need either smart bulbs or smart sockets installed. If you want to allow them to control the thermostat from their phones or adjust the volume on the TV, you’ll need a smart thermostat and a TV that supports your voice assistant.

Adding voice assistants to your corporate housing can make it more appealing for business travelers who are already accustomed to using them and have their own accounts set up. It’s a relatively simple matter to swap accounts so that your rental’s voice assistant can access a tenant’s personal or work calendar to make their lives easier.

In the end, the choice to incorporate voice assistants is a wise one. These devices are only going to become more common, and more popular. Integrating them now might provide an edge, but in the future, they will be something that business travelers expect. With that being said, you’ll need to choose the right platform and then decide your strategy for building out your smart home technology so that you offer value to tenants but don’t break your budget.