The Battle of Smart Speakers: Jack Ma Invests 400 Million, Jeff Bezos 1 Billion

The Battle of Smart Speakers: Jack Ma Invests 400 Million, Jeff Bezos 1 Billion

Click on the “Tencent Technology” above to select “Top Public Account” Key moments delivered first Source / Zhidx (ID: zhidxcom) Written by / Yu Yang Welcome to download the Tencent News client, follow the technology page to see more technology hot news Highlights: Global sales will exceed 30 million this year, a crazy feast for … Read more

The Smart Speaker Market Faces Challenges: Three Reasons

The Smart Speaker Market Faces Challenges: Three Reasons

The fundamental reason is that the entry position of smart speakers is facing severe challenges.Author丨Jing YuSource | Giant Tide WAVE (ID: WAVE-BIZ)“Xiao Du, Xiao Du, who do you think is better, Tmall Genie or Xiao Ai?”In addition to playing audio, smart speakers encompass various functions such as voice control of smart home devices, voice information … Read more

Surge in Global Smart Speaker Sales: Chinese Manufacturers Emerge as Major Winners

Surge in Global Smart Speaker Sales: Chinese Manufacturers Emerge as Major Winners

In the past two months, major manufacturers have successively released their most significant hardware products for this year. So, which smart hardware category saw the fastest sales growth last quarter? It is neither smartphones nor laptops and tablets, but smart speakers. Recently, the consumer technology market research firm Strategy Analytics released the “Global Smart Speaker … Read more

The Upgrade of Smart Speaker Wars: Where Will Tmall Genie Lead the Industry?

The Upgrade of Smart Speaker Wars: Where Will Tmall Genie Lead the Industry?

From a blank market to a hundred schools of thought contending, and then to the formation of several major giants, the smart speaker industry has gained over 100 million users globally in just a few years. Market research firm Canalys predicts that the global smart speaker ownership will exceed 200 million units in 2019, surpassing … Read more

Smart Speakers: The Mainstreaming of the Market is Inevitable

Smart Speakers: The Mainstreaming of the Market is Inevitable

In 2007, Steve Jobs introduced a phone called the “iPhone”. During his presentation, images on the 3.5-inch screen zoomed in and out with the movement of his fingers, creating a tremendous visual impact. This phone, which Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer mocked as “a device without a keyboard”, changed the trajectory of the entire world. Smartphones … Read more

Smart Speakers Can Hear Your Passwords

Smart Speakers Can Hear Your Passwords

Click the blue text to follow us In the past two years, people have been concerned that popular mobile apps and smart speakers/voice assistants could leak personal privacy information, but the reality is scarier than we imagined. Recently, researchers from the University of Cambridge discovered that any smart device capable of receiving voice commands (such … Read more

Market Analysis of SPI NOR Flash Industry and Popular Applications

Market Analysis of SPI NOR Flash Industry and Popular Applications

Introduction: I have been engaged in the integrated circuit industry for over 20 years. In recent years, with the rapid development and widespread application of storage chip technology, I have also had the privilege of entering this field. My industry experience is still limited, and some of the data and content in this article are … Read more

Smart Speakers Evolve Towards Multi-Turn Interaction

Smart Speakers Evolve Towards Multi-Turn Interaction

▲Click above Leiphone to follow Written by | Wang Jinwang Reported by Leiphone (leiphone-sz) Leiphone reports that on March 8, Google added continuous conversation (multi-turn interaction) capabilities to its screen-equipped smart speakers, including Google Home Hub, Lenovo Smart Display, JBL Link View, and LG XBOOM AI ThinQ WK9. This is to solve the problem of … Read more

Analysis of Security Risks of Smart Speakers and Development Suggestions

Analysis of Security Risks of Smart Speakers and Development Suggestions

Smart speakers are devices that utilize technologies such as computer networks, the Internet, audio and video to provide users with information and life services, featuring functionalities like voice recognition, voice interaction, natural language understanding, and speech synthesis. Currently, security issues with smart speakers are frequent: In May 2017, Alexa was reported to have eavesdropped on … Read more

Review Report of Five Domestic Smart Speakers: Their IQs Still Need Improvement

Review Report of Five Domestic Smart Speakers: Their IQs Still Need Improvement

Smart speakers are regarded as the gateway to the Internet of Things era, and last year they became a hot investment area for various manufacturers. This is also the fundamental reason why major companies covet the entry point into the Internet of Things. This time, we selected five smart speaker products for a horizontal comparison … Read more