(17 Jan 2019) LEADIN
Tech companies have been showcasing the future of connected living at CES 2019.
From voice activated assistants to smart gadgets, it's all designed to make our day to day lives easier.
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Voice assistant Bixby was at the centre of Samsung's connected living products at this year's CES, controlling everything from TVs to washing machines, fridges and even motor vehicles.
"If you're preparing a meal and your hands are full, you can ask Bixby to call an Uber, see who's out the front door or get dinner ideas based on what you have in your refrigerator," explains John Harrington, Senior Vice President of Samsung Electronics America.
Bixby also works with the new 98 inch Micro LED 8K television, unveiled by Samsung at CES, which is the company's biggest screen yet.
It works with Quantum Dot technology and also comes in smaller sizes - 65, 75, 82 and 85 inch.
The TV gives users more options than ever to find and control their favourite content with just their voice via various voice assistants.
Dave Das, Senior Vice President, Samsung Electronics America explains:
"Our smart TVs will also work with Bixby, Amazon Echo, and Google Home, giving you another way to control your TV with your voice."
LG was also showing off its connected living options - showing us a world in which machines are on hand to do our bidding, even before we know what we want.
The company is incorporating Alexa and Google Assistant into its products to give advice as we give commands.
This woman asks Google to ask LG to turn off the air purifier. Google complies, but before it does Google tells the woman that in three hours time the air quality is likely to deteriorate, should the air purifier be turned back on at that time.
This is the smart home in which technology enables machines to talk to each other.
David Vanderwaal the company's Senior Vice President of Marketing also showed audiences how appliances like vaccum cleaners and washing machines could help make our lives easier.
As Vanderwaal takes out a wash, the machine advises him: "Since installation of this washing machine, you've washed thirty loads, I think now is a good time for you to run a tub cleaning cycle. Would you like to run tub clean?"
"Sounds interesting, but I don't know what is tub clean?" he replies.
Chinese electronics company Lenovo is aiming to make bedtimes more straightforward - by unveiling a smart alarm clock.
The Lenovo Smart Clock comes with Google assistant so you can snooze with a quick voice command.
The small clock has a 4-inch touch screen so you can set alarms and check the calendar for the day with normal touch.
But, the device also comes with the Google voice assistant, so you can tell it to set an alarm and snooze when you need a bit more sleep.
The clock syncs with the Google calendar and will suggest times to get up based on the user's plans for the day
Meanwhile Google has also been showcasing new features of its voice-enabled digital assistant at CES.
This includes an "interpreter mode" that enables some of Google's smart home devices to work as a translator.
Google's new feature expands upon real-time translation services it's rolled out to Android phones and headphones over the past year.
It's being piloted at a hotel concierge desk near the Las Vegas tech conference and rolls out to consumer devices in several weeks.
It currently supports 27 different languages. Google's already trialling the tech at a number of hotels.
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