Sphero App-Enabled BB-8 Droid Toy Can Now Watch and React to Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mashable editor Chris Taylor recently posted a video on Instagram of his Sphero BB-8 droid toy watching and reacting to a scene from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Thanks to Sphero‘s latest update for the app-enabled droid, BB-8 now has a “Watch With Me” feature that allows it to recognize where you are in the film and act accordingly to certain scenes. The Sphero BB-8 droid is available on Amazon.

A video posted by Chris Taylor (@futurechris) on Apr 4, 2016 at 11:27pm PDT

#BB-8's new feature: he watches #TheForceAwakens along with you. Thanks for the early access, @Sphero! #StarWars pic.twitter.com/n8RNL2VXkf

— Chris Taylor (@FutureBoy) April 5, 2016

The new Watch-With-Me feature in the BB-8 app allows your Droid to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens with you. pic.twitter.com/YEbOeCOqeX

— Sphero (@Sphero) April 9, 2016