at CES 2025 in Las VegasPanasonic has unveiled Umi, its digital assistant that will provide families with a personalized AI-powered health coach. Created in partnership with Anthropic.Umi uses that. Claude AI model to help families “care, coordinate and connect” with each other; The company said.
in particular, It includes an AI assistant focused on helping families create goals such as spending time together or being more active, allowing users to voice chat with Umi.
In a demo of Umi during the company's CES keynote, Umi allows families to group chat with the AI as well as set goals, creating routines; Umi is available in a mobile app that lets you manage tasks and more.
Panasonic points out that the app could also be useful for those who care for elderly parents, even if the elderly in the family don't always stay together, but they do. (The company is working with AARP on this aspect of the Umi platform.)
Launching in the US in 2025, the AI coach will connect people with a community of experts to help them build healthy habits and create wellness routines. Panasonic is Aaptiv; Precision Nutrition; SleepScore Labs; Addition Wealth BlueApron, Working with other health-focused partners, including Calm and others. These brands, part of Panasonic Well's Partner Collective, will work with Umi and other future Panasonic Well businesses, the company said.
At the same time, The partnership between Anthropic and Panasonic not only allows Claude AI to be used in Panasonic's consumer products, but also brings Claude into Panasonic's workforce. customer service; sales The company said it will integrate Claude into a strategic asset by focusing on improving results in areas such as marketing and coding.