Earlier this year, Motorola unveiled some of the Moto AI capabilities, which include Catch Me Up and Remember This. The Catch Me Up tool prioritizes your notifications, sparing you the hassle of sifting through numerous missed alerts. Another feature, Pay Attention, assists users in recalling instructions or important details without the need for note-taking or lengthy recordings. The Remember This function can capture live events or screen content and save it while providing insights powered by AI.
These features are set to enter a beta phase, with invitations being issued over the course of the year. During this testing period, Motorola plans to enhance its Moto AI offerings based on user feedback. At this time, specific information regarding which devices will be included in the beta program or how users will be invited remains unclear. While this marks a positive development, many questions remain.
Additionally, the Moto AI ecosystem is introducing large action models (LAMs). While still a proof-of-concept, these models are designed to understand your surroundings, learn from your behavior for personalized responses, translate natural language into actions, and execute tasks on your behalf. Essentially, Motorola’s LAMs aim to create contextually aware personal assistants that engage in human-like interactions using natural language.
During Tech World 2024, Motorola demonstrated the functionality of Moto AI LAMs by using the command “order me an iced americano.” Moto AI will find the closest café, place the order, and then notify the user when it’s ready for pickup. Similar applications could include booking an Uber ride, where Moto AI would gather destination details, confirm the booking, and provide the user with car and pickup information, along with an estimated time of arrival.
Another feature highlighted by Motorola is Smart Connect. This initiative aims to harmonize the Motorola and Lenovo ecosystems, potentially enhancing the user experience through AI integration.
Intelligent Awareness allows users to manage their devices using natural language commands, enabling them to discover, connect, and control a range of devices from smartphones to smart home gadgets. This essentially combines different AI methods to find the most effective model for each task, thereby improving productivity and creativity. Smart Connect will also aim to give AI capabilities to devices that lack built-in AI, which includes features like cross-device search and intelligent actions.
While these concepts sound promising in theory, we still have yet to see practical applications for any of the LAMs in everyday situations. Moreover, Motorola initially mentioned Moto AI with the Razr series earlier this summer, and now we’re only seeing a limited rollout of a few features in beta testing, leaving us in the dark about the specifics of the rollout process.
This gradual introduction raises doubts about the overall effectiveness of these developments, especially since Motorola hasn’t provided a timeline for when LAMs and Smart Connect will become available, aside from suggesting that Smart Connect will arrive in the “near future.” While it’s exciting to hear more about Moto AI, it’s evident that the company still has significant work ahead to compete with established players like Samsung Galaxy AI and Apple Intelligence.
