{"id":78316,"date":"2025-04-09T08:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=78316"},"modified":"2025-04-09T08:11:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T12:11:38","slug":"samsung-and-google-cloud-expand-partnership-bring-gemini-to-ballie-a-home-ai-companion-robot-by-samsung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-google-cloud-expand-partnership-bring-gemini-ballie-home-ai-companion-robot-by-samsung\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung and Google Cloud Expand Partnership, Bring Gemini to Ballie, a Home AI Companion Robot by Samsung"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung and Google Cloud today announced an expanded partnership to bring Google Cloud\u2019s generative AI technology to Ballie<\/a>, a new home AI companion robot from Samsung. Available to consumers this summer, Ballie<\/a> will be able to engage in natural, conversational interactions to help users manage home environments, including adjusting lighting, greeting people at the door, personalizing schedules, setting reminders, and more.1<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThrough this partnership, Samsung and Google Cloud are redefining the role of AI in the home,” said Yongjae Kim, Executive Vice President of the Visual Display Business at Samsung Electronics. \u201cBy pairing Gemini\u2019s powerful multimodal reasoning with Samsung\u2019s AI capabilities in Ballie, we\u2019re leveraging the power of open collaboration to unlock a new era of personalized AI companion\u2014one that moves with users, anticipates their needs, and interacts in more dynamic and meaningful ways than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ballie<\/a> will use Gemini\u2019s multimodal capabilities along with proprietary Samsung language models to process and understand a variety of inputs, including audio and voice, visual data from its camera, and sensor data from its environment. This will allow it to adapt its behaviors and responses in real-time. For instance, if you\u2019re not sure what to wear to work in the morning, you can turn to Ballie for advice. Users could ask, \u201cHey Ballie, how do I look?\u201d and Ballie can respond with styling recommendations, such as trying new accessories or adding a colorful shirt.<\/p>\n

With enhanced reasoning enabled by Gemini, Ballie will be able to help users manage not only their home, but also their health and wellbeing. For example, a user could tell Ballie, \u201cI feel tired today.\u201d Ballie could then use Gemini\u2019s grounding in Google Search to give tailored advice on how to improve their energy levels, including sharing recommendations from trusted sources on how to get more exercise, optimize their sleeping environment, or monitor their sleep patterns.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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This partnership announcement builds on the successful integration last year of Gemini on Google Cloud into Samsung\u2019s Galaxy S24 smartphone series. With Ballie, Samsung and Google Cloud are exploring how to bring their generative AI collaboration to a wider range of devices.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Gemini on Google Cloud, Samsung is demonstrating how to deploy generative AI at scale, integrating it directly into the heart of their popular products,\u201d said Thomas Kurian, CEO, Google Cloud. \u201cThis expanded partnership with Samsung underscores our commitment to delivering reliable, enterprise-grade AI that drives lasting value for our customers \u2013 and their customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, fully integrated and optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner.<\/h6>\n
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