Command Naturally

As we mentioned in the previous blog, Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant require a certain order to commands and getting device names right. While they both have made strides in that area, even your four-year-old can process language better (they may not do your bidding, but we won’t go into that here). Josh.ai, on the other hand, has a handle on both the context of your commands and where you want to get something done. When you are in the living room and say, “lower the shades in 3 minutes,” it knows what room you are in and which motorized shades you mean.

Like your personal butler (which you won’t need anymore with Josh.ai), Josh can understand more than one thing at a time. And unlike your four-year-old, it will faithfully do what is asked. A compound directive like “dim the lights to 20%, turn the temperature to 73, and start Firefly Lane on Netflix” will be understood and executed without a puzzled look or a quizzical reply. This is voice control the way it should be.

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An App When You Want it

Sometimes it’s easier to manage something at the tap of a screen rather than by voice. Josh.ai has an elegant, intuitive companion app that lets you customize your smart home experience. Organized by rooms, it's easy to manage devices and functions in a room, and you can manage multiple properties too. A powerful personalization feature is profiles, where you can control how guests, kids, and visitors can manage specific parts of your smart home. Of course, Josh also integrates seamlessly with automation systems like Control4, so you can combine all your smart home functionality under one comprehensive control system. 

A Higher Intelligence – with Privacy

Josh.ai was designed as a voice control platform for home automation and not for other reasons. The company behind it does not gather information that can be used for marketing purposes. A unique feature of Josh is superior processing power built into the hardware that processes commands locally versus sending it to the cloud, creating a more secure and private approach to voice control. That power also lets Josh.ai learn your habits and do routine things for you, like lowering your shades on late afternoons in Bountiful, UT, to keep the sun's glare out – and that information stays in your home.

Streamlined Hardware

Josh.ai is not a smart multi-function speaker. Instead, the hardware is built to integrate seamlessly into a smart home. The palm-sized Josh Micro fits unobtrusively in a room with an array of far-field microphones that can listen for your command even across a large area. Embedded sensors give it room awareness, so it can infer context from your commands, understanding, for example, that it is in the kitchen. The recently introduced Josh Nano is even more diminutive than the Micro for more discreet installation possibilities. Slightly larger than a quarter, it can be installed on a wall or ceiling. The intelligence for the Nano lives in the new Josh Core, a compact device that can mount in a central rack along with other smart home system hubs and AV equipment. Josh Nano is small enough to allow for reliable, discreet voice control in every room of the house. All Josh.ai systems tie into existing whole-home audio setups for a truly integrated approach that meets the highest standards for aesthetics and sound quality. 

Are you ready for a new level of voice control capability in your smart home? Contact Show & Tell AV to learn more! You can reach us here or send us a message in the chat box below.