# Where voice-assistant interviews feel acceptable

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Published: 2026-05-12

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About 82% are at least somewhat familiar with digital voice assistants, and 63% would participate in a voice-assistant interview while relaxing at home.

## Overview: Voice assistants

Digital voice assistants are familiar to most adults. About 82% are at least somewhat familiar with tools like Google Assistant, Alexa, or Siri.

Participation in a voice-assistant interview is more situational. Home and household settings are more acceptable than public places or public transit.

## Familiarity is broad

About 30% say they are extremely familiar with digital voice assistants, and another 27% are very familiar.

Only about 8% say they are not at all familiar.

## Private settings work better for interviews

The most selected interview setting is relaxing at home, chosen by about 63%.

Household chores are next at 44%, followed by driving in a car at 31%.

## Public settings are less inviting

Public transportation and public places are much lower, selected by about 14% and 17%, respectively.

About 21% say none of the listed situations would be acceptable.

## Supporting evidence

### 82% are at least somewhat familiar with digital voice assistants.

Question: How familiar are you with using digital voice assistants like Google Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri?

Note: Shows baseline familiarity with digital voice assistants.

Topline:

- Extremely familiar: 30.0%
- Very familiar: 26.5%
- Somewhat familiar: 25.6%
- Slightly familiar: 10.1%
- Not at all familiar: 7.9%

### 63% would participate while relaxing at home.

Question: Regardless of whether or not your use a voice assistant in your daily life, if you were invited to an interview with a digital voice assistant in which of the following situations would you participate?

Note: Shows where adults would participate in a voice-assistant interview.

Topline:

- While relaxing at home: 63.4%
- While doing household chores, like cooking, cleaning, washing: 43.8%
- While driving in a car: 30.9%
- None of the above: 20.7%
- While staying in public places: 17.1%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2025-05-22 → 2025-05-28
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.1%
- Module: Verasight AAPOR Omnibus Survey #2025-040
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Sources

- [How familiar are you with using digital voice assistants like Google Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri?](https://verasight-aapor-2025.tiiny.co#familiarity-with-voice-assistants): verasight-aapor-2025.tiiny.co: Shows baseline familiarity with digital voice assistants.
- [Regardless of whether or not your use a voice assistant in your daily life, if you were invited to an interview with a digital voice assistant in which of the following situations would you participate?](https://verasight-aapor-2025.tiiny.co#willingness-to-interview-with-voice-assistants): verasight-aapor-2025.tiiny.co: Shows where adults would participate in a voice-assistant interview.

## Citation

Verasight AAPOR Omnibus Survey #2025-040, fielded May 22-28, 2025, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.1%.

Canonical question URL: [https://verasight-aapor-2025.tiiny.co#familiarity-with-voice-assistants](https://verasight-aapor-2025.tiiny.co#familiarity-with-voice-assistants)