You can control Samsung's latest robot vacuum cleaner using Alexa
Samsung has been making robot vacuum cleaners for a while now,
and while they haven't quite gotten to the level of popularity as iRobot's
Roomba line has, it seems that enough people buy them for Samsung to keep
making them.
With
that in mind we have the latest model of Powerbot vacuum cleaners, the Powerbot VR7000, which Samsung announced this
week ahead of CES 2017. The new vacuum is less than 4 inches tall — Samsung
claims it's 28 percent thinner than the previous version — and offers up to 20
watts of suction power (an actual vacuum cleaner benchmark, apparently) on the
most powerful model.But perhaps the biggest addition to the Powerbot VR7000 is
Amazon Echo support. This will allow you to operate your vacuum cleaner with
voice controls, giving Samsung's vacuum a feature that the Roomba line doesn't
have. There's also some new software features that allows the Powerbot VR7000
to more intelligently map out rooms and optimize its cleaning depending on
floor type. But really, if you're getting a Powerbot VR7000, it's probably so
you can verbally command your robotic vacuum minion to clean your floors.Samsung isn't giving any pricing or release information on the
Powerbot VR7000, but it does intend to showcase it at CES, so it's possible
we'll get more information next week.
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