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Huawei Releases New Smart Office Products

Chinese consumer electronics and telecom giant Huawei held a launch conference for the release of seven products for online smart offices.

Chinese E-Commerce Player Pinduoduo Launches Brand Day Celebration With Baidu

Pinduoduo jointly launched “Super Brand Day Activities” with Xiaodu, China’s largest search engine Baidu’s artificial intelligence speaker.

Best Smart TV in 2020: Top 4K TVs from Xiaomi, Hisense, Samsung, TCL and More

With so many TV brands offering all kinds of smart TVs from budget small TVs to premium 4K or 8K wall-filling displays, you will always find the best TVs you can buy at any price in 2020.

Tmall Genie Upgraded to an Independent Unit of Alibaba

Alibaba announced a strategic reorganization of its IoT business, upgrading Tmall Genie to an independent business unit.

Alibaba, Baidu and Xiaomi Rank Top Five in Global Smart Speaker Shipments

The top five smart speaker brands included Amazon (10.4 million units), Alibaba (3.9 million units), Baidu (3.7 million units), Google ( 3.5 million units) and Xiaomi (3.4 million units).

Xiaomi Expands IoT Repertoire With Smart Refrigerators Launch

Xiaomi launched four refrigerators today in various sizes, storage volumes and prices to accommodate China’s massive consumer base and further expand its smart device portfolio.

Starbucks Teams up With Alibaba for Smarter Coffee Delivery

Starbucks took another step toward evolving the digital customer experience for customers in China by cooperating with Alibaba and launching a smart speaker capable of ordering coffee delivery by voice.

Best Smart Speakers to Buy in 2019

Today we have a plethora of different smart speakers to choose from. We decided to list some of the most popular ones here to hopefully help you pick the best one.

Huawei Was Working on a Smart Speaker with Google Before Trump Ruined It

According to The Information, right before The US President Donald Trump pulled the plug on Huawei, restricting its access to American tech suppliers, the Chinese company was actively involved in developing a smart speaker in conjunction with Google.

Xiaomi Announces its “Mi Home”- AIoT Smart Home Initiative

Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun announced yesterday on his personal blog his vision for the future of AIoT and smart home technology in the Xiaomi ecosystem.

Global Smart Speaker Shipments Grew by Nearly 200%

The global shipments of smart speakers grew 197 percent year-over-year in Q3 of 2018, reaching a record-breaking amount of 22.7 million, according to Strategy Analytics’ quarterly report. Chinese companies Alibaba, Baidu and Xiaomi were among the top five brands.

Mobvoi Releases 4 New AI-Powered Wearable & Smart Home Devices

On the afternoon of May 24, Chinese AI company Mobvoi held a 2018 strategic new product launch, releasing four new wearable and smart home products.

Baidu releases smart speaker with screen and home functions

On March 26, Baidu and Xiaoyu jointly held a product release conference in Beijing to release the first smart speaker with a screen, named the Duer Zaijia. Priced at 599 yuan ($96), it will start shipping on April 10.

Mobvoi’s Li Zhifei: Stand Back When Giants Battle in the Smart Speaker Market

2017 was supposed to be the year China’s domestic smart speaker market broke out. Alibaba, Xiaomi, JD.com, Rokid, Mobvoi and Himalayas all launched intelligent speakers. But with Xiaomi flooding the market with its 299 yuan AI speakers and Alibaba and JD.com competing on price, the domestic smart speaker market does not look optimistic.

Mobvoi Launched New Smart Speaker Tichome

Tichome, Mobvoi’s new smart speaker is going to get crowdfunded and be released soon. Mobvoi held a press conference on August 24th, announcing the official release of its brand new smart speakers Tichome at a price of 999 yuan. Members who were in on the crowdfund can purchase the speaker at a price of just […]

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