Josh.ai Launches New Home Control Features!

Josh.ai continues pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence and smart home control with its Winter Launch Event announcements. The redesigned Josh One system processor is shipping this month, illustrating the company’s commitment to enabling professionals with flexible control solutions for every sized project. The combination of new dynamic hardware, compelling software features, and unmatched AI capabilities positions Josh.ai at the forefront of smart home control.

Josh.ai customers are able to enjoy a host of new software features available today. For Josh Touchscreen users, the updated interface now offers two-way door station intercom to greet guests. For iOS and Android Josh App users, Josh.ai has launched a completely redesigned music experience providing full-featured search, seamless audio distribution, and limitless access to favorites. All Josh.ai clients have also been updated to JoshGPT 3.0, the most tightly integrated smart home AI is making device control and assistance more intuitive than any other platform.

“I am blown away by the amount of new innovations and solutions our team is announcing today. In addition to giving dealers what they have been asking for, we are enabling an easier, more powerful smart home experience for everyone. These updates will certainly have a sizable impact on how our industry looks at control in the age of AI. Our brand new hardware, advancements in AI, and transformative automation capabilities make what was already a great solution, even better,” says Josh.ai CEO Alex Capecelatro. He continues, “I cannot wait for everyone to try the newly imagined music experience we are introducing today, this might be my favorite new way to engage with and control music!”

Josh.ai Expands Partner Ecosystem & Nimble DevSuite Integrations

In an industry where technology is constantly evolving, Nimble DevSuite is Josh.ai’s answer to rapidly add new integrations and propel the future of interoperability in the smart home. The result is efficient development, increased flexibility, and an ever-expanding partner ecosystem to empower Josh.ai users with the freedom to enjoy their favorite connected devices.

Josh.ai is pleased to announce the following new partnership updates and integrations. All of which are either available now or will be pushed later this month via an over-the-air software update to all systems:

• Lutron: Triathlon Select Shading
• Lutron: Lumaris Tape Lighting
• Honeywell Home: Thermostats
• Resideo: Thermostats
• Nexia: Thermostats
• American Standard: Thermostats
• Schlage V2 API: Locks
• Uniview: Cameras
• Samsung: Projectors (7 Series, 9 Series, and Freestyle Gen2)
• LG: TV & Soundbar eARC Support
• Autonomic: M3 & M5 Pro Players
• AVPro Edge: Matrix Switchers
• Origin Acoustics: Amplifiers
• WiiM: Audio Streaming
• BluOS: Audio Streaming

Josh Edge

Following last year’s Winter Launch Event, Josh.ai presented its dealers with the concept of an intuitive handheld remote control for the home. The Josh.ai community made their voice heard and the Josh Edge project was born one year ago. On the anniversary of the project’s conception, the Josh.ai team shared more information about the device icons that will enable users to customize the upper six buttons on Josh Edge. These buttons offer the ability to control nearby devices in the remote’s assigned room, activate custom scenes, or launch specific video channels and services depending on what is most important for every client. All Josh.ai dealers are now able to view the designs and pre-order buttons in preparation for the arrival of Josh Edge later this year.

JoshGPT 3.0

Building on the success of JoshGPT 2.0, Josh.ai is updating its award-winning AI OS software to power the next generation of intelligent living experiences. JoshGPT 3.0 is the most tightly integrated smart home AI, harnessing generative intelligence to make device control and assistance more seamless than any other platform. Interactions with JoshGPT 3.0 are faster, smarter, and more contextual thanks to enhanced reasoning capabilities. For example, JoshGPT 3.0 is now able to deduce answers to complex scenarios like, “Hey Josh, how many Josh Micros would fit in a Ferrari Roma?”

JoshGPT 3.0 is also increasing its general purpose assistance for every sports fan. Josh.ai users can now ask for real time scores, schedules, statistics, and more to always stay on top of their game. With baseball season coming up, clients can ask questions like, “Hey Josh, who do the Rockies play on opening day this year?”

In addition to its expanded breadth of knowledge and reasoning, JoshGPT 3.0 takes the guesswork out of setting the perfect mood with conversational device control. For users that want to listen to music, but have trouble remembering an exact song or artist, they can simply describe what they would like to play and Josh.ai will understand the request. For example, asking “Hey Josh, play that song about drinking pina coladas in the rain,” will result in Josh.ai searching and finding “Escape (The Pina Colada Song)” by Rupert Holmes.

For tunable lighting control, JoshGPT 3.0 makes it easy to describe a color palette or motif to set any vibe. Without having to create preset scenes, users can ask “Hey Josh, set the lights to the colors of a Caribbean sunset,” and Josh.ai utilizes its intelligence to generate the right colors while dynamically adjusting the lights.

With JoshGPT 3.0, Josh.ai is changing the game across all of its text and voice interfaces. Every client is now empowered with a personal sports center, conversational DJ, and mood lighting expert for effortless living experiences.

Introducing DoorLink

Clients can easily greet guests, verify identities, and grant access to their property with a simple voice command or the tap of a button. With the launch of DoorLink, Josh.ai is delivering on its promise of complete access control powered by AI OS. Clients are now equipped with a full-featured home monitoring system that offers real-time push notifications when activity is detected, camera analysis and generative surveillance insights courtesy of Josh Vision, and two-way intercom with compatible door stations.

DoorLink intercom is available on Josh Touchscreen today and coming to the Josh App later this month so that clients can stay connected whether they are at home or on-the-go. Launching with DoorBird and 2N, Josh.ai customers are now able to enjoy the accessibility and convenience of Josh when communicating with the outside world.

Josh.ai Unveils New Josh One Hardware

The Josh One entry-level control processor has been completely redesigned with an ultracompact form factor and increased versatility so that everyone can live smarter. Whether it is mounted in a technology rack or placed in a media cabinet, installation is made easy thanks to USB-C power and ethernet data connections. A height of only 1.07 inches, width of 3.35 inches, and depth of 3.35 inches means that the new Josh one is small enough to fit in anywhere for customers in smaller homes, condos, and commercial spaces. Under the hood, the updated Josh One is equipped with a 4-Core ARM Processor with speeds up to 1.5 GHz.

Out of the box, Josh One and the Josh App are the ultimate one-two punch, consolidating up to 100 connected devices onto the award-winning AI OS control platform. As soon as Josh One is on the network, it auto-discovers supported devices, intelligently generates a home’s floor plan, and logically associates corresponding images to each area in the Josh App. Within minutes, customers are able to freely interact with their surroundings and begin personalizing their smart home experience with a beautiful interface. When clients would like to expand upon their control interfaces, Josh One also supports Josh Touchscreen, Josh Micro, and all Josh.ai remotes.

Offering unmatched value and customization, Josh One systems are built for efficient deployments, optimal supportability, and freedom of choice for user-friendly automation experiences. The new Josh One is available for dealers to order now and present as a purposefully built control solution to customers, builders, and developers.

Josh.ai Debuts Reimagined AV Experience & Music Controller

Building upon its advanced AV distribution capabilities, Josh.ai has reimagined entertainment experiences in the modern home with the look, feel, and features of its new audio controller. Josh.ai clients are in for a treat with the new Josh App audio controller, which centralizes all of their content on a new discovery page. Music lovers are empowered with access to their complete music library, personal playlists, and all available streaming platforms. At the top of the discovery page, recently played content is also a tap away to make it easy to jump back in while keeping music rotations current based on a user’s listening history.

In addition to full-featured search, the updated music experience includes dynamic content personalization. A new favorites section offers quick access to a user’s most-loved tunes while curated collections inspire new discovery. No matter how many streaming platforms a client is logged into, they can prioritize which service they would prefer Josh to use when searching for songs, artists, albums, and genres. Lastly, JoshGPT is standing by when audiophiles want to learn more with intelligent music insights.

The new music controller is available now in the Josh App across currently supported streaming platforms, including Sonos, Autonomic, and Denon Heos. In tandem with the launch, Josh.ai is rolling out its WiiM support today and will be pushing BluOS integration later this month. Josh.ai customers are now empowered with the freedom to enjoy their favorite music players with the most robust touch, text, and voice control interfaces available in the smart home.