ARCHOS ahead of the MWC 2018 event has announced the
Hello Smart Display with Google Assistant support. It comes in two variants;
one with 7-inch HD display and the other one with an 8.4-inch Full HD
touchscreen display. The Smart Display packs high fidelity speaker and powered
by a quad-core processor.
It comes embedded with Google Android Oreo for many
activities at home: voice requests, objects, and services control, video call,
etc. It looks like an Echo Show from Amazon but with Google Assistant support
instead of Alexa. It can be used in portrait or landscape mode and has 2GB of
RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It packs four long range multidirectional
microphones, a 5 MP, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, and a battery of 4000mAH.
The company says that it is ideal to receive and
make video calls with Google Duo, send messages, listen to and to answer
queries including news, weather forecasts, traffic conditions, consultation
app, applications, and services. It is compatible with services like Google
Music, Spotify, YouTube, etc. and can even broadcast content on a larger
screen, like television. Furthermore, the ARCHOS Hello also manages all
connected objects in the house including lights, radiators, shutters,
surveillance cameras, voice-control PicoWAN smartplug.
The ARCHOS Hello will be available from summer 2018
and pricing starts at € 129.99 (US$ 160) for the 7-inches
model and € 179.99 (US$ 223) for the 8.4 inches variant.
