On November 28, 2017, Xiaomi held the 2017 MIDC Xiaomi IoT Developer Conference in Beijing. Lei Jun introduced that Xiaomi IoT has been connected to nearly 1,000 types of smart hardware and has developed into the world’s largest commercial smart hardware IoT platform. It is far ahead in key data such as the number of networked devices and DAU. At the meeting, Tang Mu, Vice President of Xiaomi Ecological Chain and Head of Xiaomi Exploration Lab, shared with everyone Xiaomi’s first AI speaker: Xiao Ai and the bright future of IoT, and brought the limited edition of Xiao Ai speakers.
After 3 months on sale, Xiao Ai has integrated into the rice noodle family
Tang Mu introduced that Xiao Ai has won widespread attention from users and the industry since its release on July 26 this year. The public beta registration was opened on August 10, and it reached more than 1 million reservations in just one day. When it was officially launched two months later, it was sold out in just 23 seconds, and the supply exceeded demand for 5 months. It is expected that it will be fully produced in December. After user feedback during the public beta and continuous improvement in the past few months, Xiao Ai now has more than 100 skills, and the user satisfaction of Xiaomi Mall is as high as 99.1%.
From never knowing, to understanding, and then to habitual use, voice direct on-demand greatly shortens the user’s usage path and improves the user experience. Users are more and more adaptable to the life of having Xiao Ai at home. Now the number of single-day voice commands of [Xiao Ai Classmate] has exceeded 3 million times, and the per capita daily use time is about 2 hours. Among them, music and audiobooks are high-frequency rigid requirements, and the single-day playback volume has exceeded 4 million.
The appearance of "Xiao Ai" has changed the impression of many users that smart speakers can only listen to music and ask about the weather. She has gradually integrated into people’s lives in various aspects such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. Moreover, the new experience of voice-controlled smart appliances is quietly changing people’s lifestyles, helping to cultivate the relationship between users and IoT devices and improve stickiness.
85 million equipmentIn the Smart Home Center
Smart device control is the third largest use scenario of speakers. Xiaomi AI speakers can currently control 10 categories and more than 30 smart devices by voice, and the cumulative number of controls has exceeded 4.16 million times. Among them, lights, TVs, and sockets are the three types of home appliances that users control the most with Xiao Ai. The birth of Xiao Ai is to make people’s lives more convenient and convenient. "In one sentence," housework, cooking, turning on lights, and getting through general education are done to Xiao Ai. She is the future smart housekeeper of your home.
"Free your hands" is the meaning of Xiao Ai’s existence. Voice replaces touch screen, and convenient life comes at will. Now, Xiaomi’s IoT platform has more than 85 million networked devices. Xiao Ai won at the starting line at birth. In the AI speaker category, Xiao Ai has a unique advantage. In the future, we will strive to access more types and brands of home appliances, and welcome hardware developers to join the Xiaomi IoT family! (Please visit open.home.mi.com if you are interested)
We found in the interaction records between users and Xiao Ai that 60% -70% of them are music commands. As a speaker, the playback of music and audio content is a very important use case. Now Xiaomi AI speakers have been connected to more than 10 content partners including QQ Music and Himalayas, covering more than 70% of music and audio content in China.
Among them, Xiaomi Exploration Lab and QQ Music reached a strategic cooperation not long ago, combining Xiao Ai’s AI housekeeping ability with QQ Music’s advantages in content, big data, algorithms, operation, etc., to bring richer and more advanced smart music experience to hundreds of millions of users, and jointly create a high-quality lifestyle that matches online and offline accurate content with interests. (Looking forward to audio and information content partners entering Xiao Ai and bringing richer and more diverse content, please send an email to: wangqiyong@xiaomi.com Consult about cooperation.)
Xiao Ai currently has access to more than 100 skills in 5 categories. It has first response first aid, impression notes, Sina news and has received strong support from many partners. It involves family medical care, efficiency tools, life encyclopedia, transportation and other dimensions, and gradually penetrates into all aspects of life. Xiao Ai’s task is to make your life smarter and smarter in all aspects. For example, in terms of content cooperation, Xinhuanet has cooperated with Xiaomi Exploration Lab to develop Xiaomi smart speaker "Xinhua Twenty Years" version, implanted Xinhua’s original product "Xinhua Radio" and developed a special version, using Xiaomi’s latest automatic speech recognition and artificial intelligence technology to recommend the best quality Xinhua audio content for users. Listen to news, chat about culture, talk about sports, be inclusive, liberate users’ eyes, meet diverse needs, and get unanimous praise. (Welcome more developer friends to visit the water drop open API, visit the shuidi.mi.com, and provide users with more diverse and practical functions together.)
A new product: Xiaoai speakers limited edition
At the end, Tang Mu officially released the first virtual image in the field of artificial intelligence: Xiao Ai. The scene first played a very sci-fi style "Xiao Ai’s product craftsmanship video", which won the audience’s admiration. Unlike Xiaomi’s previous craftsmanship videos, this "product" is a virtual image, not an actual digital product.
Tang Mu also shared on the spot, "Xiao Ai is the soul of Xiaomi’s AI speaker, and may appear on various types of carriers in the future. This character is of great significance to Xiaomi. When it was first released, everyone liked Xiao Ai’s sweet voice, and many rice fans guessed what Xiao Ai looked like, so we combined Xiaomi’s black technology spirit and the product itself to design an image for her, a technology girl with a spirit of exploration and a visible smart housekeeper."
Tang Mu also showed the same limited edition figure of Xiao Ai on stage, which is very small and cute. It is expected to be jointly released with Xiao Ai’s new products. Please pay attention to @Xiaomi Exploration Lab for the specific release date.
In Xiaomi, "Xiao Ai" is backed by hundreds of smart hardware products, which will truly become the control center of the smart home. As an artificial intelligence speaker, Xiao Ai has a self-learning function, and will have more functions and smarter control capabilities in the future.
Tang Mu said sincerely, "Welcome all developer friends at home and abroad to join Xiaomi, join Xiaomi Exploration Lab, and create a better life for users with Xiao Ai. Because of Xiao Ai, your life will become more and more intelligent and intelligent."