BEST OF CES2019: Tmall Genie Realizes IoTConnect Kit Evolution

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Today, the concept of smart family is gradually gaining popularity. The role of smart speakers is gradually reflected in all aspects, and the Tmall Genie developed by Alibaba A.I. Labs is the leader in this field. From 2017 to 2018, the explosive growth of smart speakers not only created a group of lucky people, but also made the once-questioned smart home industry feel the speed of China.

IoTConnect Kit enables re-evolution

On January 8th, US local time, Tmall Genie released the IoTConnect Kit, a new generation of smart home connectivity solution that supports ""voice networking"" at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). According to the general manager of Ali A.I. Labs, Ru Yi, at the press conference, in August last year, the IoTConnect Kit was piloted for some industries. In just over 4 months, more than 4.5 million new devices passed this agreement. Connect with the Lynx Wizard. “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.”

Compared with last year, IoTConnect's ""evolution"" again, in addition to the ability to open communication protocols, also includes connection standards, SDKs, modules, development boards and chip libraries, product libraries, solution libraries, and product specifications, Service capabilities of the ""full stack"" smart home connectivity platform, including certification specifications and security specifications. The IoTConnect Kit provides manufacturers with a wider range of choices, more convenient, efficient and advanced smart home access services.

Open up the market and continuously extend the new scene of intelligent voice interaction

It is worth noting that in order to enter the high-end market of smart speakers, in this year's CES 2019, Tmall Genie also announced cooperation with Bosch to launch the first smart speaker ""Qina"" for the high-end market.

Tmall Genie and Bosch launch high-end smart speaker ""Qina""

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 EV&Dynacord, a professional audio brand of Bosch.

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 voice assistant will be connected to all the main models of BMW

At the same time, in order to extend the intelligent voice interaction to more fields, on the eve of this CES, global auto giants BMW Group and Alibaba Group announced a cooperation upgrade, connecting all the main models of BMW China to the Tmall Wizard, let AI +loT+ car's new interactive way, to achieve a Tmall spirit, even in the car can use voice remote control of household appliances, smart devices, to achieve a true ""home car interconnection.

In addition, in order to break the gap between smart speakers and many smart devices, Tmall Genie also partners with music lifesense, Hisense, Cobos, Blueair and other brands to create a smart core with Tmall spirits. The wisdom of the ecology, to bring users a better quality smart home life.

Written at the end

At present, Tmall Genie has become the number one smart speaker brand in China and the third in the world. In July last year, the shipment of Tmall Genie reached 5 million units, and the data released in November showed that there are nearly 400 smart hardware brands supporting the connection of Tmall Genie, and the number of connectable devices exceeds 75 million.

It can be said that today's Tmall Genie is no longer a simple smart speaker, but a smart terminal for future smart home. With it, users can realize the interconnection between people and things, things and people. And with Ali's diversified layout of intelligent voice interaction, we are not far from the real era of ""all things in the world.""

Written by Wu XunEdited by Zhou Bolin on zol.com.cn