The new experience of free hands - Lenovo smart speaker evaluation

Foreword: The small speaker market in these two years can be described as a booming, portable speaker, Bluetooth speaker, and many products are dazzling. The selling points of the various brands of products are not the same, some emphasis on sound quality, some of the main portable, some enhanced life, and some pay attention to the appearance. Today's evaluation of this Lenovo smart speaker as its name suggests is: intelligent interaction, and the convenience brought by the degree of intelligence is closely related to the use of experience. Thanks to Auntie and Lenovo for their testing, I was fortunate enough to feel the new experience brought by a smart speaker in advance before the product is officially released. Design: The packaging of the product can be described as simple and bright, but at the same time there is no lack of detail design. However, under the premise of packaging, the speaker itself is well protected. On the outside of the Lenovo logo can see different colors of dots, should refer to the speaker's different color versions. From the official website's picture, we can see that the color difference is mainly reflected in the lower part of the speaker: The open part of the shell is in the central position, and the package is unpacked. The upper part of the speaker is exposed. The first feeling is that it is smaller than the previous one. I think this is quite a big deal. The upper part of the white plastic part is covered with white pearls. The workmanship is smooth and meticulous: The lower section resembles the texture of the linen. From the magnified details, we can see that weaving with gray and grey linen lines crosses it, it feels very texture, and the overall coating is done well, again showing good workmanship. The top of the speaker is beautifully designed and feels like a half-opened lid. It looks like there is a floating feeling like a flying saucer. The design of the metal part also gives the entire speaker a sense of technology. The only button for the entire speaker is in the top center position. In actual use, the control of the speakers is more through the app and voice. The metal ring on the outer ring can be rotated to adjust the volume. Let's take a look at the bottom design: Part of the white chassis is a hard silicone texture, surrounded by a small dot bulge to help increase the friction and stability of the speaker. The middle round hole is the power line interface, and the corresponding cable bay is also on the edge. The charger is quite large and can be seen on the side of the speaker. Input: 100-240V 1.3A 50-60Hz Output: 20V 1.5A After the power supply is plugged into the speaker, the wire is leveled out through the edge of the bayonet, so it will not have any effect when standing upright. Speaker height is 24cm, width is about 8.5cm, compare with common life items: On the left is a liter of milk, and on the right is a 350ml flask. You can see that the speakers are "slim", but they stand firm, so don't worry. Use experience: Install connection: To use this Lenovo smart speaker naturally need to be networked first, the manual is only a thin piece of paper, simply follow the set requirements to go the process. Scan the QR code on the manual to download the app and install it: Follow the prompts to complete the registration process: Write down the steps to add network, but also stupid operation: Select the application scenario, select vocals, and the configuration is complete. The overall setup process is smooth and at the same time more user-friendly. App control: After entering the main interface, the function is at a glance. Lenovo smart speakers integrate cool music and resources of the Himalayas, as well as voice reminders, memos, and other functions. The built-in cool music content is very rich. Basic music can be found basically. You can select a song list to play, or you can search for your favorite songs to play. In addition to encounter your favorite songs can also be added to the list of favorites, the next time it is convenient to play. The volume can also be adjusted directly in the playback interface. The built-in Himalayan part feels that the settings are not perfect, and cannot be controlled directly through the App. It can only be operated by voice, but for people who do not understand comic dialogue and opera, they will feel at a loss. Even if you can operate by voice, you do not know what to listen to. . . So hopefully, like the cool music, you can get a simple recommendation and search interface, which is more intuitive. Bluetooth connection playback: Bluetooth connection as a basic function, here is a brief mention. This is basically the mainstream connection of small speakers nowadays. It only needs to search for and connect Lenovo smart speakers in the Bluetooth interface. Then the sound inside the phone will be played through the speaker. However, after connecting via Bluetooth, you cannot use voice control. Voice control: Voice control is the biggest highlight of Lenovo smart speakers, as long as the power is connected to the net, you can operate the speaker without any two-handed control: Just say: "Hello Lenovo" With the four characters, the light strip at the top will light up, indicating that the speaker has heard your call. After that, it only needs to say the demand. (If the light is off, the speaker is not heard, please repeat) Based on the 8-microphone design, you can get more sensitive recognition at any angle of the speaker. Of course, if you are in a noisy environment, you should also increase your volume. Practical voice features recommended: The function that is used everyday is a good function. Next, let's take a look at the different scenes. How does the voice operation behave? Scenario 1: Music Play: voice: "Hello Lenovo, Play Xue Zhiqian's "Actor"" Feedback: "Playing Xue Zhiqian's "Actor" for you" After the music began to play, this may be the most used scene. Thanks to the speech recognition system, the singer and song name can be basically identified. If you can't remember the song title for a while and you just want to hear a song from a certain singer, you can also say that you want to play the song of a particular singer. In this case, the system looks like it is based on search results to broadcast songs. For example, when the author said: "Hello Lenovo, play Faye Wong's song." The first one would be: "Hurry up that year" This is consistent with the search results in the Smart Lenovo App: Adjust the volume: If you want to adjust the volume, you can also use voice control. "Hello association, increase the volume" "Hello Lenovo, lower volume" similar voice control is achievable, very convenient. Song switch: If you want to change the song, directly "Hello Lenovo", say the name you want to hear, of course, you can also use The command "Hello Lenovo, Next" is switched. Stop play: If you want to stop playing, you can also use voice: "Hello association, stop" This simple voice control can be achieved. Scenario 2: Query Time, Query Weather voice: "Hello association, what time is it now?" or "Hello association, time?" Feedback: "Time is XXXXXX" When it is inconvenient to check the time, if you ask by voice, you can quickly report the time. For example, in the morning when in bed, ask about time and see how long you can stay in bed:) Or is it convenient to casually ask questions when reading books or writing homework? voice: "Hello association, Beijing weather?" "Hello Lenovo, Shanghai Weather Tomorrow" Feedback: “Beijing is fine today, temperature is minus 7-4 degrees, wind power is 3-4 levels” "Tomorrow Shanghai will be cloudy, temperature 4-8 degrees, breeze" When inquiring about the weather forecast, it only takes time to add the weather to the place name. For example, the weather in Shanghai today, the weather in Shenyang in the future, and so on. The smart speakers will be accurately searched online and broadcast. Before you go out to ask about the weather today, or ask your destination tomorrow's weather before you go on a business trip, you can easily make travel arrangements. In addition, after the author's test: like the day after tomorrow, such time is also recognized. voice: "Hello Lenovo, Beijing air quality?" “Hello, Lenovo, Does Shanghai Need a Mask?” Feedback: “Today's Beijing Air Quality: Good” "Tomorrow Shanghai Air Quality: Excellent" Nowadays, people pay more and more attention to air quality, and they can know air quality through simple sentence inquiries. To judge whether to wear a mask, it is quite convenient. Scenario 3: Set reminder voice: "Hello, let's set the alarm clock at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning." or “Hello association, remind me to go out after half an hour” Feedback: "Remind setting is successful" The reminder function is really accurate and convenient, and it will be used in many situations. For example, when you cook, “Hello Lenovo, remind me after fifteen minutes,” so that you don’t have to worry about forgetting the cooking on the stove. The author tested many times, the reminder is still very accurate, if you really do not trust, such as setting the alarm clock, voice settings can be viewed under the app, you can find your own settings record. At the same time, the app can also be set manually: to sum up: advantage: 1, the product is well-crafted: whether it is the design, or the appearance of the control details are quite good. 2, although the volume is small, sound quality is good, high school and low-frequency balance. 3, The intelligent voice function is practical and practical, and the old man at home is very practical, without using the voice control of both hands. Suggest: 1, the power can only be wired, I hope the official can put out a base with a battery, easy to carry out, or like people who often move speakers at home to use. 2, the voice system is sometimes not stable, there are some large and small bugs, hoping to improve as soon as possible. 3, hoping to improve the Himalayan interface and add more audio resources. Overall, this Lenovo smart speaker is still worth the wait, and hopes to continue to dig in the intelligent interactive system and further improve the system, bringing more different new smart experience.

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