Samsung’s Ballie might soon be the smartest thing rolling around your living room. The tech giant announced today that it’s partnering with Google to bring Google Cloud’s generative AI technology to its Ballie AI companion home robot.
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If you’re not familiar, Ballie first rolled out at CES 2020. It’s like a souped-up Alexa on wheels — a small robot about the size of a basketball that rolls around your home. As it moves, Ballie can manage lights and temperature, interact with smart appliances, send video updates of pets or loved ones, project videos or websites on the wall, play music, answer phone calls, and more.
ZDNET Senior Editor Sabrina Ortiz had a close-up look at Ballie in the past year. She called it “a serious attempt at making a robot assistant without being overly ambitious.” and said that Ballie could replace several smart devices from your home including a projector or robot dog, home security cameras, smart home hubs, and more. Also: The best Android smartphones you can buy: Samsung Google OnePlus and more
With the Google AI, Ballie can engage with you in conversation, personalize and manage your smart home devices intelligently, set reminders and even greet you when you arrive at your door.
Yongjae Kim from Samsung Electronics, Executive Vice President for the Visual Display Business said that this partnership will allow Ballie to interact with you dynamically, anticipate your needs and move with you.
According to the company, Ballie will be capable of processing voice and audio input as well as visual data from a camera and data collected from its environment. This will allow it to adapt to its environment in real-time. Ballie will give you outfit suggestions if you ask it “How do I look?” while you are getting ready for work.
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Samsung says you can also manage health and well-being. If you tell Ballie that you’re tired it may suggest ways to improve sleep or increase your exercise.
Ballie is expected to be available this summer, but Samsung has not revealed pricing information.
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