Recently, the intelligent audio maker Sonos launches in New York, launches in the Sonos announced strategic partnership with Amazon, users can control Sonos through Intelligent Assistant Alexa Amazon personal equipment.
Previously, Amazon Alexa derivatives: intelligent speaker Echo, ultimate Echo's performance far exceeded expectations in the market, Sonos in the Echo before feeling the pressure. Is expected when both engaged in a bloody battle, Sonos and enemies suddenly announced Echo functions through each other.
Sonos Alexa voice services SDK for software integration upgrades its integrated Alexa users can use to manipulate their Sonos sound system. Alexa give voice commands allows the user to complete the play, pause, skip songs, and operations such as volume control, no additional learning new voice commands. Sonos and Alexa ecological use of other hardware products, including Echo, Echo Dot, such as Tap and Fire TV. Sonos will start at the end of the year for this beta product integration projects, early 2017 open to all Sonos users.
Sonos CEO McFarland writes:
Alexa/Echo is the first showing a strong voice in the smart home control products, and its popularity will accelerate innovation across the sector, today's new technology will become tomorrow's standards.
As we all know, Alexa-derived core product is the Echo. Data shows that Amazon has sold 3 million to Echo intelligent audio and features and sales continued to increase. Echo will become a platform for connecting software and hardware ecosystem of the multidimensional now Echo support for listening to music, shopping, taxi, controlling home functions, Sonos and Echo through the company, so as to expand their chain, and Sonos you can access through Echo, for the user to create a variety of experiences, to promote sales.
Intelligent software and hardware in order to seize the entrance, Google voice Google Home smart home products released this year, and just today, Google officially announced a $ 3.2 billion acquisition of the Nest Labs intelligent home sector restructuring, full integration with Google Internet Nest sector. Nest following the restructuring, will go to Google Home products development, compete directly with the Echo in the future. In addition, Apple has this year stepped up its layout HomeKit third party devices work, the sources said, the brand is already discussing with Apple access HomeKit matters. According to the FCC last week (the United States Federal Communications Commission) provides product display, Samsung seems to be independently developed their own voice Assistant, when you launch a smart audio "Samsung Scoop." Starbucks iPhone 5 Case
From the above information, the Giants were in smart home products for entry, busy layout of third-party software and hardware open platform, can be expected next year, they probably will compete head-on in intelligent home field.
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