In the past 2017, it can be said that it was the first year of domestic artificial intelligence AI technology, and it was the outbreak year of the Chinese smart speaker market. Internet giants such as Ali, Tencent, Baidu, and Xiaomi successively laid out and released their own intelligent speaker products.
However, the competition in the smart speaker market has also intensified, and in Ali, Xiaomi has achieved a good market share through low-cost strategies. What will the 'latecomer' Baidu deal with? Maybe you can use the little smart that you just released? Find the answer in the speaker.
So, how about this tiny smart speaker, which costs only 89 yuan and is called 'uncompromising', is it worth it? Let's talk about it!
First, appearance: small, more like a cola
Similar to the Apple HomePod, the 'Little Smart Speaker' is also a regular cylinder shape (without a screen), but more like a slightly fat cola with dimensions of 90mm*102.4mm ( 330ml Coke can height 115.20, outside Trail 66.04), weighing about 280g.
'Little smart speaker' speaker overall gray design, divided into upper and lower three parts, the upper and lower part of the fiber material wrapped sound area, the middle of the white plastic package.
At the top, there is a bear-sleeve type color LED Baidu logo. When interacting with small speakers, the logo will flash, blue represents the boot, and orange is in the distribution network mode; when there is no power, the LED area is ' Hide '.
There are four physical buttons such as a microphone, volume addition and subtraction, and a play button around the LED area. When the microphone is disabled, which means that the user does not need to talk to the speaker, the microphone can be turned off manually. There will be a voice prompt and the indicator light will turn purple. .
Second, price
Small degree of smart speakers can be used to describe the price of 'anti-day' to describe. First of all, 89 yuan early adopter price (original price 249 yuan) is slightly better.
Bai Jing, general manager of Baidu Smart Life Business Group, also stated that the early adopters' subsidy of RMB 89 is very powerful, but for the sake of user experience, they will persist until they can not persist.
Third, how to activate smart speakers?
Before we say how small the smart speakers can be, let's look at how to activate smart speakers.
How to use: 1. The mobile phone scans the QR code on the product box or manual, downloads the 'Little Speaker' App and installs it; 2. Connects the small smart speaker to the power supply; 3. Connects to the network with 'Little Speaker' App. Log in to your Baidu account and follow the prompts.
Fourth, content: 10 million+ audio content, 400+ skills, and a warm-hearted child model
In the AI industry, if you want to really become bigger and stronger, you have to rely on the content and user stickiness. And this small smart speaker in the two aspects put a lot of effort.
Do not look at Xiaodu smart speaker body size, low price, but the contents of the belly quite a lot, can not conceal their 'strength singing' characteristics. Spokesman Cai Kangyong, said, 'small degree intelligent speaker brain volume is small S (Xu Xichen)'s Ten thousand times more than 100 million times that of Chen Handian. Even Xiaosong is not as good as '.
According to statistics, Xiaodu has over 10 million+ hours of massive audio content, including 20 million+ high-quality audio programs, 1000+ provincial and municipal radio stations, 800,000+ quality audio programs for children, 20 million+ certified mother and child quizzes, and More than 400 commonly used life skills.
In addition, Xiaodu intelligent speaker built-in DuerOS dialogue artificial intelligence system, can control nearly 20 kinds of smart home devices, good morning mode, home mode also brings children mode and geek mode.
Of course, basic functions such as checking weather, information, listening to audio, setting alarm clock, dressing guide, traffic, stock market quotes, etc., small smart speakers are also available, and scenes can be connected in series to provide exclusive services for users.
Small degree of voice control equipment
In the geek mode, the user can activate the continuous dialogue function by saying 'minor degree, activate geek mode', and automatically collect the sound within 8 seconds after the voice announcement. During the dialogue, the user does not need to wake up the speaker again.
In the child mode, when the child sends out instructions such as music, stories, and books to minorities, the degree of minority will be automatically recognized, giving more suitable content for children, such as guessing riddles, words, etc., and communicating with children's voices to become children's. Smart partner's, more children's innocence.
This original child model shows Baidu's intentions (points to the user's pain point), and of course also embodies the exquisiteness of technology!
Child mode
In terms of intelligent interaction, small smart speakers can record the user's interests and hobbies, and achieve the status of 'Using More and Know More' (officially saying that after 30 days of continuous use, you will get different feedback'). Small degree can voice control LifeSmart , Haier U+, BroadLink, graffiti intelligence, Shallot Smart, Oerube and other devices, and more importantly, Baidu also announced that 'Little Degree will become Skyworth's TV remote control!'
Fifth, extraordinary sound quality, uncompromising hardware configuration
Jing Hao said that the small degree is a complete speaker, unlike other smart speakers on the market is a 'mini' version.
Xiaodu Smart Speaker adopts high-sensitivity surrounding wheat design and is equipped with a 1.75-inch full-frequency yoke iron magnetic horn, plus active noise reduction, beamforming 360-degree circular sound field, original approach sound pickup, professional power amplifier and tuning technology. .
As well as being tested by an authoritative agency, Cecil Labs, Xiaodu Smart Speakers have a 360 'no dead-end listening experience and lead other speakers in terms of sound quality, sound field, and wake-up.
And Xiaodu smart speakers also support users within 5 meters can be awakened. Conference site, Baidu announced that Xiaodu will apprentice Tsai Kang-yung, so that the small degree of intelligent speakers in smart interaction smarter.
At the press conference, Jing Hao repeatedly emphasized that the speaker “Hardware does not compromise” is exactly what?
Xiaodu smart speaker main 'low power' and 'high integration', equipped with ARM Cortex A53 quad-core processor, supports WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, with a dedicated APP.
Write last , Xiaodu smart speaker as the Baidu SLG smart life business group released after the establishment of the first hardware products, whether it is function, hardware configuration, or price, Baidu Baidu introduced this product sincerity.
Xiaodu intelligent speaker has become a high probability event (has been sold out twice and will be sold again on June 15th). It is also not difficult to find that Baidu has high hopes for the 'interactive AI system' DuerOS.
