Cautions for Voice Replenishment Shopping

A reasonable warning of course, in our discussions several of us have mentioned that they are concerned about consumers paying less attention to price.

Voice Shopping with Amazon and Google Could Cost You  In CIO Today.

In the name of convenience, Amazon and Walmart are pushing people to shop by just talking to a digital assistant. Shopping by voice means giving orders to the Alexa assistant on Amazon's Echo speaker and other devices, even if your hands are tied up with dinner or dirty diapers. And next month, Walmart will start offering voice shopping , too, with the Google Assistant on the rival Home speaker.

Such voice shopping hasn't really caught on yet, but if it does, look out -- you might never know if it's offering you the best deal. Because these devices can't say much without tiring your ears, voice shopping precludes some of the savvy shopping practices you may have relied on to find the best bargains -- in particular, researching products and comparing prices.  .... "