What is the introduction and main function of intelligent sound?

With the development of the times, people's requirements for intelligence are getting higher and higher, and more and more intelligent products are produced. For example, the smart speaker I want to introduce. Smart speakers? What function does it have? This article will elaborate in detail.

Bull's nose: a brief introduction to smart speakers. Background, main functions and development status of smart speakers.

Embedded Niu asked: What is a smart speaker? In what ways can it facilitate our lives? What is its current situation?

With the progress of science and technology, people's lives are getting better and better. More and more people are eager for intelligence and convenience. Recently, an intelligent sound system was born. Can be applied to many aspects. Enriched and facilitated people's lives. This article will explain what a smart speaker is and its main functions.

1. Introduction of smart speakers. Smart speaker is the product of speaker upgrade, and it is a tool for family consumers to access the Internet through voice, such as requesting songs, shopping online or understanding weather forecast. It can also control smart home devices, such as opening curtains, setting refrigerator temperature, and heating water heaters in advance.

2. The background of smart speakers.

In 20 16, the sales of smart home market in the United States was $9.7 billion, while that in China was only $520 million. The increase of permeability is even more striking, with the value of 5.8% in the United States and only 0. 1% in China. Because it is on the other side of the ocean, many people question Amazon Echo's "exaggerated" sales data and ask a domestic smart speaker manufacturer. He replied: "The sales effect of Amazon Echo smart speakers in 20 16 is really good. In China, its total output is just over 8 million units, of which the original Echo and the simplified Echo Dot are almost equally divided. The domestic sales volume may be only1100. "

3. The main functions of smart speakers.

Phonetic shopping

Echo's basic functions are voice shopping, voice shopping, voice payment, and support to buy things you bought before. However, there is a problem with the Echo shopping model. If I use Amazon voice shopping function, there will be a list on the main user's mobile phone, but my family uses Echo to add and buy goods at the same time, and there is no list to display. I also have to ask my family to tell me what to buy. This solution requires a public shopping list function. It should be noted that once the main user adds a sub-user, it will open its own shopping list for the sub-user, and the daily schedule is also enjoyed by * * *. Most importantly, Amazon Prime members of primary users will be open to secondary users. Remember not to give it to children when paying by voice and saying passwords, because Echo does not support voiceprint recognition at present.

The process of adding a sub-account: log in to Amazon Alexa APP or Amazon Echo official website with your mobile phone, scroll to the setting menu at the bottom, find the family information, enter the account password of the main account, then give your mobile phone or computer to another family member, let him/her enter his/her account, and finally click Add. In just a few steps, just a few minutes, the connection process is completed. After sharing, you can enjoy the music library, shopping cart, schedule and so on.

Sound awakening

In addition to a family member named Alexa at home who can trigger Echo, the name of the TV character can also trigger Echo. Echo can be activated with Alexa or set to Echo or Amazon. The setting method is to open the Echo APP or log in to official website, echo.amazon.com, where there is a setting menu. You can choose one of these three wake-up words, and then don't forget to click Save.

Life scene

If you are a chef, Echo will tell you many recipes. If you are a musician, you can use Echo as a metronome or guitar accompaniment. If you are a bartender, Echo can tell you many complicated cocktail preparation methods. If you are a game lover and Echo is a beginner, I guess otaku will love it, too. If you are a fan and want to know the result of the game, just ask. Echo is a super calculator. What's it like to do arithmetic with pronunciation? Echo can do complicated calculations and ask him questions boldly, but please stay away from children who do math homework. Or, if you want to ask Echo how much RMB is 10, it can also answer very accurately.

Speaker function

Echo can connect many foreign music platforms, such as Spotify, Pandora, Tunein, Ieartradi, etc. In addition, Echo is a Bluetooth speaker. You can push songs with Bluetooth on your mobile phone or tablet. Just say "Alexa, connect" to Echo, and Echo will search for the direct connection of the previously matched mobile phone. Echo itself also supports Amazon Prime Music, audiobooks, iEartradio, Tune in Radio, Pandora and Spotify, and even allows Echo to read books in Kindle.

As a professional wireless speaker, you can also set the default music software, such as Spotify. When you start playing music, you will only find Spotify songs, which are in line with the hearts of music listeners, and the music playing software can be switched freely. When users listen to songs with Spotify, they can't load the music they need, so they can only "turn on Amazon music" through voice switching. It should be noted that because Echo is Amazon's product, Amazon's products and services, such as Kindle, Amazon Music, Audible and so on. , will often be given priority. Of course, this default can also be replaced in Settings, in Settings → Music &; The media menu can set the user's favorite push service.

Add detail function

At first, Echo was used to control the function of smart home, and most of them used voice to control light bulbs, which was more convenient than taking out a mobile phone to control devices. Although there are many devices that Echo can dock, perhaps fortunately, you like or buy devices that Echo can't connect directly. Don't worry, check the free APP Yonomi or IFTTT website on your mobile phone to see if there is any linkage function. With the help of IFTTT, Echo is constantly improving, and its new functions are expanding very quickly, especially the control of smart home. Using IFTTT to find a mobile phone, "Alexa, trigger to find my mobile phone" is a very good experience. (Ai Lisha, triggered my cell phone.

Adding Echo "skills" by voice: In the past, various skills added by Echo need to be manually added through a browser or an APP, but now they have been upgraded to voice to add "skills". Users can say "Echo, enable LIFX" and "Alexa, enable Magic 8 Ball", and the whole voice adding process only takes a few seconds.

At the end of last year, Amazon added a voice command "Ask my buddy" (ask my friend). The beta version supports adding five contacts to an account. If you say "Ask my buddy" to Echo, it will respond with "Name, please". After the name of the contact person is given, it can determine who to call by email, text message or telephone. This is very convenient for the disabled, and the current version has been able to support the way of adding 120 contacts. For some people, this function of Echo is a life-saving tool for the disabled!

If Echo is too far away to be controlled by voice, you can use the Echo voice remote control, which costs $29.99 and is compatible with Amazon Tap and Dot. The pairing of the remote controller is operated in the APP, and the pairing communication is Bluetooth. As long as the distance is far enough, you can use the remote control to control the echo outside the door and open the smart door lock.

Roll the dice. Family or friends are afraid of cheating in betting and roll dice at Echo. Every broadcast of the echo is fair. And Simon said games. Others have to react differently to the order announced by the person who acts as "Simon" according to the situation. The person who plays "Simon" says "Simon says jump". Others must jump up at once; And if the person who acts as "Simon" doesn't say "Simon says" but directly announces the order, for example, the person who acts as "Simon" says "jump". Then other people are not allowed to move. If there is movement, the person who does it will be eliminated.

4. Development status of smart speakers.

A domestic smart speaker practitioner has a deep understanding: "However, at present, the production and sales of smart speakers in China are still floating between thousands and tens of thousands. The best seller is Ding Dong in JD.COM, but the actual quantity is still far less than Echo. The largest number are inferior smart speaker products produced by many small manufacturers. Two of the 10 sentences of that product are good. "

20 14 1 1 officially released for more than two years, Amazon Echo smart speaker has become one of the hottest smart home products in the market. People can control home appliances, buy goods and inquire by voice through Echo. According to the survey data of research institute eMarketer, about 36 million users in the United States use voice-activated speakers once a month, and this number is still expanding.