Alice from Yandex has learned to recognize family members and remember their interests

The voice assistant, which just turned five years old, has received new capabilities.Now "Alice"

It is able to distinguish the voices of family members, tune individual music and allow all the "household" to control the "smart home".

In the previous version of the assistant, the interests of the membersfamilies tried to take into account by combining musical selections of each of their favorite compositions. Sometimes this led to a mixture of genres that no one liked. In the new version, the smart speaker has learned to remember and recognize owners by voice and generate personalized offers.

To add all family members, you need toeach of them downloaded the Home with Alice app. In total, you can invite up to five people to manage the system, including the owner of the device. After downloading, the household should get to know "Alice" so that she records and remembers their voices. Detailed but simple instructions are available on the voice assistant website at the link.

After completing the setup, Alice will be able torecognize by voice exactly who is addressing her and create individual selections based on personal preferences. In addition, if, while listening to music, someone says: “Alice, I like this,” the track will be added to his personal lists.

The column with Alice is a family device.Moms and dads, teenagers and the elderly communicate with her. Everyone has their own musical tastes, which is why it is so important that Alice recognizes the voice of all family members.

Sergey Melnik, Head of Alice and Yandex Smart Devices

In addition to being able to listen to your ownfavorite music, with the help of the House with Alice application, family members will be able to control all smart home devices. This means that it will no longer be necessary to wait for the owner of the device to start, for example, a robot vacuum cleaner - everyone can start cleaning.

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