MR500UAB Digital Voice Assistants Land in Boating

Well we knew that we would soon have to comment on Digital Voice Assistant (DVA) technology as an aid to the boating industry as well.

We are all ready to welcome this technology, as long as it is confined toward dedicated entertainment products. In fact, it should be pointed out that such technology is not ready to support dedicated navigation or safety features, and the traditional distress button will be with great difficulty replaced by digital voice assistants.

Although DVA technology clearly shows the limitations just mentioned, we must also well focus on the great benefits it can bring to the nautical sector, especially for all those activities related to entertainment.

In fact, let us not forget that not a few people suffer from joint limitations or visual impairments and that a whole new world is opening up for these individuals, precisely thanks to the help of this new technology.

Speaking of the new MR500UAB from "Boss Marine," it will certainly be pleasant, instead of launching from the keyboard or smartphone our song, to ask the DVA by voice "Now let me listen to Pink Floyd."

The first step is to activate the voice assistant on our smartphone (Siri, Google Assistant etc), at this point by pressing the PTT button on the MR500UAB, our voice will reach via bluetooth to our smartphone, which will respond by sending the voice response back to the stereo system and providing the eventual action.

We know that these voice assistants are evolving fast and we can try to ask them any kind of question. For use on the MR500UAB, our questions will mostly be about choosing which song to listen to and how to advance to the next one. However, there will be no harm if we try to ask other questions, such as "what is the nearest port?", "can you give me the weather situation?", or "can you tell me how fast I am traveling?".

Let's also not forget that the answer will be punctuated by the MR500UAB's stereo system, so in addition to being able to hear it at a suitable volume, the whole crew will also be made aware of the assistant's answer.

In short, really a new way of thinking about entertainment that besides being fun, will be particularly useful, especially if your imagination prompts you to formulate questions appropriate to various situations.

The Boss Marine not only has the merit of so originally including voice assistant features, first and foremost in fact it is all effects a Boss Marine stereo with all its audio peculiarities and excellent reliability qualities.

Although the market trend shows a bias toward dashboard stereos, classic one-DIN models still remain the choice of many. Especially for those who already have such a model on their boat and want to replace it, perhaps simply to have a better performing Boss Marine model and thus not having to disrupt the type of installation already on the boat.

The new MR500UAB has all the other features normally found on all Boss Marine stereos, such as Bluetooth connection, hands-free mode, AM/FM radio, remote control, and more. Note, however, that there is no CD player, so for all those who prefer to listen to music from such a medium, they will have to opt for another model.

The Boss Marine MR500UAB is already available in our warehouses and can be purchased from the best dealers, both in the " stereo only" version and in the package version, where there are a pair of MR6W speakers and the MRANT10FM antenna, in short, a small kit with which you complete a minimal system.