User acceptance of smart home voice assistant: a comparison among younger, middle-aged, and older adults.

ABSTRACT: Voice assistants are widely used in smart home environments. This study aimed to investigate user acceptance of a smart home voice assistant. A questionnaire was designed, and 471 Chinese adults were recruited to complete the questionnaire. The data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis and regression analysis. The results revealed that user requirements of adults were composed of six factors: hedonic motivation and trust (β = .41, p < .001), social influence (β = .22, p < .001), performance expectancy (β = .15, p < .001), effort expectancy (β = .08, p = .018), product features (β = .15, p = .009), and facilitating conditions (β = .06, p = .049). Among these six factors, hedonic motivation and tru

SUBMITTER: Zhong R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9617746 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature