CES 2024
LG to introduce smart home AI agent at CES 2024
A game-changer for smarter life at home
Ever dreamed of having an advanced AI companion to aid you in everyday tasks? Like how Tony Stark had JARVIS and FRIDAY?
Okay, that may be a stretch. But LG Electronics is unveiling an innovative smart home AI agent at CES 2024 that ought to perform just like them.
LG smart home AI agent
The LG smart home AI agent, intended to be an all-around home manager and companion, features robotic, AI and multi-modal technologies that enable it to move, learn, comprehend, and engage in complex conversations.
The AI agent is equipped with the Qualcomm Robotics RB5 platform for powerful on-device AI features. It has a built-in camera, speaker, and various sensors to gather real-time data, including temperature, humidity, and indoor air quality.
It has an advanced “two-legged” wheel design, enabling it to navigate households independently and verbally interact with users.
The “moving smart home hub” utilizes voice and image recognition. It also has natural language processing to understand users with better context. These are all thanks to multi-modal AI technology.
The device can even function as a pet monitor or security guard. It sends alerts to users’ smartphones when unusual activity is detected.
Among other specific personalized functions are greeting their users when they come home and analyzing their voice and facial expressions to match them with music to suit the users’ moods, as well as assisting in daily tasks like providing transportation details, weather updates, and other reminders.
CES 2024 visitors will be able to see the smart home AI agent at LG’s booth. It’s located at #16008, Las Vegas Convention Center, from January 9 to 12.
TCL, one of the leaders in the current TV technology, has showcased not just a new industry-leading 115-inch QD-mini LED TV.
They are showcasing over 100 smart products including a new smart glasses, their next-gen NXTPAPER tablets, greener appliances, and even hosting a sporting world superstar.
All of that coming up later in this video so buckle up.
Here’s our round-up of TCL’s best at CES 2024!
Lenovo is making AI even more tangible and accessible for everyone. At CES 2024, Lenovo announced more than 40 new devices powered by AI.
The list includes products from its popular Yoga, ThinkBook, ThinkPad, ThinkCentre, and Legion lines.
Lenovo Yoga Creator Zone
New Lenovo Yoga Windows 11 laptops are equipped with Lenovo Yoga Creator Zone, an exclusive software for artists and creators.
This software harnesses the power of generative AI, offering image generation from text-based descriptions or sketches. This eliminates the need for complex codes and prompts.
Lenovo AI Core Chip
The new Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i and Yoga 9i 2-in-1, meanwhile, come with a physical Lenovo AI Core Chip. This complements the latest Intel Core Ultra processors inside these devices.
Both models have a Copilot key that leverages AI for answers, summarizing emails, generating images, and other useful features.
On the other hand, the Lenovo Tab M11 tablet have Nebo and MyScript calculator 2 already built in.
These useful features enable users to convert handwriting into text and solve equations and functions in real-time, respectively.
Lenovo AI Now Personal Assistant
When it comes to personal AI, Lenovo is working on a new solution designed to enable end-user interaction through natural language.
This provisionary Lenovo AI Now Personal Assistant interacts based on users’ on-device knowledge base.
The AI assistant is expected to streamline workflows and enhance collaborations on a more personal and immersive manner.
Other tasks that can be streamlined include checking or changing common settings, searching and summarizing emails and documents, creating meeting invitations, and more.
This innovation is going to be rolled out in China within the first half of 2024.
Intel-powered experiences
Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Carbon, ThinkPad X1 2-in1, and IdeaPad Pro 5i will likewise get dedicated AI acceleration support.
Enabled by Copilot for Windows, this shall enhance the devices’ efficiency and capabilities for users.
AI-powered assistive tech solutions
Lastly, Lenovo is also working on its assistive technology solutions for the benefit of people with special needs and those with disabilities.
The new technologies include a hyper-realistic AI avatar developed with DeepBrain AI to preserve personality and power communication.
There is also an on-device, personal LLM for predictive text made by Lenovo’s AI Innovation Center.
Other innovations include an eye-tracking hardware tested on Lenovo devices and an AI-optimized multi-modal input platform.
CES 2024
Google announces Android feature updates at CES 2024
Fast Pair for Chromecast, Quick Share, more
At CES 2024, Google has announced significant updates for Android users which are designed to enhance user experience and connectivity.
These upgrades cover file-sharing, screen-casting, device-pairing, and even electric vehicle features. They will automatically roll out on all compatible Android devices soon.
Quick Share
To start off, Google and Samsung are partnering for Quick Share, a unified cross-Android solution for peer-to-peer content sharing.
This will integrate the best features of Nearby Share and Samsung’s Quick Share to become the default built-in option for file-sharing. Quick Share will also be pre-installed on Windows PCs to expand its reach across devices.
Fast Pair support to Chromecast with Google TV
Fast Pair, meanwhile, is expanding to Chromecast with Google TV for hassle-free Bluetooth accessory pairing on compatible headphones and speakers while watching movies and shows.
Chromecast itself will soon be available across more devices, like the 2024 LG TV series and LG Hospitality and Healthcare devices.
Android Auto upgrades for EVs
Lastly, electric vehicles compatible with Android Auto can now share time battery information with Google Maps.
Top car brands will soon feature Google built in too. They will integrate Maps, Assistant, and other apps directly into cars’ displays so users can send planned trips from their phones to Maps on their car displays.
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