SberBoom Smart Speakers

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• Smart Speakers Voice Assistants (Global Market)
• Smart speakers Voice assistants (Russian market)
• Speech Recognition (Technology, Market)
• Speech technology: On the path from recognition to understanding
• Speech synthesis

SberBoom is a line. "smart" speakers "Sberbank"

2024

Sberbank introduced new speakers equipped with smarter AI

On August 6, 2024, Sberbank presented an update in the Sber line of smart speakers: a new model appeared in it - SberBoom Home. The second generation SberBoom Mini speaker model has also been released. Both devices are developed by SberDevices.

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SberBoom Home and SberBoom Mini 2 have 8W and 5W sound power, 360 acoustics and Magnetic Sound technology designed specifically for Sber acoustics. Magnetic Sound includes a set of engineering and software solutions designed to ensure that even small speakers produce excellent sound: rich, clean, with deep bass.

The technology combines adaptive sound processing algorithms and the use of a more powerful neodymium magnet instead of the common ferrite one. This, as explained in SberDevices, allows you to get a richer and cleaner sound with deep bass, even with small speaker sizes.

Denis Filippov, CEO of SberDevices, in a conversation with TAdviser, noted that the company, of course, is studying the experience of the world's leading developers of smart speakers, but "in conditions of fierce competition" for the Russian market it is important to issue in its price category a fundamentally new product that combines powerful sound, attractive design, smart home direction and other functions. Therefore, SberDevices acts independently when developing its devices, and no one else in the world uses some of the technologies that are in its speakers. "We are the first to use a neodymium magnet in order to get a really high-quality sound," he says.

And to be on the technological edge of the company helps, among other things, the presence of SberDevices technological site in China, among the functions of which is research. They see everything that is produced in the right segment, and from there the company receives information, which can be a unique offer.

One of the key differences between SberBoom Home and other models of the line is that it is equipped with a monochrome LED display, which, at the request of the user, can display information about time, weather or traffic. The speaker has a built-in light sensor, due to which the brightness of the LED display is able to automatically adjust to the level of light in the room.

AI is becoming more and more important for the user in smart speakers . Denis Filippov during the presentation said that over the past year, the company has seen an increase in interest in communicating users with virtual assistants in Sber columns. According to SberDevices, now, on average, the user communicates with the virtual assistant 3.5 hours a month.

According to the CEO of SberDevices, this is influenced by two factors:

On the one hand, neural networks become really powerful and it is interesting to communicate with them, they give answers that make you think. The value of communication, including this, is when you learn something new from the interlocutor, "Denis Filippov explained to TAdviser. On the other hand, young people who actively use these columns have a barrier in communicating with their parents, and it is not convenient to discuss everything with their parents at a certain age. Then they find the response part in the virtual assistant.

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The Salute assistant based on artificial intelligence GigaChat, which is equipped with the SberBoom Home speaker, according to the developers, now understands the user's requests even better and becomes an indispensable companion in everyday life, while working or studying. In his spare time, he can entertain by supporting the conversation or picking up music for any occasion. In addition, he understands multi-commands for managing a smart home and knows how to respond with a whisper. And he also distinguishes, when children speak to him, and protects them from "adult" dialogues and tracks.

The assistant also learned to express his emotions using animations that are displayed on the display of the SberBoom Home speaker.

Smart algorithms in SberBoom Home are able to select music specifically for the preferences of a particular user. At the same time, you can now add to "Favorites," including tracks that sound on the radio.

The plastic coating of the column, the developers say, has high wear resistance, the fabric is treated with special water-repellent impregnation, so that her dirty hands are not afraid of her. In turn, the SberBoom Mini 2 in the new version received a translucent body and an updated color palette.

The new SberBoom Home speaker is capable of replacing a separate hub for smart home devices and running local scripts, including without an Internet connection. This was made possible by the built-in Zigbee module, which allows you to connect and manage devices from the Sber smart home, as well as compatible devices from other manufacturers.

You can search for movies, switch channels, control navigation and video player from any application by voice through the Sber smart speaker connected to TV without using the remote control. In addition, it became possible to output sound from TVs directly to smart speakers. One speaker will enhance the sound, and two identical ones will allow you to watch video content with stereo sound. The collaboration mode will gradually become available on all devices running Salyut TV, starting with the SberBox set-top box.

The new Sber smart speakers are sold in the official SberDevices online store at the following recommended prices:

• 7,990 rubles for SberBoom Home in pistachio and sea colors, with a smart temperature and humidity sensor as a gift;
• 4,490 rubles for SberBoom Mini 2 in neon gray, quantum black, electric yellow and titanium blue colors.

From August 7, sales also began on popular marketplaces and in electronics retail chains.

Column depicting the main characters of the animated series "Prostokvashino"

Sberbank on May 16, 2024 presented a smart speaker SberBoom Mini, depicting the main characters of the animated series Prostokvashino. Many entertainment skills are integrated into the device that will be useful for children and will appeal to their parents. The column was developed in collaboration with the team of SberDevices and the Soyuzmultfilm studio.

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Interaction with the device contributes to the development of both cognitive skills and imagination among young fans of the popular animated series. With him, parents can be calm: their children spend time not only cheerfully, but also safely. Responsible for this "child mode" feature, which limits 18 + content.

"Salute, call Matroskin" is a thematic scenario in which all the remarks are voiced in an inimitable voice and with the intonations of the house and household cat itself. The SberBoom Mini column "Prostokvashino" can support a conversation with small fidgets, tell them a fairy tale or play an entertaining quiz, where you need to give answers to questions about the heroes of the animated series "Prostokvashino."

For each hero of the animated series "Prostokvashino" an exclusive thematic playlist has been collected in HiFi streaming Sound. Suffice it to say: "Salute, turn on the music of Vera Pavlovna" or "Salute, turn on the music of Uncle Fedor" and a special selection of music tracks will play. Despite the small size of the speaker, SberBoom Mini "Prostokvashino" produces clear and surround 360 sound with a power of 5 W. Multi-room mode will help you listen to music from different rooms if you already have a SberBoom device in your home.

A fascinating quiz that will occupy the children, and give parents a reason to feel nostalgic. Suffice it to say: "Salute, turn on the kviz says Prostokvashino" - and the smart speaker will offer to guess which of the characters in the famous cartoon said the famous phrase.

In addition to the main entertainment functions, young speaker users will be able to generate interactive fairy tales using artificial intelligence. The neural network model GigaChat will help them in this, which will be happy to share their imagination even with a whisper when the child is preparing for sleep.

The SberBoom Mini column "Prostokvashino" can be bought at a price of 5490 rubles.

2023

Home and Apartment Security Solution Availability

SberDevices and Caesar Satellite have launched an affordable solution for protecting houses and apartments. SberDevices announced this on November 20, 2023.

Users of the Sber smart home with SberBoom smart speakers can remotely call the rapid response team.

If, in the absence of the owner, the noise detector in the smart speaker SberBoom recognizes a suspicious sound, or a motion sensor or opening sensor is triggered, the owner will receive a notification on the smartphone. The user will be able to listen to the audio recording, assess the situation and, if necessary, press the panic button in the application. In 5-7 minutes, a professional rapid response group from Caesar Satellite will arrive in the city at the address.

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Owners of smart speakers SberBoom and SberBoom Mini in a mobile application with an assistant Salyut - in Android-application Salyut or SberBank Online (for Android and) can connect a subscription to a quick response iOS. Suffice it to tell the assistant "Open the noise detector," in the window that appears, go to the settings, click on the "Protect your home" card and follow the instructions on the screen.

At the start by subscription, there are tariffs with an unlimited number of trips: "Apartment" (790 rubles per month) and "House" (990 rubles per month). After choosing the tariff and connecting the service, the money is debited from the linked card automatically, at any time the subscription can be disabled. The "One-time exit" tariff is also available - 1290 rubles for one security call, the money is debited at the time of departure. The decision for November 2023 is available in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Ability to play licensed audio content in beauty salons, cafes, bars, restaurants and other establishments

Sound Business and SberBoom speakers will help businesses create a special atmosphere with music. Sberbank announced this on October 9, 2023.

Now smart devices can play licensed audio content in beauty salons, cafes, bars, restaurants and other establishments and at the same time save on editing and buying expensive audio equipment with amplifiers.

For spacious rooms, you can choose a powerful SberBoom speaker that produces 360-degree surround sound with a power of 40 watts. From any side of the device and anywhere in the room, users will hear the sound.

The compact version of the SberBoom Mini smart speaker has a power of 5 W, but at the same time provides balanced sound and solves the same problems as the SberBoom, but in smaller rooms.

To start using the bundle, you need to purchase a SberBoom speaker with special firmware from Sound Business, and then register the device in the personal account of the streaming service. After that, dozens of musical waves will open in front of the user, which are easy to control. With voice commands, you can play and switch tracks, adjust the volume and filter music waves by business or genre. For example, say: "Salute, turn on music for cafes" or "Salute, turn on jazz." For users, hundreds of playlists will be available, both genre and broken down by business segment.

The use of smart speakers SberBoom and the Sound Business service allows you to create a personal concept and its own atmosphere for each business, without copyright infringement, as well as add advertising content.

Launch of GigaChat on smart speakers SberBoom and SberBoomMini with virtual assistant "Salute"

On smart devices Salute's assistant , it became possible to use the service. Sberbank GigaChat smart speakers The owners of SberBoom and SberBoomMini will be the first to evaluate the capabilities of the service. To start the dialogue, just say "Salute, turn on GigaChat" - and you can start creating requests. In the near future, GigaChat will appear on the entire line of our smart devices virtual assistant with Salute, reported on August 18, 2023 in. Sberbank More details. here

SberBoom and SberBoom Mini smart speaker launch

On January 30, 2023, Sberbank introduced the SberBoom and SberBoom Mini smart speakers. As representatives of Sberbank told TAdviser, both new items are equipped with virtual Salyut assistants, are able to play music, entertain children and adults, help control different smart home devices and ensure security. The columns were developed for Sberbank by the team of the Salyutdevais partner company (formerly SberDevices).

"Sberbank" has released "smart" speakers that can whisper and react to suspicious noise in the house

SberBoom produces 360 ° surround sound with a power of 40 W, which, according to representatives of Sberbank, the engineers managed to achieve thanks to the acoustic architecture of the device and the design of the acoustic camera.

Twitter is responsible for high frequencies, and the 4-inch low-frequency driver with a neodymium magnet is supplemented with special dynamic membranes on the sides - passive emitters. They help expand the range of low frequencies that the speaker system reproduces. Also, the acoustic system of the device uses a structure of two diffusers, which provides 360 ° sound for the entire frequency range. As a result, the user hears high-quality sound from either side of the speaker, from anywhere in the room - without distortion even at high volume.

In the compact version of the speaker, the developers applied the same principles, thanks to which even with a small size and power of 5 W, the SberBoom Mini provides clear balanced sound, according to Sberbank.

Device of smart speaker "Sberbank"

For special cases where you need to fully immerse yourself in music, there are advanced features. So, the multi-room is optimal for parties and allows you to synchronously play music on all Sber acoustic devices, even if they stand in different rooms. The stereo pair helps to achieve the effect of complete presence and volumetric stereo sound. If there are two identical speakers in the house, in this mode one will play the sound of the left channel, and the other will play the right.

New items open access to the audio library of HiFi streaming "Sound." At the request of the user, Salute assistants will find and include a podcast, radio, favorite song, lullaby, music selection for sports, parties or any other situation. SberBoom is also suitable for listening to songs in HiFi quality. As explained in Sberbank, the FLAC codec is used for such tracks, which does not remove significant information from the audio stream: the music sounds as it was recorded - without digital compression, with the smallest nuances.

By the voice request "Salute, catch the wave!" Or using a special button on the SberBoom Mini case, a personal wave created by the "Sound" command using the Sber recommendation technologies is turned on. The content of the wave is constantly adjusting to the user's preferences - you only need to regularly evaluate sounding compositions. This can be done in voice - "Salute! Like "or" Salute! I don't like it "- or with a separate heart button on the SberBoom Mini.

For those who are looking for something specific in the "Sound," virtual assistants "Salute" come to the rescue. They recognize the names of songs in Russian and English, help to include the desired track, album or playlist, find a specific artist or musical genre. Moreover, assistants understand the user even when the speaker plays music from the phone via Bluetooth - you can voice stop and resume playback, switch the track, adjust the volume and turn off Bluetooth.

For children, the Sound has a section with educational podcasts, fairy tales, lullabies and funny songs. Salute assistants also help to occupy the fidget - they support the conversation, answer questions about the school curriculum, include micro podcasts about the structure of the world, play with the child and even help him fall asleep to the sounds of nature. In addition, assistants have learned to understand whispering and know how to whisper - this function will come in handy if you need to give some instructions while the child is sleeping.

At the same time, all Sber devices have a children's mode - it can be activated by voice or from the Salute application. Parents can restrict access to 18 + content on the column.

In addition to entertainment, SberBoom and SberBoom Mini offer a number of useful functions, including speakers can set an alarm and timer, talk about the weather, warn about traffic jams and even help control the situation in the house. For this, the devices have a home comfort service "Noise Detector." The service determines the noise around the speaker when the user is not at home - the crying of the child, the ringing of broken glass, the murmuring of water, the barking of the dog, the sound of a siren, clapping. In the special "Any Noise" mode, the speaker reacts to all sounds in the room, except for background ones. The user himself chooses which sound the detector will respond to, all processing of audio data takes place on the device itself. When the selected noise is found in the audio data, the speaker will send a short length of recording through the protected cloud to the owner. Outsiders will not be able to access it. Only the owner of the speaker can listen to the recording and take the necessary measures - ignore, return home or call the appropriate services.

"Noise detector" is activated exclusively on the command of the user "Salute! Turn on the noise detector. " All the time the service is active, the light indication on the speakers is on, and the rest of the functions are not available. To listen to music again or talk to assistants, you need to turn off the detector.

With the help of speakers, the user can also control household appliances by voice. Assistants in SberBoom and SberBoom Mini even understand complex voice requests, like "Salute! Close the curtains and turn on the lights "or" Salute! Boil the kettle and keep the temperature at 85 °. " The platform supports automation scripts, flexible timer settings, schedules, modes and is compatible with smart devices of 18 partner brands in 17 categories. These are lamps, sockets, air conditioners, heaters, sensors, hubs and other smart devices.

Two smart speakers - a powerful SberBoom and a compact SberBoom Mini with virtual Salute assistants - have already appeared on sale. They can be ordered in the official SberDevices online store at a price of 11,990 rubles and 3990 rubles, respectively.

SberBoom speakers are only available in Black Matter so far, the Fog White, Moon Gray, Galactic Blue and Martian Red options will go on sale later. In turn, SberBoom Mini is offered in the colors "Foggy White," "Blue Neptune," "Cloudless Blue," "Martian Red" and "Star Yellow."

From January 31, 2023, new items will begin to be sold in SberShop branded stores, on marketplaces, in electronics stores, as well as in Sberbank branches.

Also at the start of sales, buyers of SberBoom and SberBoom Mini will receive a smart lamp Sber A60 as a gift. With a smart lamp, you can control lighting using your voice. Its use can be the first step towards arranging a high-tech smart home, according to Sberbank.