Speaker 1: Facebook delays its smart speaker plus text and to win
Speaker 1: a Samsung Galaxy S nine smartphone.
Speaker 2: Amrich damiro. This is Rich on Tech Daily.
Speaker 1: Well, they say that timing is everything, and with that
Speaker 1: in mind, Facebook is reportedly shelving plans to unveil a
Speaker 1: smart speaker. Folks are loving their smart speakers, lots of
Speaker 1: people bought them over the holidays. You've got Amazon's Echo
Speaker 1: with Alexa built in, you have Google Home with Google
Speaker 1: Assistant built in, and of course you have Apple's entry
Speaker 1: to the race, the Home Pod with Siri. Now, Facebook
Speaker 1: has been working on a speaker with a video chat capability,
Speaker 1: so this is really interesting. They were planning on showing
Speaker 1: it off at their F eight Developers conference in May,
Speaker 1: but now those plans have been put on hold until the.
Speaker 2: Later part of this year.
Speaker 1: According to various reports, one unique aspect of Facebook Speaker
Speaker 1: is that it uses facial recognition to know when your
Speaker 1: friends are near their speaker, so it can then suggest
Speaker 1: video calls to people who are actually around to receive them.
Speaker 1: So let me explain that Facebook already knows what you
Speaker 1: look like. They know what your friends look like because
Speaker 1: they've been using facial recognition for years. So imagine you
Speaker 1: give permission to say, hey, look, when I'm near my speaker,
Speaker 1: let my friends know that I'm nearby. Some people might
Speaker 1: find this kind of creepy, but it is actually not
Speaker 1: a bad idea. For example, my kids love calling their
Speaker 1: grandparents on FaceTime, but half the time my dad or
Speaker 1: my mom don't answer because they're just not around. Maybe
Speaker 1: they don't want to pick up their phone, maybe they're
Speaker 1: at work. So I like the idea of this speaker
Speaker 1: that sits in a common room in your house, and
Speaker 1: when you're in that room, say your dining room or
Speaker 1: your living room, it can show that you're around and
Speaker 1: able to take a call. So that's kind of cool. Apparently,
Speaker 1: according to various reports, this was going to be unveiled
Speaker 1: at F eight, but that's not going to happen. Expect
Speaker 1: to see something from Facebook maybe later in the year.
Speaker 2: All right, moving on.
Speaker 1: Now, Forward's latest suv let's you use your smartphone as
Speaker 1: a key. The company unveiled a pretty reduction preview of
Speaker 1: the Lincoln Aviator, a three row plug in hybrid that's
Speaker 1: a bit smaller than their flagship Navigator suv. Now, other
Speaker 1: cars already let you lock onlock and start them from
Speaker 1: a smartphone mine included.
Speaker 2: But the Aviator takes it a step further.
Speaker 1: You can drive with no keyfob as long as you
Speaker 1: have your smartphone with you. Now, if your phone is
Speaker 1: lost or the battery is dead, there's a backup keypad
Speaker 1: on the door to unlock your car. We've seen those before,
Speaker 1: but the new thing is when you get into your car,
Speaker 1: the center console lights up, you put a passcode in there,
Speaker 1: and then you can actually drive the car. The Lincoln
Speaker 1: Aviator Suv goes on sale next year. The only thing
Speaker 1: similar to this is when I rented a Maven car.
Speaker 1: I tested out the Maven car rental service. This is
Speaker 1: from GM, and they've specially outfitted their cars to work
Speaker 1: with your smartphone. So you literally unlock the car, you
Speaker 1: start it with your phone, and your phone has to
Speaker 1: be with you for this thing to work. And I
Speaker 1: was concerned the whole time, what if I lose my phone,
Speaker 1: What if my my phone goes dead?
Speaker 2: How would I get this car started?
Speaker 1: But everything worked out and it was just a little
Speaker 1: paradigm shift in my mind. So a lot of people
Speaker 1: are going to have that feeling with the Ford Suv.
Speaker 1: But the reality is with that passcode in the center console,
Speaker 1: you'll be okay.
Speaker 2: All right.
Speaker 1: Finally, now for your chance to text in to win
Speaker 1: a smartphone that's just as elegant as that car. It's
Speaker 1: the brand new Samsung Galaxy S nine. You've heard me
Speaker 1: talk about this phone. It's one of the hottest devices
Speaker 1: of the year. It has a camera that takes great
Speaker 1: pictures even in low light. It's got the personalized ar
Speaker 1: emojis that look just like you, super slow motion for
Speaker 1: some really fun video, and an amazing design. The winner
Speaker 1: is also going to get three months free of direct
Speaker 1: TV Now. This is a one thousand dollars value courtesy
Speaker 1: of AT and T. To enter, text the word Galaxy
Speaker 1: to five one five one, five to one before eleven
Speaker 1: fifty nine pm March twenty ninth, twenty eighteen.
Speaker 2: The computer is going to pick one winner at random
Speaker 2: from all entries received. Good luck on this and thanks
Speaker 2: again to AT and T and if you want.
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