On January 5th, at the CES show this year, Amazon voice assistant Alexa was the biggest protagonist. Almost all of the booths at the show were released using Alexa's new products.
Although Amazon did not hold a press conference at the CES show, the influence of the Alexa voice assistant is evident. It is reported that Amazon Alexa has reached cooperation agreements with Huawei, Whirlpool, Ford, Lenovo, General Electric and other manufacturers, and its radiation range has also expanded from smart homes to smart phones, automobiles and robots.
Among a series of voice assistants, Amazon's Alexa is in a leading position. After being born with Echo speakers in 2014, this voice assistant has more than 6,000 products. It is said that Alexa Voice Assistant has another special skill: point takeaway. Just say "Alexa, I want to order food from Amazon Restaurants" in front of any Alexa voice assistant device installed, you can start voice reservations and enjoy free shipping. According to the latest reports, more than 20 cities have joined the voice ordering.
The CES show is in full swing, and the integration of Amazon Alexa voice assistants in artificial intelligence, intelligent voice and other products are also endless. Let's take a look at some of the vendors using Alexa voice products at this year's CES show!
LG 29-inch touch screen flagship smart refrigerator
LG seems to be keeping up with the pace of smart voice this year. At the just-opened CES 2017 show, LG presented its first flagship smart refrigerator with a 29-inch touchscreen Instaview. It is reported that the new LG smart refrigerator not only pre-installed the webOS operating system, but also integrated the Amazon Alexa voice assistant. Users no longer need to use paper notes frequently, you can use the built-in Amazon Alexa voice assistant to achieve system content input, so as to track the shelf life of food in real time through the "fresh tracker".
Huawei Mate9 US version officially released
It is reported that Huawei released Huawei Mate9 in November last year. Because of its innovative Leica dual-camera + high-performance processing Kirin 960 chip design, it has been well received by consumers in the consumer market since its launch. Today, Huawei is following the trend of CES2017 and once again swept the CES show in Las Vegas. The US version of Huawei Mate9 will be available in space gray, moonlight and silver, and will be distributed online. In addition, the US version of Mate 9 is currently only compatible with GSM operators, that is, only AT&T and T-Mobie networks are supported.
In terms of configuration, the US version of Huawei Mate9 maintains the basic size of the 5.9-inch version of the National Bank, the Kirin 960 processor, the camera with Lycra dual-camera, 4GB+64GB memory storage, the biggest difference is the US version of Huawei. Mate9 adds the Amazon Alexa voice assistant to the licensed version. This update is also the first cooperation between Huawei and Amazon in the field of intelligent voice.
Lenovo's new Smart Assistant smart speaker
Amazon has said that it hopes that Alexa voice service can be integrated into more than just limited Echo products, and in the future can provide Alexa voice services to more device manufacturers.
Just before the official opening of the CES show, Lenovo officially announced a smart speaker similar to Amazon Echo Smart Assistant, which also uses Alexa voice service.
The Smart Assistant is a white, upper half, gray, blue, and pink cylindrical device with eight 360° microphones for echo cancellation and noise suppression. In addition, it has a 5W treble and a 10W woofer.
Thanks to the built-in Alexa voice assistant, users can use the voice command to perform Internet search, call the taxi software, get calendar updates, provide recipes, play music and other voice operations.
Whirlpool and Amazon collaborate to launch a variety of Alexa control smart appliances
At this year's CES show, Whirlpool exhibited a variety of washing machines, dryers, refrigerators and ovens. It is reported that the smart appliances brought by Whirlpool are very different from those of the previous products, that is, the Amazon Alexa has been added, and the operation status of the home appliances can be controlled in real time through the user voice password.
With Alexa-supported devices, users can control a range of operational commands for new devices. For example, the Whirlpool oven allows the user to set the cooking time and temperature by voice and ask for the remaining time remaining. Similarly, Whirlpool's new washing machine and dryer will also provide Alexa voice assistant support, through Alexa can query the remaining time of the device running, or turn on the silent mode. Whirlpool refrigerators provide fast voice-adjusted temperatures, but most should not change the temperature of the refrigerator frequently.
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