Disneys’ first voice assistant “Hey Disney!” is demoed at CES

Alexa’s received some firm. I met Disney’s new voice assistant at CES this week, and it’s fairly cute. Referred to as “Disney’s Magical Companion,” the disembodied voice is born from fairy mud and lives inside Amazon’s Echo sensible audio system and shows. Its goal is to name up varied characters — together with Disney, Pixar, and Star Wars faves — that can assist you out with widespread voice assistant chores (timers, alarms, climate), in addition to entertain with tales, video games, and different sprinkles of Disney magic.

You conjure the assistant with the phrase “Hey Disney!” — right here’s a fast demo I did at CES this week:

One neat factor concerning the integration is you by no means know which character will reply your question — it could possibly be Dory from Discovering Nemo or Olaf from Frozen one second, then Mater from Automobiles or Animal from The Muppets the subsequent.

At present, “Hey Disney!” is in restricted lodge rooms at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort as a part of a phased rollout throughout Disney’s accommodations, the place it additionally helps as a kind of digital concierge. However the Magical Companion can also be coming to your house in 2023, by the Alexa Abilities retailer. No pricing has been introduced, however it will likely be included free with an Amazon Youngsters Plus subscription.