Tmall Genie Releases Voice Networking Solution and Bosch Cooperates to Launch High-end Smart Speakers

Zhongguancun Online News: On January 8th, US local time, Tmall Genie released the IoT Connect Kit, a new generation of smart home connectivity solution that supports “voice networking” at the CES International Consumer Electronics Show. The first smart speaker for the high-end market, Kina. This is also the first smart speaker product launched by the Bosch brand in China.

Joint Bosch to explore high-end market Voice intelligence into high-end home appliances ""standard""

As a leading brand in the global high-end home appliance market, Bosch Home Appliances has been leading the trend of home appliances around the world. At this CES, Bosch first launched the smart speaker product Qina, which is built into the Tmall Genie voice interactive system. This is the first smart speaker product launched by the Bosch brand in China.

As the annual new product of Bosch China, Qina is positioned in the voice control of smart home. At present, Qina has realized the voice control of 5 categories and 18 products of Bosch Home Appliances. In the future, Qina will be committed to continuously optimizing the functions and experiences of smart home control. Extend voice intelligence control to more categories.

Tmall Genie provided Qina with voice interaction capabilities and some online resources. As a smart product for the two sides to explore the mid-to-high-end market, Kina also made more differences in product design. Thanks to the 90-year accumulation of Bosch's professional audio brand EV&Dynacord, Kina has a 360-degree sound field design, showing outstanding professional sound quality, built-in lithium battery can provide 7 hours of battery life, offline wake-up words also allow users to interact More convenient and smooth.

No need to say anything on the phone to connect to the Internet. ""Ali solution"" is the first choice for smart home manufacturers.

Last year, Ali released the IoTConnect, an open communication protocol for the Internet at CES, which is the first in the world to adopt Bluetooth mesh technology.

A year later, IoTConnect ""evolved"" again. In addition to the ability to open communication protocols, it also included connection standards, SDKs, modules, development boards and chip libraries, product libraries, solution libraries, and product specifications, certification specifications, Service capabilities of the ""full stack"" smart home connectivity platform, including security specifications.

Compared to last year, the IoTConnect Kit provides manufacturers with a more diverse choice of more convenient, efficient and advanced smart home access services.

Ai Yi, general manager of Ali AI labs hardware terminal, introduced that in August last year, the IoTConnect Kit has been piloted for some industries. In just over 4 months, more than 4.5 million new devices have been used with the Tmall Wizard. connection. “At present, the number of devices connected to our platform has maintained a year-on-year growth rate of more than 50%. Due to the huge advantages in technical solutions, the IoTConnect Kit has become the partner of choice.”

""Bosch's five major categories of home appliances have already achieved the voice control of Qina speakers. We look forward to connecting more different brands of home equipment through the IoTConnect Kit with the Tmall Wizard to create a more convenient and beautiful smart life for Chinese families."" Min said.

Written by Zhou Bolin on zol.com.cn