Samsung's New Tv Remote Lets You Talk With Ai About Almost Anything

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Samsung announces nan readiness of Vision AI Companion.
• Via a fastener connected your remote, nan caller sound adjunct tin reply analyzable questions.
• The AI-powered characteristic is disposable only successful 2025 Samsung TV models.

Samsung is integrating its next-generation AI adjunct straight into its 2025 TVs, featuring a dedicated AI fastener connected nan distant that provides entree to conversational assistance -- not conscionable modular sound commands. Called Vision AI Companion, nan strategy is intelligent capable to prosecute successful a natural, two-way speech pinch users, utilizing aggregate AI models to support its cognitive capabilities.

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Samsung wants its users to converse pinch their TVs' AI assistants -- conversations that widen beyond making streaming requests aliases speedy Q&As. 

Weeks aft Amazon brought Alexa+ to Fire TVs and Roku Voice is received an AI upgrade, Samsung is jumping connected nan bandwagon pinch its Vision AI Companion. The strategy integrates respective AI models to present an upgraded type of Bixby, including those developed done partnerships pinch Microsoft Copilot and Perplexity, to supply voice-controlled hunt and reply capabilities, arsenic good arsenic support for 10 languages.

For example, you could scope your Samsung Vision AI Companion pinch a property of nan dedicated fastener connected a compatible Samsung TV and inquire nan AI astir a speaker successful a documentary aliases news cast, past dive deeper into what different analysts deliberation of their sentiment -- each without pulling your telephone retired of your pocket. The AI adjunct will beryllium capable to reply follow-up questions, maintaining nan discourse of your conversation.

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Though it is built connected Bixby, Vision AI Companion is group to present a drastically different acquisition than nan Samsung sound adjunct and will besides characteristic a ocular constituent to thief you travel on pinch your speech connected your TV screen.

Beyond simply answering your questions successful a conversational manner, Voice AI Companion is besides tin of performing Live Translation of on-screen dialogue, generating creation for wallpapers, and utilizing AI to upscale images and sound. 

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Unlike nan Roku AI Voice feature, which will beryllium an over-the-air update for existing streaming devices, nan Vision AI Companion won't beryllium disposable for older televisions. Instead, only 2025 Samsung TV models characteristic nan built-in AI. 

In contrast, Amazon's Alexa+, which upgrades nan sound adjunct pinch nan integration of generative AI, is now disposable done an early entree programme and is compatible pinch astir Fire TV devices, including galore existing ones.