OFweek smart home network news July 5 news, today Ali artificial intelligence laboratory (A.I.Labs) released Lynx Genie X1 smart speaker and human-computer communication system AliGenie. The smart speaker supports 6-sound voice recognition for greater privacy. Its application is also more scene-based, such as helping you find a mobile phone, acting as a fitness coach, and accompanying your child.

Tmall Elf X1 is priced at 499 yuan, will be officially released on August 8 this year. In addition, Ali has also launched a developer platform for AliGenie. Different developers can develop related applications based on AliGenie.

Ali A. I. Labs was founded in 2016 by Light Snow (original name Chen Lijuan). She is Taobao's first product manager and was previously responsible for Ali's Smart Life Division. He also launched two speaker products. The shallow snow once again led Alibaba's artificial intelligence division. The first product launched is also a smart speaker. What difference will it bring?

First, the product is equipped with a custom chip

When it comes to smart speakers, each of them talks about the evolution of human-computer interaction. So is there a better way to interact than a touch screen? Ali's answer is also voice. As Snow mentioned, our parents use mobile phones mainly for communication, 80% of APP parents will not use, indicating that our current interaction is not the best, and voice interaction may be able to bring better Experience way.

In appearance, Tmall Elf X1 uses a cylindrical design, with black and white two colors, diameter 83 mm. It's very small, and it can be seen by comparing the Amazon Echo and Apple's HomePod below. Shallow snow calls it a home product and does not want too much intrusion when entering the home. Because the next generation of voice interaction is ubiquitous and smaller, it is the ultimate pursuit of voice interaction assistants.

On the hardware of the Tmall Elf X1, it is equipped with a 6-microphone matrix that can perform 360-degree pickup within 5 meters. In addition, it uses a custom chip Smart Audio, chip area reduced by 25%, power consumption reduced by 32%, efficiency increased by 25%, in the audio, voice recognition, GPS synthesis performance is very good.

At the bottom of the Tmall Elf, a hidden indicator light is designed. The position of the user is judged by the sound, the light is on to show the reminder, and the light is also prompted according to different use functions and scenes. In addition, the smart speaker uses a one-button sound wave distribution network, distribution network time is less than 10 seconds, and the current average distribution time of most household products is greater than 30 seconds.

In addition, Shallow Snow also mentioned that in order to ensure the speaker's sound effects and arousal rate, Alibaba invited the industry's top mixers and scientists to find a dynamic 4-band EQ adjustment to approach the critical value of the 75 dB awakening rate. The contradiction between sound effects and wake-up sensitivity.

Second, the application is more subdivided

Lynx Elves built-in speech system AliGenie, can now achieve smart home control, voice shopping, mobile phone recharge, called takeaway, audio and music playback and other functions. These functions are almost the same as those of the Amazon Echo abroad and the domestic ones. They mainly provide two aspects of life services and home control. What's different is that its application is more contextualized and more subdivided, showing the lighter snow as a more delicate aspect of female product managers.

In the display of product features, Alibaba invited King Wang to test freely and open up the off-site product display. Among the impressive features are voiceprint recognition, cell phone, fitness, shopping, and children's companionship.

As a home product, Tmall Genie has a voiceprint recognition function, which is identifiable and provides good privacy. In the post-meeting interview, Zhi Zhidong confirmed to Alibaba.com that the current Tmall Elves could identify the voices of six individuals in the family and provide personalized services.

Finding a cell phone may be a common problem in life. By asking Lynx Elf where your cell phone is, it will initiate a communication function and dial your cell phone to help users find the cell phone through a ringtone. In terms of fitness, it is a voice fitness service developed by fitness software Keep that can be controlled directly through voice to guide you in your fitness activities.

In shopping applications, Ali can purchase directly. By opening up shopping records such as Taobao, when Wang Ziru purchased the Coke through the Tmall Genie, it could broadcast information on product information, monthly sales of the product, etc., and pay for it after voiceprint verification. Because of the presence of voiceprint verification, its shopping is also more secure and private.

Child companionship is another meticulous scene. Tmall Elves can provide children with Tang poetry, storytelling, nursery rhymes, and idiom interpretation. Interestingly, Shallow Snow talked about a way for parents to manage their children. Under normal circumstances, children will not necessarily listen to Mom and Dad when they are headstrong, but they will listen to Auntie Kindergarten. By enrolling a quiz on the Tmall Elves and adding the sound of the kindergarten aunt, the children can be effectively educated.

Tmall Elf can also control home products. For example, Wang Ziru demonstrates using it to control the use of fans, humidifiers, electric lights and so on. Light Snow said that Tmall Elf currently supports more than 100 brands, including products such as smart home solutions such as Alibaba Smart Alliance, Graffiti Technology, BroadLink, etc., and more intelligent appliances are being accessed in the future.

In addition, Shallow Snow also said that Tmall Elves can do this based on the AliGenie system, which has understanding, execution and evolution. These capabilities are based on Alibaba's integration of data, calculations, and algorithms. And through machine learning, Tmall Elf can also continuously optimize its service experience.

Third, return to experience shopping is not the core of Ali speaker

After the meeting, Zhi Zhi and other media accepted an interview with Ali artificial intelligence laboratory. Ali is an internet company. Why do you want to build a speaker? Shallow snow, Ali smart speaker products polished more than two years, officially doing hardware began last year, before it was with hardware vendors. Because the smart speaker is a product with a long product line, any problems in one link will have a poor experience for the entire speaker. This is also an important reason for Ali to make his own speaker.

Shallow snow once again talked about the AliGenie developer platform. She pointed out that the platform is mainly for four types of developers, including content developers, application developers, smart home developers and hardware manufacturers. Different developers can create skills through AliGenie to provide more voice services, such as the Keep application in the show.

Even individuals who do not have programming skills can become developers. By accessing the AliGenie platform, they are equivalent to opening a voice public number, entering their own content, and becoming voice content providers.

When asked about Ali A. I. When the team of Labs was formed, Shallow Snow said that the composition of this team is unique. Unlike other artificial intelligence laboratories made up of engineers and scientists, in addition to scientists and engineers, Ali artificial intelligence laboratories also have product managers and hardware. People, algorithm teams, etc.

In addition, Ali also talked about Alibaba Cloud ET, iDST and A. I. The relationship between Labs. iDST is Alibaba's basic technology research institution, which mainly provides technical support, such as A. I. Many of Labs' applied technologies come from the accumulation of iDST. Alibaba Cloud ET is the brain of Alibaba Cloud. It mainly provides enterprise-level and government services. It is for the B-side, A. I. Labs provides C-end consumer products.

Taobao is the largest e-commerce platform in China, which gathers users' massive shopping information and accumulates more experience in user's personalized recommendation. At present, Amazon Echo and JD.com speakers also support voice shopping, but they all stay on common items. Shallow snow also talked about Amazon Echo shopping can add goods to the shopping cart, and Tmall Elves can pay directly through voice print verification. In addition, the AliGenie system has a learning mechanism. With the accumulation of experience in e-commerce, it can be recommended based on the user's buying habits.

E-commerce and shopping recommendations are the advantages of Alibaba, but when the smart stuff asks whether or not the Alibi speaker will be the main shopping core, Shallow Snow gives a different answer. She said that Tmall Elves will not be the core of shopping. , It is a life-oriented product, shopping is only a small part of it, it will provide more services around the user's experience.

Conclusion

Currently among domestic Internet giants, Alibaba and JD.com have launched smart speakers and voice platforms. Tencent and Baidu have also launched a voice opening platform. A competition around smart speakers and family entrance will be officially staged.

Various products have appeared in succession. Whoever can beat the pack, depends on the product experience and ecological services.

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