Motorola Solutions has announced the launch SVX, a video remote speaker microphone that integrates secure voice, video and AI.
The microphone is designed for the company’s flagship radio, APX NEXT Assist, which has also been released.
The company highlights that the new releases reflect the company’s strategy to put the power of AI into the hands of every first responder in the US, underscoring its commitment to ‘Solving for safer.’
The SVX converges the body camera with a radio, by doing this, Motorola Solutions has replaced the need for multiple devices.
Assist introduces a new category of human-AI collaboration for public safety, providing contextual and actionable information that’s personalized for the time, person and place where decisions need to be made.
The company claims that the SVX effectively halves the number of devices and reduces maintenance, while everyday shifts are covered with the swappable battery.
Mahesh Saptharishi, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Motorola Solutions stated: “An officer’s uniform is their emblem. Their emblem of service, of protection, of courage and sometimes of sacrifice, in the pursuit of making our communities safer.
“We’ve designed SVX and Assist to combine secure voice, video and AI with exceptional quality and capability for the people in uniform who protect us all,” Saptharishi added.
Motorola Solutions claims that the SVX brings the company’s mission-critical communications security and audio clarity now to both voice and video.
With the integration of the APX NEXT radio, it features the company’s ambient noise reduction, allowing officers to communicate or ask Assist for support despite background noise.
SVX’s high-definition video retains all ambient sound to protect the objective integrity of everything an officer sees and hears through the camera.
The company claims that through capturing dual streams through both radio and video communications, it allows SVX to capture greater context and clarity for a more comprehensive timeline of events.
“Try using your everyday smartphone AI assistant with police sirens blaring; your message won’t be understood.
“Police officers need to confidently communicate wherever they are and the quality of audio directly affects the usability of radio and video evidence,” Saptharishi concluded.