Small artificial intelligence speaker 1S evaluation:1how does 49 yuan "refit" traditional household appliances?

About smart home, it may not be as far away as we thought. In 65438+February last year, Kan Technology Channel was invited to experience the small hotel version of Shanghai Shenkeng Hotel. Baidu artificial intelligence is deeply integrated with the hotel, and the voice control of room lighting, air conditioning, curtains/screens and other equipment is realized by using the small family hotel version.

At that time, we didn't expect that after five months, we could enjoy the intelligent life of controlling home appliances without staying in a hotel.

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All this comes from the small-scale artificial intelligence speaker 1S released in April, 2008. As an upgrade, the biggest improvement of the small artificial intelligence speaker 1S is the addition of infrared remote control function, which can intelligently transform traditional household appliances, such as air conditioners, televisions, set-top boxes and so on.

Intelligent transformation of traditional household appliances: just move your mouth

Baidu officially defines a small artificial intelligence speaker 1S as both an artificial intelligence speaker and a universal remote control. As the biggest selling point, the small-scale artificial intelligence speaker 1S can control most mainstream brands of air conditioners, televisions and operator set-top boxes in the market.

In this regard, in fact, many companies have realized intelligent control before, such as Xiaomi. However, the intelligent control of Xiaomi must be its ecological chain product, and some of it can be realized with the help of smart home accessories, but it is slightly cumbersome.

Generally speaking, the previous smart home control has two shortcomings: the threshold is relatively high and the steps are cumbersome. After we experienced the small artificial intelligence speaker 1S, we found that these two shortcomings have been solved.

Because the operator's set-top box was not installed, we tested it with TV and air conditioner.

1 Smart TV is smarter.

The first thing to do is to connect and configure the small artificial intelligence speaker 1S and turn on the TV.

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When you are ready, say "Be small, pick up the TV" to the speaker and start "upgrading" the TV.

As we can see from the video, the whole process is smooth and simple, and the TV control can be basically completed in about 40 seconds.

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It will send a test signal to the TV about 35 seconds after issuing the instruction to connect the TV in a small degree, and then the TV will be turned off, which proves that the small artificial intelligence speaker 1S has finished controlling the TV, and then it can control the switch and volume of the TV in a small degree.

It is equivalent to the speaker becoming a TV auxiliary remote control. In some specific scenes, such as when the remote controller can't be found, the TV can be turned on or off by voice, or when the remote controller is far away and inconvenient to use, it can also be directly controlled by voice.

Families using set-top boxes also have a greater role. For example, my mother, the elderly can't adapt to the dazzling interface of smart TV, and would rather watch digital TV with the high-definition set-top box distributed by radio and television. If a small artificial intelligence speaker 1S is connected, then my mother can adjust the TV channel, volume, set-top box switch and other most practical functions just by opening her mouth.

Different from smart TV, the main functions of set-top box are channel, volume adjustment and switch, which means that parents can basically abandon the remote control as long as they access the small artificial intelligence speaker1s.

Traditional air conditioners can also be "obedient"

Next, let's test the air conditioner. My air conditioner is wall-mounted, and it is not mainstream brands such as Gree, Midea and Haier, but Mitsubishi. To tell you the truth, I'm not as confident about the test of air conditioning as TV. Mitsubishi is not a mainstream brand after all. What if it doesn't match?

According to the steps of connecting the TV, we said "Connect the small air conditioner" to the small artificial intelligence speaker 1S, and then I was prompted to name the small air conditioner brand. When answering Mitsubishi, I was told to enter the mobile App operation, but fortunately I just need to adapt.

Then I enter the mobile phone App of the small speaker to operate.

After entering the App, you need to manually add devices and search Mitsubishi. At this time, two Mitsubishi appeared. We chose the second one, and then click Start Test. The first time it was unsuccessful, and the second time it was opened normally to complete the adaptation.

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What needs to be explained here is that it is impossible to adapt directly through voice, which may be caused by the old air-conditioning brand and equipment. Common brands such as Midea and Gree can be adapted directly by voice without manual operation. However, even if it is a niche Mitsubishi Heavy Industries air conditioner, the small artificial intelligence speaker 1S can adapt, so basically we don't have to worry.

After the successful addition, the air conditioner can be controlled, and there are no problems in on/off, temperature adjustment, mode switching and so on.

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Regarding the number of home appliances supported by the small-scale artificial intelligence speaker 1S, Baidu official said that at present, the small-scale artificial intelligence speaker 1S has supported 23 1 air conditioning brands, 370 TV brands and 123 set-top box brands, so it basically covers most traditional ordinary home appliances on the market.

More importantly, the small artificial intelligence speaker 1S is basically a zero-threshold smart home "central device", which can control most traditional household appliances in your home through infrared. In addition to air conditioners and televisions, some families will also install chandeliers with remote control switches and fans using remote controls.

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Of course, if you don't have too many infrared devices at home, we can see that there are also special accessories for sale in the small speaker App, such as light bulbs and sockets.

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In addition, you can also see some smart devices that have been networked, such as Europa, Skyworth Aijia and so on 100 brands. In other words, if you have installed these smart home devices in your home, you can authorize the use of small speakers for voice control through your account.

Social: Voice call &; Message experience

Small artificial intelligence speaker 1S adds voice call function, and future speakers can be used as communication tools, but how to use this function?

First of all, you should open the phone column in the "My" interface of the mobile App, and then change the business card column to a simple name. Otherwise, like me, it used to be the default Baidu account ID plus a string of English numbers, which would be very troublesome when making a phone call.

After setting it up, we can talk to the speaker. In the App interface, you can directly click the phone button. On the speaker side, you need to say "Xiaoxiao, call Wang Dafu".

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After testing, it is found that both the call response speed and the call quality are very good. But it may not be convenient enough. If you make a call through the speaker, the phone will only feel the vibration of the incoming call under the lock screen or other App interfaces, and there will be no strong reminder.

One more thing, at present, the call function only supports calling your own speaker with the mobile APP. It is said that the online address book will add the friend function in the future, and then you can call your friends through the speaker.

Next is the message function. Small artificial intelligence speaker 1S supports sending and listening messages between speaker and mobile phone. The specific operation is also very simple. Clicking on the message on the mobile phone is just like sending WeChat voice. When the speaker receives this message, there will be a "ding dong" prompt. If we miss the hint, we can say "check the message".

Similarly, on the speaker side, you can also say "Xiao Xiao, send a message" and send it according to the prompt.

Brand-new appearance: sound source positioning light bar

Compared with the previous work, the overall appearance of the small artificial intelligence speaker 1S has not changed much. The difference is that there is a 360-degree arc breathing light band at the top. This lamp has the function of sound source localization, which can locate the lighting effect according to the user's voice direction, and can also use the changing lighting effect according to different functions.

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For example, the distribution mode displays orange, when the microphone is disabled, it is a red sector, and when the network fails, it is a red ring light strip.

Of course, in terms of hardware configuration, the small artificial intelligence speaker 1S still maintains its toughness. Low power consumption, highly integrated Cortex A53 quad-core processor equipped with ARM and special ring microphone design ensure easy wake-up. At the same time, it also supports Wi-Fi networking voice to find songs and Bluetooth to play audio content of mobile phones and tablets.

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Small artificial intelligence speaker 1S also supports DLNA wireless music projection, which can play songs from music App to small speakers.

Massive content and new experiences

Kan technology channel has evaluated various versions of small smart speakers and is quite familiar with the content. First of all, in music, the QQ music library has been integrated in a small scale, so there is basically no need to worry about listening to songs.

Secondly, in terms of audio books, Xiao Di has the support of more than 30 audio content partners, with resources covering music, education, entertainment, finance and other fields.

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Finally, there are many skills that can be used in the skill store on the small speaker App.

In addition to the standard hard-core appearance, sound quality and content, the small-scale artificial intelligence speaker 1S also has new ways to optimize the experience.

Scene service: You can enjoy personalized scene service, including personalized information and content resources, which reduces the user's usage path and makes it easier for users to obtain high-quality information and resources.

User: Good morning, Xiao Di, Xiao Di.

Xiao Du: Good morning. It's 9: 47. Today is Saturday, April 20th, 20 19, and the 16th day of the third lunar month. It's Grain Rain! Do you know that this is the last solar term in spring? .....

Small trainer: provide a large number of interesting and fun scene combinations, and play them for you at regular intervals. At the same time, you can also customize the password, so that Xiaodi can answer the result you set in one sentence.

Play music/news/audio/one sentence and other contents/user-defined password regularly, and one sentence corresponds to the set result.

Alarm clock: a wake-up call for users to get up. Using soothing music recommendation, the music is from weak to strong, which makes the user more comfortable from deep sleep to waking up.

Summary: Smart speakers worth experiencing.

This is a sentence that immediately popped up in my mind after I experienced it. Small artificial intelligence speaker 1S, whether it's massive music, audio content, incoming message or powerful home appliance control, has left a deep impression on me.

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The reason is that by replacing the remote controller and combining AI voice to realize control, the cost of intelligent transformation of household appliances is greatly reduced. As long as it is an infrared-supported household appliance, you don't even need to buy an accessory socket, and the cost is 149 yuan speaker.

However, there are also some shortcomings. Infrared is different from Bluetooth or WIFI. It must require that there is no obstacle between the home appliance and the speaker, otherwise it will block the signal and be uncontrollable. This means that families with many rooms need to be equipped with multiple speakers to facilitate the control of household appliances within an effective range.

In addition, the speaker should not be too far away from home appliances. The best distance of the speaker's prompt in the pairing process is 3 to 5 meters. If your living room is large and the distance between home appliances is far away, you need to plan the best position of the speaker reasonably to ensure that it can connect every device.

However, in general, the simple operation and precise control experience make this smart speaker, which only sells 149 yuan, have more value-added services. And according to the latest data, the shipment of Baidu smart speakers has jumped to the second place in China market, which shows that Baidu's output in the field of artificial intelligence technology and the integration of the whole ecology have reached a new level.