Speaking speakers from Amazon with Alexa on Board were only the first step. The Vision: a home in which dozens of Alexa-devices are connected. A speech heard at the end of microwave, the nachordert Popcorn.
Amazon has new devices and services for his assistance software Alexa for dominance in the connected home. So Online retailers and manufacturers of household appliances will offer in the future, cheap built-in modules that allow you to Alexa in your technology can integrate. Purchased from Amazon Smarthome technology from other manufacturers should work without cumbersome setup immediately.
In addition, Amazon wants to bring Alexa strengthened in cars, and a television. The Vision shows how to a wide variety of devices with Alexa on Board for new features can be linked. So will there be in the United States, among other things, the alarm system Guard, for example, kicks in when she hears that a window was smashed or a smoke detector came on. For this you can rely on the microphones, Echo-speakers in different rooms. “We have broken a lot of glass”, in order for the Software to recognize the corresponding sound, said Alexa-research head Rohit Prasad.
“Gute night“ with consequences
In addition, Alexa will automatically think about the safety of the household. You tell her for example “good night”, could you point out of the fact that the light is burning on the terrace, or the back door is not completed. The Software will learn from the typical behavior in a household, rather than several weeks as days, said Amazon’s Smarthome-in-chief Daniel rush.
Home, sweet home – and where’s Alexa?
With time, the Software may be abnormalities of alone information or their learning ability in other areas, such as, for example, the choice of music. As new Hardware Amazon on Thursday in Seattle, among other things, a refreshed Version of several Echo models, as well as a new device with the name Echo Input, the speakers of other providers with Alexa to associate. For other speakers manufacturer Amazon created new interfaces that help you use your devices in different rooms together.
The built-in modules for home appliances manufacturers to only cost a single-digit Dollar amount, no additional spending, said rush. The Hardware was also designed for an in-house technology, the usual long duration of use, the Software can be updated over the radio. Manufacturer could connect with Amazon’s interfaces without the great expense of the common functions such as power on / off, Controller and program selection with Alexa.
In addition to a connected socket, it is directly from Amazon in the USA, a talking microwave and a connected wall clock that can display multiple timers. The microwave can’t re-order only accept voice commands for the preparation of products (for example: “Alexa, can cook a potato”) but also Popcorn on Amazon. The microwave device was a reference that manufacturers should demonstrate the possibilities.
Microwave with Alexa – looks harmless, it connects directly with Amazon.
In addition to a small Alexa-Box for the car, Amazon is bringing out in the USA also have a networked hard disk Recorder, record directly television programs and in various areas available. The device can simultaneously receive up to four transmitters and two screen devices are controlled. The Box receives terrestrially broadcast programs with an antenna, not in the USA often usual cable channels. In the US, the analog TV will be in contrast to Germany, Signal transmitted, for Europe, Amazon could equip the device to DVB-T high.
Dominance in the household
“They clearly want to dominate the smart home, the is out of the question,” said industry expert Carolina Milanesi of the research firm Creative Strategies, on the outskirts of the event in Seattle. Alexa could be “the anchor”, a Basis on which Amazon can build. A budget is also a very complex and personal thing, so that the desires of individual users could greatly diverge.
At the same time, Amazon evolved to Alexa. You should get more personality, and will in the future provide, among other things, stronger with their own views, announced the head of the device business, Dave Limp,. So your favorite beer is in the US, Pilsner – and in Germany, beer. In addition, Alexa will whisper, for example, in the Amazon Echo speakers back, if you talk to them in a whisper.
In order to make the use of Alexa natural, fish the Software will be able to independently information from associated applications of other companies. One wonders, for example, how to get a stain out of the shirt, can Alexa of funds, the information from the App, a detergent manufacturer, read aloud, explained the Limp. Previously, you had to often mention the name of applications, according to the model, “Alexa, say App X that you wish this or do that”.
Amazon had established, with the 2014-launched Echo devices, and Alexa, the category of smart loudspeaker with digital assistant on Board in the first place. In the meantime, it is a highly competitive market. So Google is trying to bring his “Assistant” in their own and other speakers in the market. And Apple brought out a few months ago the speaker HomePod with his assistant Siri.