Google fostered some eyebrows at last year’s CES, when the company all but declared war on Amazon’s Alexa and other rivals.

This year, at CES 2019, Google’s physical existence at the show is three times bigger, and accompanies a similarly impossible-to-escape ad campaign. But most importantly, the company now has some serious tout privileges to back up its CES domination: Google Assistant is now on 1 billion designs, according to the company.

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That number, which includes smartphones, Google Home loudspeakers, and other devices given with the helper, is up from 500 million designs last May. Read more …

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