Tmall Genie and Bosch Jointly Launched the First Smart Speaker Qina for the High-end Market

Gina is positioned in the voice central control of smart home. At present, Qina has realized voice control of 18 products in 5 categories of Bosch household appliances. It is reported that tmall Genie provides Qina with voice interaction capabilities and some online resources. As an intelligent product for both sides to explore the medium and high-end market, Qina has also made more differences in product design. Thanks to the 90 years' accumulation of Bosch's professional audio brand EV & dynacord, Qina has a 360 degree sound field design, showing outstanding professional sound quality. The built-in lithium battery can provide 7-hour battery life, and the offline wake-up word also makes users more convenient and smooth in interaction.

It is noteworthy that on this CES, Alibaba artificial intelligence laboratory also released a new generation of intelligent connection service IOT connect kit. Last year, Alibaba released IOT connect, an open communication protocol for smart networking, on CES, taking the lead in adopting Bluetooth mesh technology in the world.

A year later, IOT connect "evolved" again. In addition to the ability to open communication protocols, it also mastered the service ability of the "full stack" smart home connection platform, including connection standards, SDKs, modules, development boards and chip libraries, product libraries, scheme libraries, product specifications, authentication specifications, security specifications, etc.

Compared with last year, IOT connect kit can provide manufacturers with more diversified choices, more convenient, efficient and advanced smart home access services.

Ru Yi, general manager of Ali AI labs hardware terminal, introduced that in August last year, IOT connect kit had been piloted and opened to some industries. In just over four months, more than 4.5 million new devices were connected to tmall elf through this protocol. "At present, the number of devices connected to our platform has maintained a year-on-year growth rate of more than 50% every month. Due to the huge advantages in technical solutions, IOT connect kit has become the first choice for partners."

"Bosch's five major categories of household appliances have achieved voice control of Qina speakers. We look forward to working with tmall genie to connect more household devices of different brands through IOT connect kit to create a more convenient and better intelligent life for Chinese families." said Liu Min, vice president of strategy and business development of Bosch China group.