Samsung's Ballie AI robot companion will have Gemini onboard when it launches this summer in the US and Korea

Date:
Wed, 09 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000

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A recommitment to a 2025 launch and a partnership with Google Cloud

FULL STORY ======================================================================Samsung' s Ballie AI-infused robot will launch this summer in the US and Korea It'll now feature Gemini thanks to a partnership between Samsung and Google Cloud Samsung says it'll make Ballie more helpful and allow for natural conversations

Samsung finally spilled the beans on Ballie its bright yellow AI-infused robot companion at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show , and now just four months later, were learning more about the forthcoming product feature set.

In a partnership with Google Cloud, Samsung announced that just like the deep integration of Google Gemini on the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S25 series , the
two technology giants are bringing the AI assistant to Ballie. Ballie will feature Gemini and other generative AI technology from Google Cloud and Samsungs language models.

We already know that Samsungs Ballie is voice-activated with four far-field microphones on board. At CES 2025, I saw a demo of someone saying, Hey
Ballie, to control smart home devices and spill information on places in Las Vegas.

Now, though, Samsung and Google Cloud aim to make interacting with Ballie
even more natural and for the robot companion to be even more helpful. In a shared release, its teased that you could tell the robot, I feel tired today, and have it serve up ways to improve energy levels or if you have other Samsung-connected wearables to suggest monitoring sleep patterns. Pretty neat and clearly the promise of weaving Samsungs tech with Gemini.

You can also work with Ballie to build out your personal style and ask the robot how you look. Ballie will then use its onboard cameras to provide style recommendations. Here its likely a similar technology to Gemini Live crossed with Google Lens for a multi-modal experience to see what styles could match with whatever youre wearing.

As a reminder, Samsungs Ballie has a ton of tech built-in, including a front Full HD triple-laser projector that can cast on surfaces near and far, a 4K camera on the front, a 2K camera on the back, a LiDAR sensor stack, Time of Flight (ToF) sensor, speakers, and the microphones as mentioned above.

Of course, it also has wheels to move around your home and even follow you. When the onboard battery depletes, it can return to its charging dock, much like a robot vacuum. Ballie should arrive in the US and Korea this summer (Image credit: Samsung)

Further, Samsungs once again reaffirming and recommitting to the promised launch of later in 2025. Thankfully, its getting more specific, confirming that Ballie will launch in the United States and Korea this Summer. Its for a completely unknown price, but Samsung has set up a page to register your information that, quite interestingly, asks for city and state. That leads me to think that Ballie might be rolled out in a trial for specific states, potentially linked to Samsungs SmartThings cities, or just that supplies will be limited at first.

Regardless, Im still eager as ever to see Ballie formally launch and to put
it through its paces. And for those keeping track, Samsungs news today is a very-fast follow to the robots appearance at CES. Ballie was first announced in 2020, returned in 2024 with a promise to launch that same year, and then shown off again in January 2025 with a promise launch later this year.

Considering this is the most Samsungs told us about Ballie, Im leading more faith and the companys showing more proof that Ballie will indeed arrive, and I cant wait. You can sign-up to mark your interest in Ballie on Samsungs site here .

Of course, stick with TechRadar for the latest on Ballie, and you can read
our first look at the robot from CES 2025 and our chat with Samsungs Head of Product, Home Entertainment, Lydia Cho here . Remember, she said, We just think its the perfect companion for you to meet all your needs, and Gemini could help it.

I just personally think its now the second cutest robot compared to Disneys BDX Droids . Those are the clear winners. @techradar

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