Whether at work or at home, listening to music is a good rest program, which can not only delight the body and mind but also improve work efficiency. However, compared with the workplace, which pays more attention to privacy and earphones, the home environment is quieter and more suitable for speakers and other products. This speaker brought to us by Lei Feng in this issue's trial is not simple. It is Xiaozhi Intelligent Voice Speaker.

The concept of smart home has been put forward for many years. With the rise of smart phones and smart TVs, more and more smart products have entered people's lives. Many people may think that the speaker that can be connected to a mobile phone is a smart speaker. The problem is that wireless speakers, which can be used as external speakers of mobile phones, have been born long before the rise of smart phones. In the era of mobile Internet, there have been more exchanges between speakers and mobile phones App . Users can use the App The interface controls the speakers. But even so, such speaker products are still not smart enough. It is by no means a truly intelligent speaker product to let a mobile phone or other source device control it and completely act as a microphone. Because smart speakers are smart.

Xiaozhi intelligent voice speaker "sound" to be proud! Her biggest feature is the world's first long-distance one sentence wake-up recognition technology, which can realize voice song ordering and long-distance control. Everything is up to you! She makes the conversation between us and the smart speaker by mobile phone App Move to the speaker itself, which can communicate with users independently.

     ▲ Xiaozhi packaging uses elegant black and soft blue lines, abandoning all redundant elements, which is easy to make people feel good 。

▲ When you open the package, you will see Xiaozhi's thoughtful key functions, first use methods and other tips. Accessories include power adapter and 3.5 turn lotus head audio cable.

▲ Xiaozhi's product design is simple but not simple, and the use of skin like materials has a better feel. The overall design is like a UFO, and the full post-modern sense is easier to please young people.

▲ There are three function keys on the top of the speaker, namely "Red Heart", "LOGO" and "Recycle Bin", corresponding to the function of increasing the volume (press and hold to collect the current track, etc.); Pause/play (long press to prompt the current network status, etc.); Decrease the volume (long press to let Xiaozhi know that you don't like this song, etc.). This design meets the requirements of the elderly and children. With Xiaozhi's voice control, it makes human-computer interaction more intelligent and easy to use.

▲ The pronunciation part adopts a 360 degree grid shape to meet the requirements of multi-directional sound field.

▲ The bottom is designed with a standard 3.5 audio cable output interface, and enthusiasts can connect their favorite speakers to form a wifi home theater; In the middle is the wifi connection indicator light. When there is no connection, the green light flashes and it is always on after connection; On the right side is the power interface. The body comes with a 1400 mAh battery. If you connect to the network for a long time and play loud, the power consumption is still high. It is recommended to connect the power supply for home use.

▲ There is a power switch and reset key at the bottom of the speaker, and it is equipped with an app to download the QR code. The initial use of Xiaozhihui voice prompts to scan the QR code to download the app and set the wifi connection.

▲ Turn on the bottom power switch, there will be a blue light flashing above the speaker, about to wait 30-90s , the speaker is turned on. Xiaozhi will introduce himself and prompt the setting method for initial use.

Multiple connection mode experience

▲ Opening the app on the mobile phone during the waiting process will also set according to the step prompts.

▲ At the app end, you will be automatically prompted to input the password of the current mobile phone connection to wifi and send it to the speaker. Xiaozhi also provides sound wave configuration function to improve the connection success rate.

In order to test various connection scenarios, the author replaced a variety of routers and portable wifi, and specifically asked Xiaozhi's after-sales service about connection problems. If the user fails to connect many times, he can try to set the wifi name with pure English letters to avoid special words (PS: I don't know why the Xiaomi mobile phone used by the author needs to restart the mobile phone when changing different wifi to connect successfully), or the mobile phone can directly connect to Xiaozhi Hotspot, and the password 12345678 can be automatically pushed.

After the connection is successful, Xiaozhi will give a voice prompt that the green indicator at the bottom of the connection is always on, and automatically assign an IP address to Xiaozhi, so that Xiaozhi can use it. Before use, the app will prompt you to set personal information to push your favorite audio content. When there is no network connection, Xiaozhi can only play the music in its 4G storage card. After testing and official consultation, Xiaozhi does not support direct playback of mobile phones. It is a little pity here. It is suggested that Xiaozhi can add Bluetooth connection function or 3.5mm standard input interface to facilitate the use of portable speakers without network, or as PC audio output equipment to enrich Xiaozhi's use environment.

▲ Open the app and we will see some functional statuses of Xiaozhi, such as voice demand on the app end, access to Himalayan manual on-demand, smart device connection status, memo reminder list, setting night mode, regular weather broadcast, etc. PS： When the author first started up, Xiaozhi automatically prompted that there was a new system upgrade version and automatically updated it. According to the official understanding, Xiaozhi's own system and app have been optimized regularly.

Intelligent voice experience

     Scenario 1: Intelligent voice on demand.

If you want to listen to a song, just say the name, such as "play blue and white porcelain"; If you want to listen to a singer's song, say the singer's name, such as "Play Jay Chou's song"; If you want to listen to a song of a certain style, say the name of the style, such as: "Play sad songs"; If you want to hear a joke, say: "Tell a joke"; If you want to hear a story, say: "Tell a story"; If you want to hear a story, say: "Tell a story about a farmer and a snake". Tip: When using Xiaozhi at the beginning, command Xiaozhi in different ways, get familiar with her, understand her, and master her!

Scene 2: Chat with Xiaozhi.

Say "Xiaozhi, enter the chat mode", or "exit the chat mode" at any time. PS： Xiaozhi is a chatterbox!

Scenario 3: Let Xiaozhi become your life assistant.

Xiaozhi can easily set various reminders, memos, alarm clocks and weather reports. The setting method is very simple. You can directly issue voice commands to Xiaozhi: "Xiaozhi, remind me to turn off the fire in 20 minutes"; "Remind me to pick up my granddaughter at 5:30 every afternoon"; "Remind me to take medicine at 8:00 every night"; "Xiaozhi, wake me up at six tomorrow morning"; "Play music at 6:00 every morning"; "The most dazzling little apples are played at 6:00 every morning"; "Xiaozhi, remind me to take an umbrella when I go out in an hour"; "remind me to take an umbrella when I go out at 8:00 tomorrow morning"; "Remind me to take an umbrella when I go out at 4:00 on Saturday afternoon"; "Remind me to take an umbrella at 9:00 am on March 15". PS： As long as you are creative enough, you can use this function of Xiaozhi to achieve a variety of play methods, and even create romance. Think about it, Xiaozhi's alarm bell suddenly turned into a happy birthday song on the morning of his girlfriend's birthday.

Scenario 4: Let Xiaozhi become your intelligent housekeeper.

Xiaozhi Super Speaker supports Bolian, Ouruibo and A-BOX smart devices, including mainframe and single products. Xiaozhi Super Speaker directly controls household appliances through intelligent infrared remote control or wireless socket and other single products. This function is not popular in smart home devices today, and the author cannot experience it. It is suggested that Xiaozhi can bring his own 360 degree infrared remote control, which is not expensive but practical. Go home and say directly: "Xiaozhi turns on the air conditioner and sets 26 degrees Celsius." "Xiaozhi turns on the TV to watch the CCTV5 game." It is very pleasant to think about it.

Expand application experience

▲ Xiaozhi Super Speaker also perfectly supports QQ music and Kugou player, and plays specified music with high quality through Airplay/Qplay/DLNA wireless protocol. In the case of cool dog music playing, just enter the playing interface, click the DLNA logo in the upper left corner, you can see the smart speaker, and select it to play. Just So Easy！

▲ It's troublesome for Xiaozhi to listen to music when he connects to the PC, and the author has also called the after-sales service several times to ask whether it is supported, but the answer is no. But the author doesn't give up (PS: as a movie enthusiast, the author is very unhappy that such a good speaker can't be connected to the PC to watch movies), so he finally found such a software - JRiver Media Center through various tutorials. JRiver is very powerful, DLNA support makes it a favorite player for many people. To open this function, just click Tools ->Options ->Network Media, and then check "Enable DLNA service and use media network to share this media library". After you re open JRiver, you can see a small smart speaker in the upper left corner. After you select it, the music can be directly pushed to the speaker for normal playing. Unfortunately, the version downloaded by the author will get stuck when playing the video file. It is impossible to test whether the audio playback of the video file is supported.

Comprehensive experience of sound effects

    Evaluation method:

1. Low volume: focus on the evaluation of the resolution of details in light tone and the frequency response in low volume.

2. Medium volume: focus on the frequency response, analytical power and dynamic range when measuring the normal volume.

3. Maximum undistorted volume: focus on evaluating the maximum undistorted volume, frequency response, analytical power and dynamic range.

Review track:

1. Male voice: Jay Chou Juhuatai, his voice has a wide range, thick and clear, high musical quality and cultivation, accurate expression, and his work environment makes his works relatively excellent.

2. Female voice: Huang Yingying - Cry Sha, her voice has a broad and thick range in the middle and low segments, and her accent is clear and accurate. Cai Qin - Ferry, a forgotten time. Her voice has a wide range, thick baritone, clear accent, strong control and accurate expression. The song of Li Yijun and Zhang San is characterized by the elasticity and strength of the drum sound after the first bar.

From the perspective of price alone, a multimedia speaker with only 398 yuan won't be outstanding in terms of sound performance, let alone this is a smart speaker. But when using it, you will find that Xiaozhi's voice is The bass dive is a little inadequate, but The overall clear, thick, warm voice is very popular with the public users, and she shows a clear feeling under this sound style, with a certain sense of volume and sound fullness. The connection of the three bands is smooth and does not cover up the sound of each band, so the overall sound will be quite comfortable.

summary

On the whole, it is very appropriate for Xiaozhi to position itself as a smart audio for home use. Good sound quality performance, intelligent voice on demand, humanized life assistant function and unlimited expansion of smart home control are all the absolute advantages of Xiaozhi. The ultra-low price will bring infinite intelligent life experience. I believe that Xiaozhi will enter more families in the future, bringing us new "wisdom", "voice" and live experience!