Universal Electronics Extends Capabilities of Virtual Assistant Services in Nevo.ai

Universal Electronics is adding capabilities and support across home entertainment and smart home devices via its nevo.ai virtual assistant services available in smart TVs, set-top boxes and home gateways, it said at CES in Las Vegas. Nevo.ai is an integrated white-label virtual assistant in Universal’s Nevo Butler entertainment and smart home hub, with built-in mics for far-field voice control. Nevo.ai includes a new graphical interface that provides a “friendly multi-modal experience” when integrated on devices, UEI said. QuickSet 5.0, with native support for Zigbee 3.0, includes advancements blending entertainment and smart home with built-in support for IoT device management, dashboards and analytics. Nevo.ai is built on Microsoft’s open-source and extensible Virtual Assistant.