Baidu Launches AI Home Theater System and Xiaodu Smart Display 1S Assistant
February 28 2019 - 3:30AM
Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) today launched two new AI-based
IoT smart devices for the Chinese market – Xiaodu TV Mate, an
innovative 3-in-1 smart device with integrated functions of a home
theater system, 4K high definition set-top box, and smart speaker,
and Xiaodu Smart Display 1S, a smart speaker with extensive content
library and upgraded ‘Kid’s Mode’.
Baidu has rapidly grown its share of the global AI assistant
market, being ranked fourth in worldwide shipments of Xiaodu smart
speakers during the fourth quarter of 2018, and number two in
China, according to Strategy Analytics. By the end of December
2018, the installed base of DuerOS - Baidu’s conversational AI
platform that powers smart speakers and other voice activated
devices - reached 200 million and voice queries doubled for eight
consecutive quarters to reach 1.6 billion in December.
“Xiaodu smart speaker and displays are entering millions of
households in China as a reliable virtual assistant. With the
launch of these two Xiaodu products, Baidu has established an AI
product ecosystem with integrated software and hardware. We will
continue to build AI assistant services that are everywhere,
improve user interaction with devices, and make a complex world
simpler through technology,” said Jing Kun, General Manager of
Baidu’s Smart Living Group.
Xiaodu TV Mate, the first 3-in-1 AI home theater system
in ChinaXiaodu TV Mate is an innovative AI-based home
theater system and the first-of-its-kind in China, integrating a
home theater, set-top box, and smart speaker. Xiaodu TV Mate
provides high quality audio and visual experience by supporting
high-fidelity audio and 4K+HDR visual output. Xiaodu TV Mate
further elevates user experience by integrating industry leading
far-field speech recognition technology that is able to
successfully activate devices five meters away, 99% of the time. It
will also make intelligent content recommendation based on user
information and preference.
Since Xiaodu TV Mate has built-in AI assistant capabilities,
users can use the device as a smart speaker, perform tasks such as
search, control intelligent devices at home, and listen to music or
news, even when the TV screen is turned off.
Xiaodu Smart Display 1SXiaodu Smart Display 1S
is the latest addition to Baidu’s line of smart speakers with
touchscreens. The 1S, designed by the famed speaker designer
Wai-loong Lim, comes with 18 upgrades such as higher resolution
video calling, improved audio algorithms for better sound quality,
and 100% faster wireless data transmission compared to the previous
model.
Xiaodu Smart Display 1S interfaces with an extensive content
library through collaboration with content providers such as iQiyi,
QQ Music, Qingting FM, and Douyu. 1S users can access over 10
million songs, a substantial number of videos, and children’s
education resources. Recently, Baidu reached an agreement with the
leading online audio content provider, Ximalaya, allowing 1S users
to access Ximalaya’s 100 million+ high quality audio content.
Xiaodu Smart Display 1S also comes with upgraded Kid’s Mode that
has an improved interface, industry-leading speech recognition
optimized to recognize children’s voices, and text-to-speech system
that can be customized with children-friendly voices. The Kid’s
Mode puts special emphasis on protecting children from long screen
time, close screen distance, and inappropriate content.
About Baidu Baidu, Inc. is the leading Chinese
language Internet search provider. Baidu aims to make a complex
world simpler for users and enterprises through technology. Baidu’s
ADSs trade on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol
“BIDU.” Currently, ten ADSs represent one Class A ordinary
share.
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