Xiaomi introduced its first connected speaker priced at $45 and challenges Google Home

After Amazon and its Amazon Echo and Google and its famous Google Home, It’s time for Chinese brand Xiaomi to enter the promising connected speaker market! At the end of the year, it will be the famous Californian Apple brand’s turn to try to win the battle for speakers connected to its Homepod. According to recent polls by Apple fans, success is almost guaranteed: 19% plan to buy the brand’s speaker.

Xiaomi wants to compete with Google and Amazon

What features does the Xiaomi connected speaker offer? First of all, the enclosure is sublimated by one simplicity of the most beautiful effect and elegant design with multi-colored LED light ring. Like its competitors, Chinese-speaking therefore stands out as a beautiful object that can easily find its place in your interior.

Equipped with artificial intelligence, Xiaomi’s speaker will be able to wake you up in the morning, read your daily schedule, take notes, read the weather forecast or give you a report on the weather.

From a home automation perspective, the enclosure will serve as a high point andCommand tool for connected objects from Xiaomi Mi series. Therefore, Xiaomi’s connected kettle, sockets, connected lamps, connected security cameras, etc. You can control objects such as You’ll get it, the connected speaker offers the same functions as Google Home and will be available in France from August 3

In terms of technical specifications, Xiaomi’s speaker is equipped with 6 omnidirectional microphones that can detect sound up to 16 meters away.. The speaker can be connected to Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. The good news: Xiaomi has opened its vault to allow developers to add new features and improve interactions with other connected objects.

The smart speaker is currently only available in the Chinese market. No release date has yet been announced in any other country. Its price? It costs around $45, making it the cheapest connected speaker on the market. When will it be marketed in other countries of the world? Mystery.

At an extraordinary event in Beijing, China this morning, Xiaomi also announced the official debut of Xiaomi Mi 5X, a new mid-range smartphone equipped with dual photo sensors and fingerprint scanner. At the same time, the brand introduced MiUi 9, the ninth version of the smartphone interface equipped with a virtual assistant and smart launcher.