Smart still needs to work hard - Lenovo Lenovo smart speakers

100 people did not catch the charm blue, 400 people finally got on the smart speaker.

Get L code earlier, the order, payment is very smooth. Afterwards, the payment partner lost all kinds of orders and the payment was successful but the order page failed. It should be the earliest batch of payments, unified delivery on the 16th, 18th only logistics information, SF is still awesome, on the 19th to hand.

Appearance: simple and elegant, small fresh

Square box wrapped cylindrical speaker. The white background is simple and generous. A tiny blue Lenovo LOGO protrudes just right at one corner.

At the bottom is a simple description of the speaker, see the "orange" heart a little depressed, want to gray, the least favorite is the orange, the color is somewhat reddish, like a little orange yellow.

At the top is the opening of the power button and a circle of microphones, and a circle of silver can be turned to adjust the volume. The foam in the box has a strong pungent taste, which is estimated to be of no benefit to the body.

This orange is a little grey and it can be brighter.

The opening of the charging cable accommodated at the bottom, the opening of the reset button.

A variety of good-looking electronic products have been destroyed in the power line, and the root of the cylindrical speaker behind the line is very sharp. So I usually put it on the inside of the table against the wall.

20V, 1.5A power supply, cylindrical connector, nothing general.

The appearance is very amazing, simple to only have a power button and volume adjustment knob, the light is very technical sense, different colors of light indicates the speaker is in a different state: when the device is off and off the microphone when the light is red; when the boot and voice commands The light is blue; there is a breathing light effect during the search command; the light is orange when the network is off and the firmware is updated. The overall center of gravity of the speaker is lower, but it is very easy to knock it down and try to put it in a place that is not easily encountered. The fabric of the lower part feels good, but it is not very dirt-repellent. It's really troublesome to clean it up.


Software: Smart Association

The initial setting of the speaker must be done by downloading the app on the phone. After that, as long as it is the same wireless network, no additional settings are required. But if you take it somewhere else to connect to another wireless network, you need to reset the network connection. The design scenario of the smart speaker is fixed, so you don't need to mind that it doesn't have a built-in battery and you can't take it out as a Bluetooth speaker. The Bluetooth speaker is just a deputy. Its main purpose is to facilitate voice search by connecting to the Internet.

In the first few days of testing, APP was updated almost every day. Although it was not found where it was updated, it at least showed that development was still in use.

The steps to connect the speakers are not bothersome: Click on Add Lenovo Smart Speakers.

Just follow the prompts, the speaker starts up, and it turns orange when not connected.

Select WiFi network, enter WiFi password, and start configuration.

It's very simple, but it took more than half an hour for the first time!

Always see this page, during the change of mobile phone connection, restart the router, restart the speaker, restore the speaker settings countless times, say more are tears. The wireless connection is not good at this, and you can't connect without knowing what went wrong. When the wireless router is disconnected from the wireless router, it is as deep and powerless as it is connected to a mobile phone, and it is not even connected to the speaker. Chrysanthemum restores the setting... Before the speaker's chrysanthemum is damaged, it is finally connected.

After connecting the speakers, you can use voice search. The APP interface is also very simple, but the utilization rate is not high.

What can you do with smart speakers?

Searching for songs: The most basic function, which singer best sings to add, now wake up the speakers directly, and say the song title it can search for songs, much easier than the original. The problem was that the original song was never found. The male voice told me in a tone with no tone: "I'm sorry, I didn't find the song you wanted..." It doesn't work on the APP. Fortunately, after the upgrade, I finally found the song. But if you have a Bluetooth connection, you can search for a song again, duo! The two voices were mixed and invincible.

Search for the weather: If you are not in the Royal Park, it is best not to ask it directly: "What's the weather like tomorrow?" Or add the name of the city, feel that this block can set the default city, or automatically set the location of the city as the default. Looking forward to later optimization. Where is the intelligence of smart speakers? You can ask him whether or not he will use an umbrella tomorrow, don't wear a mask, and don't need to wear hepkin pants... Of course, the weather forecast doesn't allow the speakers to carry a pot.

Search for a radio station: Tell it that you want to find that radio station. He will play the radio station content for you.

You can also set alarms, set reminders, leave messages for Others (messages need two speakers to use, but unfortunately I only have a speaker) you can also let it give you time, do some simple calculations, looks like take-away and taxi service can not It's a pity... when you're bored, you can also play around with the speakers and ask: “I'm handsome?” “How old are you?”

The most useful feature of a smart speaker is to search for a song. It is also troublesome to greet it every time you wake up. Speech recognition is very good. Even though there are some accents and it is not standard, it can be accurately identified, but the intelligence is still relatively lacking. At this stage, it can not be expected to help you turn off the lights and help you with hot breakfast. However, I hope that these functions will be realized in the near future.


Hardware: Dismantling

Required tools: Phillips screwdriver, dismantling is very easy.

Consumables: foam tape, sealant, hexagonal plastic spring rivets.

The fuselage does not leak the screw, it is not a snap or glue, cylindrical body is one injection molding, the dismantling part should be at both ends. The top is not removable, so change direction and start from the bottom.

The double-sided glue is still peeled by hand.

Remove the bottom pad and expose the screws. The accident is very cute, there is wood...

Are not everyone white? We have a traitor! The part that does not come up with a fabric package is black ABS.

Cable connection power plug and reset button.

Give this small board a close-up, maintenance will be very convenient.

Grab the upper and lower ends slowly and forcefully, and gently twist a few times to separate.

Reflecting the sound wave's conical shape, the bread is covered with cloth.

Trumpet speaker.

In the middle is a reflection cone.

The color of the two speaker's cable holder is not the same and will not be confused.

Large speaker.

Comparison of two speakers.

The interior is large and has only one black bend.

The upper white shell is as easy to remove as the lower one.

The copper plate is attached to the inner wall of the housing in the direction of the main board.

Left WiFi antenna

The right WiFi antenna and built-in battery, unfortunately this battery can only supply power to the motherboard.

The main board and other parts are all connected by cables. This is well received, and dismantling and maintenance are very easy.

The front of the motherboard heat sink aluminum.

The heat sink aluminum plate on the back of the motherboard, but because the motherboard is almost tightly wrapped by the shell, the heat is not emitted, the actual use of the speaker's heat is still very obvious.

The most difficult part of the dismantling is because its original design is one-off and it is almost impossible to break it down without damage.

Remove the front aluminum plate, and the main heating element has thermal silica.

Dismantling found a small egg, there is a blank cable interface in the lower right corner of the motherboard, the above CAMERA-R logo indicates that this is probably the camera interface reserved for the motherboard, it is estimated that the next generation of smart products is a smart camera.

Wait... This... looks like a wireless card? !

Well, this is a wireless network card, the model RTL8723BENF, is very common in Lenovo's notebooks for several years.
However, this network card is often ridiculed by netizens. The actual use of speakers in the network connection is indeed not ideal.

On the back of the motherboard, it is also full of thermal silicone.

The largest blue chip on the bottom of the motherboard is the Intel Atom x5-E8000 CPU.

The right side of the CPU is the Samsung KLM8G1GEME-B041 8GB eMMC.

The upper left corner is covered by a green label in half of the 2 (there are 2 on the front right corner of the motherboard) Samsung K4B4G1646E-BYK0 512M DDR3

This configuration, there is a kind of notebook feeling

The top part. Including LED, microphone, power button.

12 RGB LEDs can be combined with various color lights.

The volume adjustment gear, plus white grease, the rotation is very flexible and smooth.

8 microphones, the big box is the volume control knob, can rotate 360 ​​degrees infinitely.

The top power button.

Family portrait.

From the perspective of hardware and workmanship, Lenovo smart speakers are still very sincere. As a speaker, the performance in sound quality is also remarkable. But hardware is only a carrier, software is the core! From this perspective, smart speakers are a bit like an Android player. They have piled up a bunch of hardware, but they are not good enough for system optimization, they are not easy to use, and they use cards for a long time.

to sum up:

Relative to the public test, we participated more like a closed beta this time. Lenovo also knows that there are still many deficiencies in smart speakers, and they are not eager to bring it to market, but have done a wide range of public beta. The so-called "intelligence" is just a screening and identification of big data. If you want to do this "intelligence," you must constantly improve the database and add new vocabularies. I hope that the optimization in the later stages can be done better. At home, you can truly free your hands, control everything with your voice, and be excited when you think about it. As for those friends who have not received qualifications for testing, it is recommended that they continue to wait and see, waiting for the smart speakers to have a more complete function and not to start.

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