It was unavoidable that AI will be everywhere in IFA this year, but the smart home is where we are actually watching action. Switchbott, known for its bizarre and clever home gadgets, launched three new AI-operated products this week: a smart home AI hub, one color e-in-aI art frame, and two animated AI Pats name Nico and Noa.
Switchbott is a soup-up version of the current smart home hub of AI Hub Switchbot, designed to connect and control its Bluetooth devices, such as smart shades, locks and lights. This model connects both on-device and cloud-based AIs, working, processing, processing and explaining what is happening in your home with switchbott cameras and sensors.
For example, Switchbott states that the hub can detect an event like “an elderly person falling” and can use it as a trigger for automation. This “event Comprehension” uses a vision language model (VLM), which requires cloud connections and a subscription. Meanwhile, on-device AI can identify the face, pets, vehicles, furniture, and more-you can help keep an eye on things. The company says that you can also ask it such things, like “Show me where I left my phone,” and it will pull the relevant footage.
Spac-wise is a large upgrade on AI hub hub 3, characterized by dual-band Wi-Fi, extended Bluetooth, and 32 GB built-in storage (expandable for 1TB). It can manage eight 2K cameras, locally streams through RTSP, and display footage on a monitor. The hub can support more than 100 switchbott devices and bridge in an ecosystem in one case up to 30 products. It is powered by a 6T AI chip.
Switchbott AI is also entering a new category with AI Art Frame, a colorful e -ink spectra 6 display that mixes home decoration with AI creativity. You can upload your own photos or generate artwork using a prompt in the switchbot app, operated by the company’s locally trained AI models.
7.3-, 13.3-, and available in 31.5-inch size, the frame fits into the standard Ikea frame and runs on battery power, allowing flexible placements. Switchbott says that it can last for two years on the same charge.
And finally, the switchbot is bringing a real robot to IFA – well, two.
Noa and Nico Switchbott have new AI pets, which are part of its cut friends series. “Designed for association” described as soft-edged domestic robots, noa and nico videos show them fluttering their arms and blinking their bright blue eyes. They are similar to drunken penguins and, according to switchbott, they facilitate small wheels that allow them to move freely.
The company also says that AI-Interested Bots “can identify family members, respond to gestures and feelings, and show feelings such as happiness, sadness, or jealousy,” as well as learn their home routine.
Switchbott has not announced the date of pricing or release for any of these products. However, looking at the track record of changing the company’s ambitious prototype – such as its multitasking CES robot – in real products, these gadgets are highly prone to bringing it to the market. I am getting time on hands with all of them in IFA this week.
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