A smart toy is a toy which effectively has its own intelligence by virtue of on-board electronics. These enable it to learn, behave according to pattern, and alter its actions depending upon stimuli from the environment. Typically, smart toys can adjust to the abilities of those playing with them.
A smart toy may be networked together with other smart toys or a personal computer in order to enhance its play value or educational features. Smart toys frequently have extensive multimedia capabilities, and these can be utilised to produce a realistic, animated, simulated personality for the toy.
What best distinguishes a smart toy from a regular toy is the way the on-board intelligence is holistically integrated into the play experience in order to create simulated human-like intelligence
