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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. Gesture control is th … Read the full story at The Verge.

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  • 01The Matic robot vacuum now offers gesture controlled spot cleaning and a built-in voice assistant.
  • 02| Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Matic, my current favorite robot vacuum, just got a big upgrade.
  • 03The company has launched Matic Cues, which brings voice and gesture control to the robot.
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