CNBC June 20, 2019
Christina Farr

KEY POINTS
  • A new study found that Google Assistant was better than its rivals at understanding medications.
  • Studies are indicating that voice assistants aren’t ready to be reliably used for health and medical applications.

In the race among tech companies to bring their voice recognition technology into the realm of personal medicine, Google is the furthest along, according to a study published on Thursday in the journal Nature Digital Medicine.

Researchers Yan Fossat and Adam Palanica from lab company Klick Health in Toronto tested technology from Google, Amazon and Apple to gauge how well their services comprehended the 50 most commonly prescribed medicines and whether they could provide accurate information to users.

Fossat and...

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