What is the best carrier of artificial intelligence in the end? Phone? Home smart audio? May be a pseudo-proposition in itself. Because the nature of artificial intelligence is an algorithm can also be understood as a way of thinking of the machine, it can be integrated with the Internet of things , So smart home around us become more intelligent.
When the IoT's ambitions are not yet widespread, the market actually needs a product that can make artificial intelligence within reach. Going out to ask questions is the first of its kind in China. Ticwatch, Tichome, Rearview mirror Ticmirror the birth of these three categories, are going out to ask for the machine learning and human-computer interaction between the thinking.
Tichome Mini this evaluation of our main portable, you can put it at home, but also carry, compact body so that it has more scenes can display their skills. Such a smart speaker comprehensive performance, it is not worth it Buy? This is the issue to be discussed in this article.
Have to buy what have to look at the face
Whether it is on the Internet Taobao, or walk in the mall, a product can attract the eye, the color value is definitely the first reference element. For portable speakers, its usefulness can be more than eating ash, the most important It is out to have a face.
As you can see from the packaging, the Tichome Mini is not easy to come by, and the LOGO in the upper left corner indicates that it has won the 2017 Japan Good Design Award, enjoy it with the same honor millet MIX and millet VR, we are familiar burst products.
The reason why the Tichome Mini is able to win this award may be precisely because of its simple and natural design philosophy is cast Japanese appetite, with four front and back two symmetrical physical buttons, and two noise-canceling microphone openings.
After powering on, the four buttons will appear in the center of the four interactive lights. There are three kinds of lights can be displayed, respectively, red, blue and orange. In addition, the light can be blinking, breathing, continuous color change, etc. Way to interact with the user, both intuitive and vivid, giving a sense of intimacy.
It currently has magic night white and elf black two color options, a kind of escape Smart, a deep and steady, different temperament, the latter may be introduced other new color.
Design details out of chapter
Tichome Mini fuselage made of three materials. The front of the area of silicone material, the surface after exquisite frosted, very skin-friendly; upper body with a metal anodized aluminum ring plus paint treatment, in order to enhance the texture and prevent wear and tear ; The plastic part at the bottom pulls down the weight of the speakers, and its gentle texture also makes it easier for users to pick up the speaker than if they were metal.
Base speaker openings, which arc through the transition design so that the speaker either on the table or hanging on the wall, the sound will not be boring boring addition, it has built-in 2500mAh battery capacity, continuous charging Play music for 5 hours, or keep on standby for 16 hours
It is worth mentioning that there are two noise-canceling microphone openings on the surface of the speaker, and both of them make some four unbalanced unbalanced symmetrical four buttons, losing some aesthetic feeling.If you can choose to open the holes from both sides of the speaker Then it will look more orderly.
Let it be an assistant, you have to learn first
The Tichome Mini has an independent 'brain' instead of the 'IQ' that shares the phone with Bluetooth. It paired with the phone differently through Bluetooth, but through WIFI, as long as the paired phone is on the same network as the Tichome Mini Can communicate with each other.
When the phone and the speaker are paired to help the speaker connect to the Internet, it can play its own intelligence. In my experience, what it can do is far beyond my imagination. According to my intelligent speaker Understand, its role is roughly to check the weather, put a music, hold it up with an alarm clock, etc. After reading the list of skills, I realized that I can think of just the tip of the iceberg.
How to describe its function more? In that case, I skim down in its skill list crazy enough to slide in nearly 5 seconds to slide in the end! Compared to the general function of intelligent speakers is one of the few features , Go out to ask is an artificial intelligence assistant in a clean stream.
Too many functions I will not list one by one, I will pick myself and my girlfriend more like the function of a brief introduction.
1, impression notes. This feature is comparable to the old Luo mouth in the 'flash capsule' is my favorite. First of all, I am a loyal user of an Evernote, I usually use the basic notes code, its greatest advantage is mac, ios, Android Multi-platform all-you-can, no matter what device I use can be synchronized.
After I authorized Tichome Mini, just say it to me: 'I want to take notes', and then I may directly say some thoughts of the time. There will be a question in my Evernote Notebook, store my recording, but also the voice into words, at a glance.In addition, the same function it also supports Yodao cloud notes.
2, listen to the news. In fact, there is nothing to say, is read a news Well, not new.But Tichome Mini to broadcast the news I do not know is the day's news, also supports broadcast entertainment news, financial news, Internet news you want to hear some news, Even microblogging is hot on what.
3, character encyclopedia. This feature is my girlfriend's favorite, she always bored to the Tichome Mini asked: 'XXX (star) has derailed?', 'XXX's husband who?', 'XXX have a few children?' And so on Series gossip, the key speaker really can answer her.
In addition, Tichome Mini in addition to these features can be achieved above, but also with LifeSmart Universal Bowl to achieve the control of the traditional home, as well as smart home interoperability.
Do not forget, after all, it is still a speaker
When we look at the 'new species' of smart speakers, we often ignore the sound quality of the Tweeter. The Tichome Mini uses a 3W full audio speaker to ensure vigorous sounding and 360-degree omnidirectional sounding design to make the sound more diffuse balanced.
In terms of sound quality, Tichome Mini is more good at performing rich, low-key music, tuning style biased in favor of bass and alto, slightly poor performance for the treble.This may be due to go out to consider its use of the scene not only play music, the user Will also use it to tell children stories, broadcast news, etc., in the low-frequency debugging orientation, but also make people more comfortable in the auditory sense.
It's one step worse than knowing you
Talking about now, I also give an example of the problems I encountered in the use of this speaker.
The Tichome Mini activates voice interaction by capturing the user's wake-up word 'Hi!' From the built-in microphone, so the ambient sound around the speakers will, to a certain extent, affect the probability of voice activation, the distance between the user and the speaker, Size also affects the activation rate, so it's hard to wake it up when you put it next to the TV while you're sitting on the couch, and when it's playing music, Larger sound to wake it up.
Tichome Mini makes people worry about occasional awakening except for the activation rate in some scenes.This phenomenon is random, and when the speaker's microphone can collect human voice, there will be a small Chances are there, such as when chatting with two people, when watching TV, etc. Of course, this situation is rare, I spent a week, only 2-3 times.
Of course, these two major issues do not exist only in the Tichome Mini, the market is more or less intelligent speakers will have the same problem.For users to get a better user experience, but also have to wait to go out Ask speech recognition technology Constantly iterative.
Evaluation summary
Tichome Mini is a relatively rare category of smart speakers, it not only has the characteristics of the general home smart speakers, but also makes it more compact and portable body. This portability allows users to use it in more scenes, hang it In the bedroom, living room, bathroom or carry in the backpack is a good choice.
Tichome Mini priced at 499 yuan.For this price, can be compared with the millet AI speakers (small love classmate), JBL Go Smart.Considering the product appearance and brand premium of this different factors, Go out to ask in terms of content, function, speech recognition algorithms have a leading position in the body.If you want to buy a smart speaker early adopters do not want to spend thousands of dollars to buy a home smart speaker, then the Tichome Mini will be Your best choice at the moment.