Amazon and Google have done an equally great job of improving the capabilities and expanding the availability of their respective digital assistants over the past year or so, but one of the biggest challenges both companies still face in their efforts to drive AI adoption is perfecting natural speech technology.

While Alexa can do everything from setting reminders and running multiple connected tasks with the new Routines feature to powering hands-free Skype calls and even respond to whispered commands in a similarly discreet manner, the way your requests are typically answered might not ...