Naver unveils new AI speakers with character designs

South Korean internet giant Naver on Tuesday unveiled a new artificial intelligence voice assistant speaker designed in the shape of two main characters from its mobile messenger Line. Dubbed "Friends," the smart speaker comes in two versions, each resembling Line messenger's Brown, a brown bear, and Sally, a yellow chick. Naver's Friends smart speaker (Naver) The speaker runs on Clova, the AI-powered voice assistant platform co-developed by Naver and Line. Friends is designed to be portable unlike other standard AI speakers. It weighs only 378 grams and is able to operate for five consecutive hours on a full charge.