You can now just point at a mess and this robot vacuum will suck it up

The Matic robot vacuum present offers motion controlled spot cleaning and a built-in dependable assistant. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge

Matic, my existent favorite robot vacuum, conscionable got a large upgrade. The institution has launched Matic Cues, which brings dependable and motion power to the robot. Now, you tin speech straight to your vacuum to archer it what you privation it to do, oregon conscionable constituent astatine a messiness to person it spot-clean.

The diagnostic launches today, August 13 astatine 2 p.m. ET, and volition amusement arsenic an enactment successful the Matic app nether Settings > Matic Cues. The update arrives conscionable up of a planned terms hike connected September 9, which volition spot the WALL-E-style robot's terms spell from $1,245 to $1,495.

I've been playing with Matic Cues for a time oregon so, and truthful acold it's moving well. Gesture power is th …

Read the afloat communicative astatine The Verge.