The explosive development of economy has made our requirements for the quality of life more and more high. The ordinary home environment has been unable to meet people's requirements for high-quality life. The intelligent home environment has become our requirements for future life, but so far we have not found a suitable integrated entrance for smart home. At this stage, mobile phone remote control is still the most common way of operation, but it is far from the ideal intelligent home.
In order to seek a new integration entrance, Juentropic recently launched the world's first smart speaker that can be remotely controlled by voice, and voice control can be performed by connecting with other smart devices. Smart home, you have the final say!
Specifications
Product weight: 350g
Color: black, white
Processor: dual core 1.6GHz
Storage/memory: 1G/2G
System version: Android 4.2
Signal to noise ratio: ≥ 85dB
Frequency response range: 80Hz-20KHz
Interface: 3.5mm audio interface
Power adapter: 5V/2A
Unpacking
▲ In the traditional black paper packaging, "Proud voice" describes Xiaozhi's characteristics, but students who do not know Xiaozhi will mistake "Proud voice" for purely describing the sound quality.
▲ Peel off the black "coat", the Russian doll style packaging, although slightly complex, but increased a little expectation.
▲ The whole product package is suspended in the outer packaging box by shock absorption foam. With such care, we can see the intention of Ju Entropy to Xiao Zhi.
▲ The sandwich structure of black and blue is low-key but not vulgar, revealing a mystery.
▲ There is only one smart speaker LOGO on the front, without too much information, simple and clear.
▲ The product information label is attached to the back of the packaging box, but we can't understand too much of Xiaozhi's content from the label.
▲ Open the lid and you will see a piece of pearl cotton. I have to say that Xiaozhi has reached the acme of packaging safety. The instructions are printed on the inside of the cover, making full use of the available space.
▲ Below the pearl cotton is a key manual.
▲ After uncovering the layers of packaging, we finally see today's protagonist. Although the process is somewhat complicated, users can fully understand the manufacturer's intentions for Xiaozhi from the packaging.
▲ Take out the audio, and there is a mystery machine at the bottom of the package, familiar pearl wool, 3.5mm audio wiring and power adapter.
▲ The 3.5mm audio wiring is not the ordinary audio cable, but the expansion data cable connected to the external ground speaker.
▲ Family photo, including speaker body, 3.5mm audio wiring, power adapter, product warranty terms and instructions.
Product appearance
▲ It's hard to find a word to describe the shape of Xiaozhi speaker when we meet for the first time, UFO？ An inverted bowl? Mosquito incense box~~~ In short, the appearance is very unique.
▲ There are three buttons and blue ring LED lights on the top. The specific functions can be understood through the key description card. Each button has different functions in different use cases. The only disadvantage is that the LED light is uneven.
▲ The speaker grille is concentric circles rising in circles "spirals".
▲ There are two MIC holes downward from the grid.
▲ The only metal element of the fuselage, the outer ring made of stainless steel, will not increase the texture because of the addition of the metal outer ring, and I think there are some nondescript.
▲ The interface adopts a hidden design, which will not affect the overall beauty. The interface is simple, with charging, headphone interface and WiFi signal light.
▲ There is abundant information at the bottom of the speaker, including APP QR code and voice control reference sentence pattern. The physical power key and restart key are also placed at the bottom of the speaker. The outer ring is a layer of anti-skid rubber ring, which not only provides enough friction, but also can effectively ensure the sound quality of the sound.
Software APP
Compared with the appearance, the software terminal is inferior. The interface is simple and the function is single, giving a feeling of semi-finished products. However, the software can be gradually improved through later version updates.
▲ It does not need to register an account. It is extremely lightweight and can directly enter the guidance interface.
▲ To access the software, add audio equipment manually.
▲ It adopts a rare acoustic wireless configuration, which is very tall, but in public places, it is inevitable that it is somewhat abrupt. The configuration time is about 30 seconds to 60 seconds, a little longer.
▲ For personal information settings, the music playing interface of Xiaozhi Assistant does not support user defined song playing, so the personal information here is particularly important. The speaker plays songs completely according to personal information.
▲ The music playing interface can be described as simple.
▲ In order to make up for the shortcomings of Xiaozhi Assistant's music playing, Xiaozhi Super Speaker also supports wireless projection protocols such as QPlay, AirPlay, DLNA, etc., so that users can use mobile devices to play songs on local or other music platforms through Xiaozhi Super Speaker.
▲ View the hardware information of speakers directly in APP.
▲ In order to prevent the LED light on the top of the audio from interfering with the rest time at night, the custom function is specially added.
▲ Regular weather broadcast.
Voice and sound quality
As a speaker, the most important thing is the sound quality, but Xiaozhi's sound quality is far from reaching the fever level. The middle and high tones are acceptable, and the low frequencies are unbearable, which may be related to the small size of the speaker.
When it comes to voice speakers, Xiaozhi is neither the first nor the last. The touch mode of intelligent devices will gradually shift to voice control.
IFLYTEK, a company specializing in intelligent speech and speech technology research, has launched voice speakers at an early stage. With professional technology, iFLYTEK's voice speakers have a much higher speech recognition rate than Xiaozhi's. However, Xiaozhi still performs well in voice interaction, while iFLYTEK is inferior. After a period of use. I can only say that Xiaozhi has a long way to go on the road of phonetic recognition.
Open interface to realize voice control of smart home devices
When it comes to Xiaozhi speakers, the most important thing for the author is the cross era approach of Ju Entropy to truly realize voice control of smart home devices through the linkage between Ju Entropy and third-party smart devices through open interfaces.
▲ So far, Xiaozhi speakers have been connected to 28 smart device manufacturers, and later connected manufacturers only need to update the "Xiaozhi Assistant" version to achieve voice control.
Take BroadLink WiFi intelligent remote control as an example:
When BroadLink WiFi and Xiaozhi Audio are connected to the same WiFi, Xiaozhi will automatically search for the appropriate "plug-in", and find that there is a voice reminder.
▲ For this new thing, APP has made a guidance interface to lower the threshold.
▲ So far, Xiaozhi can only execute some "retarded" startup and shutdown passwords. For example, if you want to change channels while watching TV, this Xiaozhi can't help you.
summary
advantage
When voice interaction is introduced, touch mode will be excessive to voice control.
Open the third-party interface to realize linkage control with third-party intelligent devices, and Xiaozhi's own voice function is embedded in various intelligent hardware.
Small size, built-in lithium-ion battery, easy to carry out.
Support wireless projection protocols such as QPlay, AirPlay, DLNA, etc., so that users can use mobile devices to play songs on local or other music platforms through Xiaozhi Super speakers.
shortcoming
The speech recognition rate is low, which seriously affects the input of voice commands in the audio playing process.
Wireless sound wave configuration is not conducive to public places and takes too long to configure.
The sound quality is average, and there is still some distance from the fever level.
The software has single function and simple interface.
As the world's first smart speaker capable of remote voice control, such a title has fooled a group of users, and the most exciting thing for the author is that Xiaozhi Superspeaker can realize linkage control with third-party smart devices through open interfaces, which is not available in other speakers.
With the rapid development of the smart phone market, we are accustomed to and constrained by smart phones. Most of the smart hardware in the market is controlled by mobile phones, while Xiaozhi brings voice interaction to smart devices. What makes people feel is not only the convenience of audio song ordering, but also the change of lifestyle.
However, Xiaozhi Super Speaker is still very young, and there is still much room for improvement in both speech recognition and speaker quality. However, youth is the capital. I hope that the Juentropic team can withstand the pressure and keep voice interaction and open interfaces going, because this change is likely to be a change in people's lifestyle in the future.
