Last month, along with launching the Honor Magic 2
smartphone, the China-based technology giant Huawei also unveiled its new
AI-based smart voice assistant — YOYO. Now, the company is expanding the
lineup of devices running its YOYO voice assistant and is now all set to launch
YOYO-powered smart speakers. Huawei has scheduled a launch event on 26th
December in China where it will launch Honor YOYO Smart Speaker.
YOYO, the AI-based smart voice assistant can carry
out a wide range of functions just through voice commands. It supports features
such as AI Driving, Translation, Shopping, and knowledge recognition. This is
the same smart assistant that is powering the Honor FlyPods Pro.
It also supports in-call live voice translation, a
feature similar to Google Duplex. During the Magic 2 launch, Honor showed a
video of the YOYO voice assistant making a hotel reservation for its owner. The
company also touted that the smart voice assistant will also be able to control
DJI drones through voice commands. In a live demonstration, Honor’s CEO used
his voice to ask the drone to take off, take a picture of him, and also land.
While we know the capabilities of Honor’s YOYO smart
voice assistant, it is not yet clear if the upcoming smart speaker from the
company will support all the features. There’s also no information related to
the Honor YOYO Smart Speaker apart from its launch date.
