Despite the emergence of many new devices — computers, smartphones and tablets — TVs continue to be relevant. But the modern TV is also becoming more and more like the computer. The software extends the functionality of these, for many decades become accustomed to any environment, devices. Soon will start the New year, followed by CES 2019, where it will probably see new Samsung TVs, which will find application one of the most innovative Google technologies. The sound will become to adapt to the characteristics of the room.
In Samsung TVs 2019’ll find a use for Google Assistant. About it, referring to Variety, reports Jon porter (Jon Porter) on the resource page theverge.com reminding that today in Samsung TVs uses a voice assistant of its own design company — Bixby.
Samsung TVs with Google Assistant
New TVs from the South Korean tech giant will be better to reproduce the sound, adjusting it to the room. To date, it is unknown how it will work with Google Assistant in Samsung TVs. According to this report, the functionality will be similar to the already known LG TVs, which in 2018 was added to support two voice assistants — Assistant Google and Alexa.
Voice assistants can be used directly on behalf of to control your TV (for example, to change the volume or switch the input signal). Similarly, work and other devices with Google Assistant. In addition, with the help of a voice assistant, users can make requests, for example — to check the weather. The LG TVs can access the voice assistant is via a private microphone to the TV or through a conjugated smart column.
Adding Google Assistant will be an important step for Samsung which is the leading provider of TVs to the global market. The company aims to compete with Google and Alexa from Amazon, setting up all your devices (including phones, devices and TVs) own voice assistant Bixby, whose functionality is, unfortunately, not comparable with the capabilities of competing software products. The possibility of using Bixby in their devices just recently became available to third-party equipment manufacturers. Announced in August this year smart column, based on Bixby, so still not been released.
The Samsung TV, like Apple and Sonos HomePod will be to tailor the sound to the characteristics of the room
In addition to supporting Google Assistant, Samsung TVs, which the company will delight in 2019, as noted above, will also be added the ability to tailor the sound to the room in which it is reproduced. Development Samsung relating to this are described in patent applications of the company. We are talking about “stage and spatial audio intelligence” (“intelligence scenic audio”, “audio spatial intelligence”). The patent relates to “optimize the sound quality depending on the environment, for example, the size of the space and ambient noise”.
Column HomePod Apple and Sonos are already doing something similar, reproducing the text of the number sounds, and analyzing how they can be played in a certain room. In HomePod measurements are carried out on the basis of the built-in column microphone, in that time, Sonos for audio settings is using the smartphones microphone.
New Samsung TVs at CES 2019
Although Samsung has not commented on the message considered, there are almost no doubts that the official announcement for a long time will not have to wait. It is expected that the new line of TVs will be submitted to the South Korean tech giant in January of the following year, the technological exhibition CES 2019, the most interesting announcements which will be seen on the website and Telegram-news channel.