The battle that is now being waged between the big companies of technology for consumer dollars focuses on controlled smart speakers by voice.
After having conquered the pocket with the ubiquitous smart phone (Smartphone). Now they have found the next must-have gadget that will open up a new market for home. Smart speakers that will automate our houses according to our needs and, you know one thing, besides they are cheap!
Today we are going to talk about the smart speaker and as we will see later, from the Amazon Echo Alexa, the Apple HomePod and Google Home . Systems that will help us create our smart home (The famous smart home ) perfectly domotized without the need to heat up a lot the head.
The idea of utility is very simple, the following scheme we can visually see how all these systems work… (Although it is the schematic of the amazon speaker made plus , the other systems work the same)
Note: the Alexa device , is the name received by the virtual assistant that interacts with us from the amazon echo speaker .
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It is a digital assistant that through of a smart speaker controlled by voice allows us to interact with speech and In addition, you can control the different devices of our home, office, etc.
The Spanish amazon alexa echo, like the other systems, are able to answer questions, set timers, calls, play music or radio, read news and books, teach us English, control devices at home, etc. In reality, the limit, is the user's imagination.
But… How do users actually use the smart speakers? Are they useful? Or just They end up feeling like one more decoration at home…
To understand it well, we have to move to the market American for being much more consolidated in the use and purchase of this type of speakers wireless with bluetooth.
In the following graph we can test the main utilities that provide users…
As we see in the graph, the main utility is the question and answer (reaches 60%), but what interests us is to test its usefulness in home automation, and reaches 27%.
All these types of devices that work with voice have different models with different sizes that connect to each other to be able to distribute them throughout the home, if we have a large house.
Regarding the utility according to the type of stay of the living place; living room, kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms...etc. We can see in the graph that 52% of the users They are used in the dining room.
We are not talking about anything new if we highlight that we passed a lot of time in the living room and, for example, we can control the house lighting (bluetooth bulb) with our simple voice.
The trend in sales of this type of devices intelligent is reaching spectacular heights as as we show in the graph.
We remember that both in our article on houses intelligent as home automation, we already confirmed that technology is entering the homes of a forceful form whose upward trend is unstoppable. to take note!
The amazon alexa like other devices Similar; The Google Home of the famous Google search engine or Apple's Home Pod already represent the epicenter of the smart home controlled by voice all other home automation systems .
And now, it's time to see the comparison of the different put together to see which one we could buy for home…
This comparison is about the three systems that currently work better and sell more, taking into account that although there are different models (Mainly the size) the comparison is on the standard model of each mark and are:
In the following diagram we see the generalities (advantages and disadvantages) most prominent in this comparison of smart speakers , although in terms of functionalities and usefulness, they more or less do the same thing:
It has been proven that one of the biggest factors when it comes to buy one of these smart devices from Speak , it's the price, obviously! So we do the comparative:
As of the writing of the article, the Amazon Echo Plus and Google Home , are the most cheap on the market. In Spain, with the Echo Plus a free Philips smart bulb – led bulb bluetooth so that you begin to see the operation of the integrated home controller , you can see it from HERE on Amazon.
It is time to make a brief general introduction for each device…
*Amazon and Google are advancing a lot in home automation and they don't stop appear apps and utilities to expand its possibilities. In the case of Apple, as always, you can only work with its ecosystem.
The Google speakers and Amazon support multiple users.
Clearly, privacy is Apple's model, given that works solely on its own ecosystem of apps. The smart functionalities are more limited than others Models. In addition, it encrypts everything and does not link your data to the Apple account.
In the case of Amazon and Google, they use your answers and questions to learn from you (They use artificial intelligence – IA), saving the information on their servers. From here, well we already know!
Actually, if you want privacy, you have no choice. to use Apple for its encryption.
First, we have to comment that this type of system is not they are perfect and, although in English they are more perfected having many more applications, skills and apps, in Spanish they are still a bit green if we compare markets.
For our part, for a first contact and to see all the possibilities they can offer us, we would opt for it amazon echo plus 2nd generation , having in favor its reduced price.
This device may be accompanied by a series of gadgets that will turn your house into a home smart controlled by Alexa with your commands oral. The Echo Plus speaker can set up your Smart Home devices via bluetooth without the need for a driver additional:
At the date of the article, as a launch offer in Spain, it can be obtained with a 40% discount at the different models…
If what we are looking for is a speaker with quality sound, design, that entertains us for a while and that gives us aspects of home automation and to listen to music while I work at a consistent price. Well, the Amazon Echo Plus is the perfect! … They also give us a light bulb smart Philips Hue White.
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