On the smart speaker track, BAT finally completed.
On April 17, Tencent released the first self-developed smart speaker Tencent listening, waking up the word "9420" can be "like you". In fact, as early as July 2017, there was a rumored Tencent listened to the smart speaker in the Tencent Mobile Internet Business Group hatched, named "Ears". In mid-August, there is news that Tencent listened to measures, and it is expected to be available in November.
However, Tencent smart speakers hiding behind the curtain seem to be unwilling to open. At the end of last year, people did not see the Tencent smart speakers in the expectation. After a few years of walking, the Tencent listened to the stage yesterday.
Frankly said that Tencent landed on the self-developed smart speakers, the rhythm was slower than Ali, Baidu slow. We must know July 5, 2017, Ali has released the self-developed smart speaker "Tmall Elf X1", and Baidu also released a smart speaker Raven H in November of the same year. One hundred days in the last month, I also released a month. With screen speaker "small at home". Supply chain news shows that Ali "Tmall Elf" has sold 2 million units, and Baidu is also pushing the latest "small at home".
In fact, Tencent listened to the speaker. This product has begun two years ago, considering product quality, user experience, etc., Tencent listened to the speaker to delay the market. However, the industry believes that last year, Ali, Xiaomi's offensive is too fierce, first in Xiaomi Ai speaker 299 yuan low-cost entry, followed by Ali double 11 99 yuan promotion "Tmall Elf". In the face of the internal competition Tencent speaker team, he has to temporarily avoid the wind, delay.
For the trend of the belt speaker, Wu Dan, general manager of Tencent MIG Intelligent Innovation Business Department, told Titanium Media: "Why Tencent's first smart hardware product is not a screen, because the team wants a product that enables full sound control. Users use. Tencent listening to the speaker as a speaker carrying the music's speaker has been much loaded, the team saw that the user has such a need, I hope to satisfy the existing user needs. "
After two years, Tencent listened, positioned in thousands of yuan, mainly family companion concept, targeted for the elderly, and children. In addition, Tencent listened to the built-in Tencent's massive content resource, free audio content more than 100 million hours, and also opened WeChat. Tencent listened to the speaker as Tencent AI scene, the first self-developed hardware product of AI product, what characteristics? Next, analyze one by one.
Appearance to Amazon Echo, first built-in battery
Tencent listened to the classic cylindrical design, suspected to resince with Amazon Echo, but the top blended the Google bevel design style.
Regarding the 10 degree slope design of the speaker, Tencent listened to the Chief product official Dynasty Diligent: "It was found in the user research, and the general speakers were placed on the wall. If there is no tilt angle at the top of the speaker, the user does not see the sense of security Lightband information. After many discussions, the team finally decided to adopt a 10-degree slope design, which can be made in the distance, and family members who are doing housework can also see the state of the speaker, so that technology smahes to get a sense of security. "
The top of the speaker has a white LED light strip for a circle. It is used to prompt, and the volume is added and subtracted, the wheat button is closed, the message key is the four buttons, close to the interior of the white light strip is a ring pickup hole. The upper half of the fuselage has a set switch with the Bluetooth function, and the lower half is the headphone interface and the power connection port.
According to reports, Tencent listened to the use of 6 microphone ring arrays, symmetrical sound chambers, double 1.8-in-stereo speakers and dual passive radiats, respectively, and the double 10W full-frequency speaker unit provides greater volume and dynamics. Performance, has a more uniform acoustic directivity within 360 degrees.
In voice technology, Tencent listened to Ai Lab, combines Tencent Yun Xiaowei and Tencent's technologies such as cooperative partners such as Tencent. The wake-up speed is less than 200ms, which is almost just that you just wake up. Tencent's internal test data showed that Tencent listened to the child's acoustic sound recognition accuracy of 95%. In response to the elderly directive, Tencent listened to the storytelling, spoken and some accents and above, which greatly enhanced the user experience.
To say that Tencent on the product is the biggest difference with the previous smart speakers, it is more than 2,500mAh rechargeable lithium batteries. The standby time is up to 16 hours. WiFi mode is working for 5 hours, and the Bluetooth mode continues to work for 6 hours. In addition, Tencent listened to the speaker or the first smart speaker using SmartLink & AP dual-connection mode, and supports Bluetooth, WiFi dual mode and speaking voice control.
Do not bring a battery in the industry, there is a universal recognition in the industry: "I would rather do 10 products that do not charge the battery, I don't want to be a battery with a battery." After all, the built-in battery is not only cost, but also in constant Under the volume, the challenge of the overall cavity structure design of the speaker.
"China's home-type room is small, there are many compartments, Tencent listening speakers should not only think about a scenario, some people like to listen to music, and some people like to take a shower, and different room sockets are mostly relying on the wall roots Or the place to rely on the switch, such a environment is placed in the speaker and the speaker is very strange, so Tencent listened to the speaker to boldly adding a battery. "Tencent listened to the chief product official Wang Chaoqin said.
Unlike Amazon's different scenarios for living rooms, bedrooms, Tencent listening to the speaker built-in battery can be said to be a step. Of course, the challenges of the speaker sound in different scenarios are undoubtedly larger. Tencent listening to the speaker can set the sound mode according to the scene, such as Party noise scene, kitchen hood noise environment, bath water flow noise environment, etc.
Sitting in Tencent Balance, you can send a message WeChat
In order to further meet the experience of the user listening to music, Tencent listened to the QQ music. Specifically, the user can play the song list of QQ music with a speaker, or use the qq music app to play the speaker collection song list. Users only need to authorize the music to QQ music on Tencent, you can call QQ music through the instruction "9420, and Sitting Music".
It is worth noting that Tencent listening to speaker music is based on the habit of using the original QQ music user, the personalized recommendation. In addition, Tencent listened to the speaker through adaptive sound technology and more than 100 kinds of music type tags, and automatically switches to the appropriate sound according to the type of music or content during playback, breaking through the sound experience of the previous speaker.
As everyone knows, in addition to QQ music, Tencent has also has quality content such as Penguin FM, Tencent News, Tencent Sports, Reading, Penguin Fairy Tale, and these contents have been installed in Tencent. It is reported that Tencent listened to the content library of speakers with more than 2 million music genuine music library, 1 million children's story, a sound content of 100 million hours.
According to the practice, it is time to disclose the product One more. Tencent listened to the exclusive BGM exclusive BGM, which has opened the WeChat, you can leave a message.
Click Tencent to listen to "My" in the App Home TAP column, you can find "My Reminder", "My Alarm", "My Memorial", "WeChat Group Message" four services. Then click on the WeChat group message, and the system will prompt the steps to bind the family message box. 1. Click on the button at the bottom of the page, jump to WeChat, enter "Tencent listen" WeChat public number; 2. Click "Binding Equipment" at the bottom of the WeChat public account, you can leave a message by the public number; Family can listen to your message through voice control, remotely listening and replying to your message.
In Tencent listened to the WeChat public number to send a period of 5 seconds, the family in the speaker could not directly receive a prompt, but have to click the function key to receive the top of the speaker to receive the message, or issue the speaker "9420 Listen to the message of the message. This is also true after entering a piece of text information for 17 words.
Interestingly, whether in Tencent to listen to the public into voice, or after writing, Tencent listened to the time of receiving the message.
Of course, I can listen to the family next to the spendch in Tencent, and you can record the message by pressing the function keys, release the message after the function key is released. The user listened to the WeChat public number in Tencent to receive a voice message. There is a small detail worth noting that after the long press function key, you need to wait for Tencent to listen to the top outer blue light, and can be recorded, otherwise the speaker will not receive a message.
Overall, Tencent listened to the speaker is a smart speaker product with strong Tencent label. In the case of being asked, Tencent listened to a scene of hardware equipment, or the family entry, Wu Dan, general manager of Tencent MIG Intelligent Innovation Business Department, told Titanium Media: "Tencent listened as a smart hardware, hoping to be a whole family I like the smart speaker. "
As for whether the user can conquer the user, it has to be verified.
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