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Smart whiteboard manufacturer Vibe is expanding further into hybrid work hardware with the Vibe Bot, a physical AI device that can serve as a voice assistant, a smart webcam, and an AI note-taker, designed for office desks and meeting rooms.
Despite the name, Vibe Bot is definitely not a robot. In fact it’s closer to something you’d expect to find among Amazon’s Echo line: a cylindrical speaker with a small, circular screen, beam-forming microphones, and a built-in 4K camera for video calls. Like some of Amazon’s Echo Shows, it can even rotate that screen and camera, tracking speakers in group conversations to make sure that the right person is always on screen.
It’s not just a webcam though. It can record the audio from meetings, both online and offline, with live transcription along with AI-generated notes after the fact. You can use the voice assistant to ask questions about current and previous meetings, make recommendations, and trigger actions in other integrated apps like calendars and project management tools, though Vibe hasn’t confirmed any specific supported apps just yet.