Voice-controlled assistant for drivers soon coming to India
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and voice-based assistants are currently trending worldwide and one of the innovative products launched recently is “Chris”, a voice-controlled digital assistant that allows drivers to make phone calls, send messages, listen to music and get navigation guides without ever touching their smartphones.
By : migrator
Update: 2018-09-02 18:14 GMT
Chennai
Developed by Berlin-based start-up German Autolabs, Chris has now been launched in Germany and Britain but it could come to assist drivers in India next year, claimed a company official.
Chris fits into any car, is easy to install and works even if the Internet goes off, said Daniel Mieves of German Autolabs. “We will possibly be able to bring Chris to India next year. Mapping works in India, everything else works in India... but we do not yet have a distributor. We are seriously looking for a distributor there as we have a lot of requests from India,” Mieves said.
“The biggest benefit that Chris has over other voice assistants like Alexa is that Alexa needs Internet to work, but in the car, a driver may not always have access to Internet. Chris can work without Internet because the voice recognition technology is inbuilt in the device and it does not need the Cloud to work as is the case with Alexa,” he said.
That’s right, Chris works both online and offline, meaning that if you enter a tunnel or drop out of a coverage area, Chris will continue to listen and talk to you, and also keep the navigation going, according to the description of the product in the company website.
The basic requirement for Chris is a Bluetooth-enabled smartphone, though some features do need data connection on the phone. The device can be attached to the windscreen like a navigation device and paired with the mobile phone via Bluetooth.
The companion app for the device is compatible with both Android and iOS, so one does not need to worry about switching phones.
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