For a sister with many children, a progressive grandmother and an introvert friend: 4 ideas for a technological gift that will delight anyone

What you need to know about "Salyut, Sberbank"

Salyut is the world's first family of virtual assistants, among which each user can choose a companion to their liking. For example, the outgoing Joy loves to joke. She can easily find the nearest clubs and bars, and with her you can immediately contact you. And Sberbank and Athena are more restrained and business assistants. Each assistant has his own character and his own way of communicating with users, but it is fun to chat with everyone: all three are open to dialogue and can answer questions wittyly.

Sber, Athena and Joy live in smart devices from SberDevices, and also live in the Salyut mobile application and can manage finances in SberBank Online. For example, you can ask an assistant to transfer money to a tutor, courier, or friend, without being distracted from the main business. Just tell who you need to send and how much.

The Salut family understands not only finances. Assistants can also sign you up to a clinic or barbershop, and also take over the ordering of groceries. In addition, in the documentary “

Engineering Joy: how smart devices are created with virtual assistants from Sberbank»Developers SberDevices announced a smart answering machine. Sber, Athena and Joy will answer calls when you are busy and cannot or do not want to pick up the phone. If these are intrusive advertisers or scammers, the virtual assistant will become a protective filter against unwanted information for the user.

You cannot buy useful assistants to your loved ones, but you can donate smart gadgets from SberDevices. And with them, the opportunities for Joy, Athena and Sberbank will become even wider.

What gadgets from SberDevices should be presented to loved ones

1. SberBox

A set-top box that turns a conventional HDMI TV into a home entertainment center. With SberBox, you can not only watch TV channels, but also listen to music and sing along to your favorite performers along with the text on the screen, turn on podcasts, watch movies and TV shows. And also play demanding games through SberPlay on the big screen without a computer. At the time of buying SberBox you can get a free month of cloud gaming subscription: a gift in a gift is always a pleasure.

Looking for a gift for your grandparents? Introduce them to the Salut assistants through their familiar TV set. Not all seniors have touch-sensitive smartphones - some are more comfortable and more accustomed to using push-button options, so that SberBox will become a guide for them to the modern world and bring them closer to the grandchildren.

And also with SberBox the most conservative of the family will start ordering delivery with the help of virtual assistants. Thanks to SberBox, you can feel like a character in a fairy tale about a magic catch: just say "Salute, I want a sandwich!" and watch the magic of technology. The assistant will open the product catalog in the "Scooter" or DeliveryClub, will offer to choose from what is available, will send the one you like to the basket and place an order.

If ordering groceries is too difficult a task for beginner seniors, start by managing light: you can install smart bulbs and teach grandparents or parents remotely turn off the light. And with smart sockets, they will stop worrying about unplugged kettles and irons.

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2. SberBox Top

We expand the capabilities of the Salyut family with a TV-media center: SberBox Top - this is also a set-top box, but also with a smart camera. This device is suitable for a gift even for those whose TV has long been covered with dust. Those who have children will especially appreciate the prefix. In addition to games in SberPlay, the console also has an option for AR-fairy tales: you can try on virtual masks of heroes familiar from childhood.

Introverts and experienced remote workers will also be delighted with the gift SberBox Top: it will become more convenient to communicate with family and colleagues using the set-top box. The Jazz by Sber service allows you to arrange video conferences for up to 100 people and without time limits. With noise canceling technology, you don't have to worry about a bored cat bursting into your work report with an indignant comment. Auto zoom will bring the user closer if they are away from the screen. And the smart camera will pleasantly surprise those who are used to wandering around the room chaotically during calls and waving hands: the AI-gaze will tirelessly follow the restless speaker and will not let the interlocutors lose you from species.

TV-media center will help you to keep yourself in shape without forays into the hall. The smart camera in the Zein app will track the correctness of your yoga asanas. With Wellbell, you can join fitness streams and invite friends to workout together. Extra Bonus: Monthly Wellbell Subscription upon Purchase SberBox Top will be available for only a ruble.

On the list of New Year's gifts, there is often a "boss" who is difficult to get through: a character passionately in love with shopping. Such people love to pamper themselves with both necessary and unnecessary purchases, but with SberBox Top you can easily please even such difficult recipients. Layer will conquer them - a technology with which you can shop right while watching TV series and films.

The Layer mechanism analyzes the clothes of the characters, selects similar ones in online stores - and by the end of the film you can already wait for the delivery of shoes like Kerry Bradshaw's or Yennefer's choker. The Layer family "Salyut" helps, which lives in this console and is always ready to order pizza for a home movie screening, turn on music to suit the mood or cancel a recording for a haircut.

Turn your TV into a media center

3. SberPortal

Not everyone has a TV now: many save space in the apartment and easily replace the large screen with smartphones, tablets and laptops. For such lovers of compact and modern solutions, SberDevices has a special option - a smart display with a futuristic design. Design SberPortal appreciated at international competitions Red Dot and IF Design. The screen has the optimal size, the speaker, in addition to its main role, serves as a stand. The wide-angle camera is positioned above the display, and not directly sewn into it. A protective shutter cap is provided for the camera - for those who are especially worried about privacy.

A smart display is a universal gift. This gadget is equipped with a smart camera with which it is convenient to arrange video calls via Jazz by Sber. It also recognizes gestures: fold your fingers into the letter V - call an assistant. While listening to music, point your finger up or down - the content will be marked with your like or dislike. And with an open palm, you can pause a video or track.

SberPortal Children will love it: with the Kidsar set, learning and playing will be even more fun. The Kidsar package contains three hundred learning cards for different games and a special camera mirror that turns your desktop into a playing field. The camera can not only transform cards into AR objects on the screen, but also check if the child has completed the task correctly.

And if you order SberPortal now, then a cool gift will become even cooler with a SberPrime subscription for three months and a package of Silver TV channels from Smotryoshka for three months for 1 ruble.

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4. SberBox Time

And now an idea for those who like to plan gifts long before the holidays is a smart speaker that combines functions of smart speaker, analog clock and TV set-top box. Announcement SberBox Time presented by the development team SberDevices in the documentary "Engineering Joy: how smart devices are created with virtual assistants from Sberbank». The release of the gadget is scheduled for early 2022. While you can subscribe to notifications about the start of sales. So you definitely do not miss out on a cool gift for February 23rd or March 8th.

The column will fit into any interior, because it looks like a stylish clock. And with the help of 3D models of ears and horns, you can create for your SberBox Time individual design. This will be especially appreciated by children: the speaker can become not only a cute animal, but also an airplane or a rocket, in order to ideally suit the general style of the nursery and the interests of its owner.

The speaker easily converts into a game console in the children's room. Just plug your device into your TV and take out your gamepads (or use smartphones instead).

A gift will also come in handy in a bedroom where there is no TV: Salute's assistants will turn on a lullaby, set a musical alarm clock, turn off the lights or adjust the effects of the sunset and northern lights (but for this you must have smart bulbs or LED strips).

Time will be as useful as possible in the living room: it will find movies, TV shows and your favorite bloggers on YouTube. It will also open a browser to search for any information on the Internet. And when the TV is turned off, the speaker will delight you with music, podcasts, fairy tales, and virtual assistants will support the conversation on various topics.

For those who spend most of the day in the kitchen, SberBox Time will become not just a gift, but a faithful assistant: he will find a recipe, order the missing ingredients, select background music and support the conversation. And with five built-in microphones, the speaker will hear the user even when the hood is on. By the way, SberBox Time Highlights each of the Salute assistants with an individual color, so choosing between Joy, Sberbank and Athena will be even more interesting.

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