You can now just point at a mess and this robot vacuum will suck it up
The Matic robot vacuum now offers gesture controlled spot cleaning and a built-in voice assistant. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Matic, my current favorite robot vacuum , just got a big upgrade.
The company has launched Matic Cues , which brings voice and gesture control to the robot.
Now, you can talk directly to your vacuum to tell it what you want it to do, or just point at a mess to have it spot-clean.
The feature launches today, August 13 at 2 pm ET, and will show as an option in the Matic app under Settings > Matic Cues.
The update arrives just ahead of a planned price hike on September 9, which will see the WALL-E-style robot's price go from $1,245 to $1,495.
I've been playing with Matic Cues for a day or so, and so far it's working well.
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