The SmartMesh solution supports Bluetooth SIG's latest Bluetooth Mesh technology and Bluetooth 5.0 capabilities, and MediaTek's customized Bluetooth chipsets (SoCs) MT7581 and MT7583 for Alibaba are equipped with Bluetooth Smart Mesh, auto-mate, fast connect, Ultra-low power consumption, etc. Smart home devices adopting this solution automatically and quickly perform Bluetooth pairing and networking, and will accelerate the deployment of a smart home ecosystem centered on Lynx.
You Jie, vice president of MediaTek and general manager of home entertainment products group, said: 'MediaTek is very pleased to have strategic cooperation with Alibaba AI Lab to discuss and promote the smart home ecosystem around voice interaction. The cooperation agreement is based on the success of the cooperation between Lynx and Smarter Lynx X1.With the advancement of various technologies, the Smart Home Market is entering a period of rapid development.Ladia has the advantages in connection / baseband, computing and multimedia fields Technology advantage, and Alibaba has the leading edge in cloud computing and artificial intelligence, I believe the joint efforts of both sides can speed up the IoT era.
AI labs Lynx has provided users with a brand new voice interactive experience. Since its release in late July last year, thousands of home devices have been interconnected through Lynx elf. In 2017, the two-day Lynx Global Shopping Achieved millions of sales records during the carnival.
Chen Lijuan, head of Alibaba AI Lab, said: "We are very pleased to have such a strategic partner of MediaTek, in the future we will conduct a deeper exploration in the field of IoT. Alibaba's AI and cloud computing capabilities and MediaTek's chip Designed to complement each other and provide a unique smart home connectivity solution that delivers an unprecedented connectivity experience to consumers, this strategic partnership also demonstrates the commitment of both parties to innovating to bring a world of connected things to all through the IoT era. "
"With the launch of the SmartMesh solution, we also released the IoT Connect Open Connectivity Protocol with Bluetooth Mesh technology, which will be open to all industries. Through the agreement, smart devices can be more easily interconnected and automatically form a network to automatically adjust and support Lynx Wizard's voice control system.The agreement was released to promote the interconnection and interoperability of the IoT industry and achieve benign development.At the same time, this also enables intelligent speakers of different brands and platforms to share the same set of connection standards and reduce R & D costs and business inputs to promote the popularity of voice interactive entrance. "Chen Lijuan added.
Equipped with MT7581 and MT7583 two SmartMesh Bluetooth terminal devices will be mass-produced in the second half of 2018.