When Amazon launched the Alexa assistant a couple of years ago through Amazon Echo devices, who was going to say that it would eventually be the pioneer of a large number of devices that would hit the market throughout this year. Amazon Echo devices have evolved over the years and are becoming more and more useful, especially thanks to the compatibility with house demotics, to be able to turn on the lights, turn off the air conditioning, play music by a specific singer, offer traffic information, inform us of our calendar appointments ...
Throughout the past year we have spoken on several occasions about the possibility that Apple wants to fully immerse itself in this market. But if you really want to offer a device that can stand up to the Amazon Echo, you must first improve the interaction with Siri, which while it is true This part has improved for a while, it still has a lot to polish.
While Apple's interest in these devices is confirmed or denied, Apple's new partner, LG, has just introduced the Hub Robot, a virtual assistant that performs practically the same functions as Alexa, since the Hub Robot is managed by the system. voice recognition from Amazon. But unlike the Amazon and Google model, the Hub Robot offers us a friendly and anthropomorphic design, which integrates a screen where to show information as well as images and with which we can set alarms, play music, view meteorological or weather information ...
It is also capable of holding conversations showing different expressions on the screen as well as monitoring the number of members of our family who arrive or leave home. thanks to the facial recognition that it includes to be able to offer personalized information when it recognizes us. Regarding the price and availability at the moment it is not known, but it should have a price similar to what Amazon currently offers in its most expensive Echo device, due to the benefits it offers us.
