A UN study suggested it's sexist for voice assistants like Siri or Alexa to have female voices — but Google says it wanted to use a male voice from the very beginning

Google Assistant was first meant to have both female and male voices, but constraints at the time meant that male voices were harder to work with.

A UN study earlier this year suggested that when smart assistants like Google Assistant, Apple's Siri, and Amazon's Alexa use female voices, it only reinforces gender biases. Google says that it wanted to add a male voice to Google Assistant when it first launched, but technological constraints meant that it was easier to work with female voices.

A UN study earlier this year suggested that when smart assistants like Google Assistant, Apple's Siri, and Amazon's Alexa use female voices, it only reinforces gender biases. Google says that it wanted to add a male voice to Google Assistant when it first launched, but technological constraints meant that it was easier to work with female voices.

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