Recently, we were excited to introduce you to Josh.ai, a different type of voice assistant to help you manage your smart home. Unlike other voice assistant platforms from major technology companies, Josh.ai was explicitly designed and engineered for home automation. Josh.ai doesn't need to answer history questions or solve math problems, so it can focus on understanding your commands, the context, and deftly executing your home automation wishes. And it does so with a level of privacy that is unprecedented in voice assistants.

Voice assistants are software-based, and their technology and features advance rapidly. We also integrate home voice control systems like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant into client systems, so you might wonder what Josh.ai can do differently in your Chesterfield, MO smart home? Let’s take a closer look.

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Context and Compound Commands

Voice assistants like those from Amazon and Google are wonderful, but they are often frustrating too. They tend to respond to one command at a time and often require a particular order or syntax to the way you say them. Josh.ai is different, and because it is designed for home automation, it focuses on a more natural experience. For example, give a command to Josh like "close the shades in 10 seconds,” and it understands what room you are in and doesn’t have to be told a specific name like “master bedroom shades.”

Compound commands add to the natural feel for using Josh.ai. You can tell Josh to “lower the shades, turn off the lights, and arm the alarm system” when you turn in for the night. As that sequence might be one that you use often, you can tell Josh.ai to name it – like “Goodnight” - with just your voice, no app needed.

An Elegant App

While Josh.ai is a voice control platform, an app enables many control and customization options. It sports an elegant, intuitive design worthy of the natural voice control capabilities. It is organized around rooms and also allows simplified management for multiple properties. One of the powerful features is the ability to create users and profiles. You can set up a guest to control only specific rooms or functions, like a guest suite or the patio. You could also limit what kids might be able to control.

Josh Micro

Unlike some clunky voice assistant speakers, Josh.ai is designed to integrate into the modern smart home. The Josh Micro fits in the palm of your hand, and its powerful microphones can hear you from 20 feet across the room. They look equally good unobtrusively wall-mounted or taking up little space on a bedside table. Unlike smart speakers, Josh Micro is designed to integrate into your whole-home sound system, so you’ll get rich audio quality for all your interactions with Josh anywhere in your space. Other unique touches are a simple touch sliding control for raising and lowering the volume, as well as a customizable one-tap control for triggering oft-used commands or scenes.

 

Ready to experience natural voice control of your smart home that’s tailored to you? Call us today at (636) 939-4474 or reach out on our contact page. We look forward to working with you!