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No Josh-ing, AudioControl & Josh.ai Partner for a Better User and Integrator Experience

November 17, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

AudioControl and Josh.ai partner with an integration

AudioControl and Josh.ai announced last week that they were partnering with an integration that will allow integrators to offer their clients a better voice-enabled home entertainment control experience. A perfect blend of the high-quality electronics from AudioControl, coupled with the natural language and privacy protecting voice automation technology of Josh.ai, means clients can simply say their commands to their system and have their system respond in new powerful ways.

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Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, Products, Tech Trends Tagged With: AudioControl, Josh.ai, voice control

Josh.ai & Sonance Partner with Amp Integrations & TRUFIG Mount

August 6, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

TRUFIG mount for Josh Micro
New TRUFIG mount for Josh Micro

Josh.ai announced today that they have a new multilevel partnership with Sonance that includes new integrations with Sonance amplifiers and a new TRUFIG flush mount for the Josh Micro device. The company says this new partnership allows their technology “to seamlessly fit into any architectural aesthetic.”

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Filed Under: Brands, Products Tagged With: Josh Micro, Josh.ai, Sonance, Trufig, voice command, voice control

Josh.ai & Savant Partner on Advanced Voice Integration

February 14, 2019 by Ted Leave a Comment

Logo for Josh.ai

Josh.ai announced this morning that it has partnered with Savant to bring their more intuitive voice command system to one of the leading control systems in custom integration. While there are many advantages to this partnership, a big one is bringing the seamless integration of voice commands to Savant’s renowned user-centric ‘scene’ feature.

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Filed Under: Brands, Manufacturers, News, Products, Tech Trends Tagged With: home automation, human interface, Josh.ai, Savant, voice control

New Study Says Voice-Controlled Assistants Aren’t Used Daily

October 18, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

eMarketer logoAs more research continues to emerge on consumer utilization of voice-controlled devices, it becomes clear that there are still impediments to end-users utilizing their voice-control capabilities regularly, according to research by Social Lens. A separate study by Nielsen reaffirms what Strata-gee has previously reported, that people use smart speakers more for listening to music, than for any other task…including voice-control of their home automation solutions.

See more on this pair of new studies on voice-controlled smart speakers… [Read more…] about New Study Says Voice-Controlled Assistants Aren’t Used Daily

Filed Under: Consumer Trends, Industry Trends, News, Products, Research, Statistics, Survey, Tech Trends Tagged With: Amazon Alexa, consumer, Cortana, Google Assistant, Siri, voice command, voice control, voice-controlled

Control4 Announces Appointment of Charlie Kindel, ex-Amazon

August 2, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

BREAKING NEWS

Former Head of Amazon’s Smart Home Org. to be
SVP of Products & Services for Control4

 

Kindel close upControl4 Corp. announced today that it has appointed Charlie Kindel, an ex-Amazon executive in charge of their Alexa project, to fulfill the role of Control4 Senior Vice President of Products & Services. Kindel is replacing Eric Anderson, who announced his retirement recently after holding the same role since 2012.

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Filed Under: Brands, Management, Manufacturers, News, People Tagged With: Alexa, Amazon, Charlie Kindel, Control4, Martin Plaehn, voice control

CE Week Panel: The Future Will Be Lead by Smart Speakers

June 25, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

CE Week logoOne of the more interesting conference panels that took place at CE Week last week in the Jacob Javitz Center in Manhattan was a panel called, “Listening in the Living Room: How Smart Speakers are Striving to Be the Next Great Planform.” This panel featured Gary Schultz, Director, Business & Product Development, SDI Technologies Inc, the parent company of iHome and Andrew Vloyanetes, Sonos’s sales manager. The panel was moderated by John Quain, a contributor to The New York Times.

Some of what this panel had to say was in line with what you might expect – they are both pretty high on smart speakers and the category’s conjunction with voice control.

But there were some other interesting tidbits that emerged… [Read more…] about CE Week Panel: The Future Will Be Lead by Smart Speakers

Filed Under: Industry Trends, Marketing, News, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: CE Week, iHome, smart speakers, Sonos, voice control, voice user interface

Who Launched New Experience Centers Yesterday?

May 10, 2018 by Ted 3 Comments

Amazon/Lennar Experience CenterYesterday, a major manufacturer who is very influential in the industry announced it was launching a series of “Experience Centers” across the country to help promote its brand. Perhaps you think I’m referring to Control4, who did announce such a program yesterday in partnership with 140 integrators around the country. But no, I’m referring to Amazon.com, who has partnered with one of the largest home builders in this country – Lennar – to build Amazon Experience Centers all around the U.S.

See more on this Amazon and Lennar program… [Read more…] about Who Launched New Experience Centers Yesterday?

Filed Under: Brands, Industry Trends, Marketing, News, Products, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: Amazon, Lennar, voice control

Where Are Consumers Putting Smart Speakers in Their Homes?

October 11, 2017 by Ted 2 Comments

Graph of smart speaker locations

Filed Under: Marketing, Research, Statistics Tagged With: Alexa, home automation, OK Google, Siri, smart speaker, voice control

Josh.ai Launches New Hardware Solution – Josh Micro

August 31, 2017 by Ted Leave a Comment

Photo of Josh MicroJosh.ai, the high-end voice control solution that created quite a buzz at last year’s CEDIA show, announced today that it is launching its first hardware product, Josh Micro. Josh Micro includes a home control processor, far-field microphone array, and a superior user interface in a small package that “fits in the palm of your hand.” It also disconnects Josh.ai from the need to talk into your smartphone…or to a nearby Amazon Echo.

See more on Josh Micro… [Read more…] about Josh.ai Launches New Hardware Solution – Josh Micro

Filed Under: Brands, Integrators, News, Products, Tech Trends Tagged With: home automation, Josh Micro, Josh.ai, voice control

They’re Back – Amazon to Present a CEDIA 2017 Keynote

August 16, 2017 by Ted 1 Comment

Photo from Amazon Keynote
CEDIA 2016 – Charlie Kindel of Amazon Alexa tells integrators that Amazon wants to work with them.

CEDIA announced today that like last year, Amazon will offer a sponsored keynote presentation at the upcoming CEDIA 2017 show in San Diego. The Amazon keynote will take place on Thursday, September 7, from 2:00PM – 3:00PM in the San Diego Convention Center Ballroom 20A.

See more on this Amazon CEDIA keynote… [Read more…] about They’re Back – Amazon to Present a CEDIA 2017 Keynote

Filed Under: Associations, Brands, Marketing, News, Shows & Events Tagged With: Amazon, Amazon Alexa, CEDIA, voice control

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