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Nokia Viki: Virtual Assistant, Leaks And Rumors

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Nokia smartphones are back, the Finnish took the company back into the spotlight. Yesterday, the company has announced the launch of Nokia 6, company’s first Android smartphone for Chinese consumers.


Apart from the smartphones, Nokia is also rumored to be working on voice-activated virtual assistant dubbed as ‘Viki’. Well, this assistant is not embedded onto the newly released Nokia 6 but expected to make it the upcoming Nokia smartphone releases.

Nokia Viki

Nokia reportedly filed a trademark in the EU for the name ‘Viki’, which was spotted by GSMInfo.

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The trademark info (Nokia Viki) claimed to have a “Software for the creation and monitoring of mobile and we (assistants) are working with digital knowledge, combining all data sources into a single chat and voice-based interface.” Though it doesn’t explain itself as a digital assistant but it pretty much clear for anyone who lives in 2017 that it is some sort of digital assistant.

Nokia VikiWell, if Nokia comes out with its virtual/digital assistant then Nokia has to deal with the leading Voice assistants like Siri (Apple), Google Assistant, Cortana (Microsoft) and Alexa (Amazon). And addition to this Samsung is also rumored to come out with its own Assistant, dubbed as Bixby and Kestra (Male and Female).

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Nokia’s Comeback

Nokia’s comeback with Android smartphone is really interesting as the company has a lot of plans to get back the market, which it had once ruled. With the release of Nokia 6 (budget smartphone), the spectrum of Nokia is pretty much clear to rule again.

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Nokia 6 sports 5.5-inch (1080p) display which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor paired with 4GB RAM and 64GB inbuilt storage, which can be expanded via microSD. The smartphone also features a 16-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel selfie camera, 3000mAh battery and supports Dolby ATMOS to enhance sound experience. ‘

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