OFweek smart home network news in the smart phone is not high sense of voice assistant finally found a way to survive their own survival, this time you do not have to endure the same strange talk with the phone, because now it is your home personal assistant , This is the smart speaker, from Amazon's Amazon Echo, followed up by Google Home to a while ago, Microsoft announced the launch of Cortana's launch with Harman Kardon, and Apple's Siri smart speakers are likely to be released next month. Smart devices born out of nowhere have a bright future. What is a smart speaker In simple terms, smart speakers are basically equivalent to voice assistants + speakers, speakers are its entities, voice assistant is the essence of smart speakers, and intelligent speaker built-in voice assistants, such as Amazon's Alexa, these voice assistants can not only provide you with Chatting time when it's time for nothing, it's more of an artificial intelligence butler, like Jarvis of Iron Man, through voice commands such as "I want to order takeaway", smart speakers can help you place orders, you Just wait for the take-out to be available, of course, this automated operation can only be based on smart speakers have enough sports data, such as Amazon's Amazon Echo, it can even read Kindle e-books for the user. In addition to these intelligent functions that provide users with automated services, the more important significance of smart speakers is to play the role of smart home control center. Unlike smart phones that require user manual operation, smart speakers use speech as the most important form of interaction. It is easy to control whether it is a child or an old man. When you need to turn off the light, you only need to speak to the smart speaker to say you want to turn off the light, instead of unlocking the smart phone and then calling out the voice assistant and speaking your instructions. In interactive mode, smart speakers are simpler and more convenient than smart phones. This is also the highest realm of “lazy people†in smart homes. Compared to smart phones and previous TV boxes and smart routers, smart speakers are more suitable to be smart. Home entrance. The status of smart speakers The development of smart speakers was not a long time. In 2014, Amazon launched the Amazon Echo smart speaker in its official website, and did not even hold a conference for this new device. However, after this, Amazon Echo was gradually welcomed by consumers. In 2016, Amazon sold more than 10 million units. In the same year, Google officially released Google Home and officially entered the smart speaker market. Amazon and Google also became the top two technology companies in the smart speaker market, according to the latest release of VoiceLabs USA. According to the voice smart speaker market research report, Amazon occupies 70.6% of the U.S. market, while Google Home occupies 23.8% of the U.S. market. Other brands only account for 5.6%, but on May 17th, Microsoft At the Build 2017 conference, it also announced that it will launch a Cortana smart speaker invoke with Harman Kardon. The smart speaker has become a new battlefield for the technology giants. In China, smart speakers have not yet been popularized, but there are already technology companies promoting them, such as the smart speakers of JD.com’s smart phones. This smart speaker, which uses Voice tones technology to achieve voice interaction, is expected to access, including droplets. Baidu Maps, Jingdong Home, Zhongtong Express, e-bag washing, and other third-party service platforms have become similar to Amazon Echo's intelligent voice assistant. However, for now, domestic smart speaker products are still more focused on Music playback and even early childhood education, although it can control smart home devices, is far from achieving the level of integration of Amazon Echo. The future of smart speakers Although smart speakers now have the appearance of a speaker, in the future it will evolve in a direction that is more suitable for interaction, rather than sticking to a certain form, such as Amazon's recently launched Echo Show, compared to Echo. Echo Show added a 7-inch display, it seems that can no longer be called "smart speaker", but "smart home networking equipment", through this touch screen, based on the original Echo function, Echo Show can make video calls , Watching videos, viewing photos, weather reports, etc., but compared to a tablet computer that also has a screen, Echo Show's interaction is still through the voice, but this time more than a display for users to view. Google Home was also upgraded at last night’s Google I/O conference. Although not a direct addition to the Echo Show, Google Home’s new initiative uses halo notifications, free calls, and projection of information to Android TV. On smart TVs, new interactive methods are also added on the basis of voice interaction. Jobs has a famous saying: "Consumers don't know what they need, until we come up with their own products, they will find that this is what I want." At present, smart speakers and just appeared ten years ago Like the iPhone, it has interactive methods and functions that people could not imagine before, but it can meet the needs of users. Today, Amazon has secured the first spot in the smart speaker industry with Echo, and at the Apple WWDC Conference next month. It will be very interesting to see how the Siri smart speakers that are likely to appear will challenge Echo. After ten years of development, there will be less and less innovation in the smart phone industry. Next, let's look at smart speakers.