Sipela wonke umehluko phakathi kwe-Echo e-Amazon-line-up
Kusungulwa ekuqaleni ngo-2015, isikhulumi se-Amazon esiyi-cylindrical, isikhulumi se-inthanethi esixhunywe nge-Internet esibizwa ngokuthi i-Echo sethula izigidi kumqondo ozayo wekhaya elihlakaniphile. Ngokusheshisa eminyakeni embalwa futhi i-Echo line e-Amazon ekhulisiwe manje ihlanganisa amadivaysi amane, ngalinye elizama ukwengeza ukusebenza empilweni yakho ongazange ukwazi ukuthi ulahlekile. Umqondo wendlu ehlakaniphile awuveli kumadivayisi e-Amazon Echo, kodwa baye basiza umqondo wokuthi ukukhuluma nedivaysi endlini yakho akuyona iHollywood encane futhi kufinyelela embonweni ongcono, ohlangene kakhulu. Udinga usizo oluthile lokunquma ukuthi yiliphi okufanele ulifake? Ngezansi, sichaza umehluko phakathi kweyodwa, ngakho-ke ngeke ube nenkinga ekutholeni lowo ophelele.
Ngokucatshangwa kahle njengengxenye yokuziphendukela kwe-Echo line ye-Amazon, i-Show yenza njengoba nje negama layo likusho. It "ibonisa" wena ulwazi olufanayo njengoba u-Echo wokuqala angakhuluma. I-flashing yakho ye-flash yansuku zonke ayisekho nje igama elikhulunywe. Manje iboniswe kuwe ngevidiyo eceleni kwevidyo ze-YouTube nokubuka okubukwayo ekubikezelweni kwosuku. Njengazo zonke izichungechunge ze-Echo, i-Show igcina ingenasandla ngokuphelele, kodwa ukubonisa okukodwa okuyi-7-inch kuvumela ukushaywa kokungeziwe, kuhlanganise nekholi yevidiyo kumanye Amakhombiseli noma ukudayela ngezwi kumsebenzisi we-cylindrical Echo no-Echo Dot. I-Show izophinde ixhumane namakhamera ahambelana ne-smart home afana ne-Arlo noma i-Ring futhi akubonise umnyango wakho wangaphambili noma uqaphe igumbi lomntwana.
Izikhulumi ezimbili zombili izici zinikeza "okulula, umsindo" wezinsizakalo ezicebile zokulalela umculo wakho wokusakaza wezintandokazi ku-Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora nokuningi. I-Lyrics evela kumculo wakho izoze igwebuke kulo lonke ukubonisa njengoba ulalela enye yamanethiwekhi omculo ashiwo ngenhla. Umsindo owedlule, ukufakwa kwabalingani be-Bluetooth kahle ngokusekelwa kwe-double-band Wi-Fi kumanethiwekhi womabili angu-2.4 no-5GHz wedivaysi evumelana namakhulu amadivaysi asekhaya ahlakaniphile. Ukulinganisa ama-ounces angama-41, i-Show ibonakala kahle kakhulu ku-nightstand, ideskithophu noma i-counter ekhishini ngaphakathi kokufinyelela kwekhebula lombuso wayo wamamitha angu-6 ubude.
Ngama-microphone ayisishiyagalombili nokukhansela komsindo, i-Show ngokugcwele "izwa" kunoma iyiphi indlela ehlonishwayo ngokuqashelwa kwezwi elide kanye nobuchwepheshe be-beamforming. Ukwengezwa kwezinkulungwane ze-"Amakhono e-Amazon" noma izici ezintsha kuza kaningi kusuka kuma-Amazon nakwabathuthukisi benkampani yangaphandle, okusho ukuthi ungathola amathuba amasha nge-Echo line ye-Amazon cishe nsuku zonke.
I-Amazon Echo Bheka iyingqayizivele futhi imkhiqizo ye-niche enhle eyenzelwe abasebenzisi abaqaphela imfashini abanenkinga yokunquma izingubo zabo zansuku zonke. Ngaphambi kokuba ungenele ku-Look's case use use case, kufanele kubone ukuthi kufaka phakathi (ikakhulukazi) isethi ephelele yezinketho ezijwayelekile ze-Echo njengezindaba, isimo sezulu, ithrafikhi, ukulawulwa kwamanye amadivaysi asekhaya ahlakaniphile nomculo. Edlule amakhono ayo ayisisekelo, ikhamera ye-megapixel emihlanu eyakhelwe ngaphakathi kanye nekhamera ye-Intel RealSense SR300 yokubukeka ngokujulile yilapho imilingo ilala khona futhi isebenza kanye ne-Android ne-iOS ye-Amazon Bheka uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Amazon. I-Wall-mountable, i-Look ibuye ihlanganise amakhodifoni kanye nesiphakamisi esakhelwe izici ze-Echo zendabuko.
Ama-Amazon akhombisa ukuthi "Bheka" njenge-"consultant fashion consultant" futhi ayikude neqiniso kusukela i-Look ivumela abasebenzisi ukuthi badonsa izithombe zabo ezifweni ezihlukahlukene. Uma isithombe sithathwe, isofthiwe ye-Look izokhipha ngokuzenzakalelayo isizinda esithombeni ukwenza isembatho ngasinye sigxile ekuzinikeleni. Uma le nqubo isenzekile, ukufunda komshini kuthatha futhi kusiza ukululeka ngesici esibizwa ngokuthi "Isitayela Hlola" ukuze unikeze iseluleko ngalokho okufanele (futhi akufanele) ukugqoka.
Njengomsizi wesitayela, i-Look iphumelela ngama-add-ons afaka phakathi ukuthatha ividiyo emfushane ukuze ubone ukukhetha kwakho kwendwangu kusuka kuwo wonke amazinga. Le mbono engu-360-degree yengubo yakho ingasetshenziswa ngisho nokwakha ibhuku lokubuka lomuntu siqu ongayibhekisela kamuva ekubhekiseni imfashini. Ekugcineni, kunengxabano encane i-Look yikhiqiza ye-niche egxile kakhulu kubasebenzisi bokuqala-feshini futhi ngeke ibenze izikhalo ezifanayo njengamanye amamodeli ku-Echo line. Kodwa-ke, uma ulangazelela "umngane" ozokusiza ukuthi ubheke okuhle kwakho, i-Look iyithatha eyingqayizivele yokuba ne-shopper yakho siqu.
Ingane ye-Echo line ye-Amazon, i-Echo Dot engu-1.6 intshi ende ichazwa kahle njengengxenye ephezulu ye-Echo egcwele nesipikha esisodwa. Ngokulingana njengohlakaniphile, i-Echo Dot ehlala njalo ixhuma efwini elifanayo futhi ilawula amadivaysi afanayo axhunyiwe ngechungechunge lentengo. Umehluko omkhulu kunabo bonke phakathi kwamadivaysi amabili yisikhulumi esiphelele esingekho ku-Dot. Esikhundleni salokho, i-Amazon ikulinganisela ukuchofoza i-Dot kuze kulungiselelwe ukulalelwayo kwakho nge-Bluetooth noma ikhebula lokulalelwayo (3.5mm) bese usebenzisa i Alexa ngokusetha isethi sakho esikhona.
Isikhulumi esakhelwe kahle sikwazi ukufunda izindaba, ukubeka ama-alamu nokulalela amabhuku alalelwayo avela engavamile, kodwa akusikho ukusikisela okujulile okuzokwenza ku-Echo enkulu. Ngokufanelekile, i-Dot izobekwa ngaphakathi endlini, mhlawumbe ekhishini, kodwa ihamba ngendlela efanayo nasebusuku bokugcina ebusuku lapho ingaba kabili njengewashi le-alamu elikwazi ukuvula izibani uma ixhunywe kumikhiqizo efana ne-Philips Ukukhanya kwe-Hue. Ukulawulwa kwezwi okungenayo izandla kukhona ngokudlala umculo ku-Pandora, Spotify, iHeHeRRRdio neTuneIn lapho kulula khona njengokubuza "i-Alexa, Dlala izingoma zothando kusukela kuma-90s" ukusiza ukusetha isimo sengqondo sobusuku bemini.
Ngokuxhuma kwayo ku-smartphone yakho nge-app ye-Amazon Echo elandwayo kokubili i-Android ne-iOS, ukubiza ngezwi nokuthumela imiyalezo kukhona futhi kubalwe. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ucingo olusheshayo kumama noma ukuthumela umlayezo kumngane ukuthi usephuzile, i-Echo Dot inikeza oxhumana naye osheshayo ngaphandle kwezindleko ezengeziwe. Ukulinganisa ama-ounces angu-5.7 kuphela, i-Echo Dot inikeza izinkulungwane zokusetshenziswa okungeziwe nama-Amazon Amakhono ngaphandle kobukhulu kanye nenani lomfowabo omkhulu. Kubathengi abafuna indlela esheshayo futhi engabizi kakhulu ukwethula ikhaya noma ihhovisi labo ngokuphila okuxhunyiwe, i-Echo Dot yindlela engcono kakhulu yokwenza kanjalo.
Umkhulukazi wamadivayisi axhunyiwe, i-Amazon 9.25-intshi ende i-Echo iye yasiza esikhathini esizayo samadivayisi smart ekhaya. Ngokusebenzisana ngezwi, ikhono lokulawula amakhulu wamadivayisi axhunyiwe, inikezela ukudlala umculo kumasevisi asakaza okusakaza, setha ama-alamu, wenze uhlu lokudlala futhi udlale ama-audiobooks, i-Echo iyizinsuku zokuzalwa zesipho sosuku lokuzalwa noma lweholide. Ukuxhumeka okudingekayo kwe-Wi-Fi kuphethwe kalula ngokusekelwa kwe-Wi-Fi kabili-band kokubili amanethiwekhi angu-2.4 no-5GHz. Ukulinganisa ama-ounces angu-37.5, i-Echo ivame ukuchazwa njenge-black-all can of Pringles futhi ayikho ngokuphelele.
Ngenhlanhla, i-Echo ingaphezulu kakhulu kunama-chips amazambane, ngenxa yesikhulumi sayo somsindo we-360-degree omnidirectional enikeza umsindo omuhle wokugcwalisa igumbi. Umehluko omkhulu phakathi kwe-Echo ne-Echo Dot yomsindo kanye no-2.5-inch woofer kanye ne-2.0-intshi tweeter ezisiza ukuletha amanothi ajulile namanothi aphezulu. Lezi zikhulumi ezishaya phansi zihlinzeka ngomsindo ongenamanzi oqeda isidingo sokuba isikhulumi esihlukile ala i-Echo Dot, nakuba ama-audiophiles afuna ukusebenza okuphezulu okulalelwayo azokhetha izikhulumi zenkampani yesithathu.
Njengedivayisi ye-Echo, isethi se-Amazon sici sithuthuka ngaso sonke isikhathi. Izinkulungwane zamakhono zengezwe ngezici ezintsha kanye namathuba amasha afika cishe nsuku zonke. Ngaphandle kokulawula izibani zakho, ukushisa kwegumbi noma ukuyala i-pizza, i-Echo ihlale ilalele amaphetheni kuzicelo zakho noma izintandokazi zakho, ngakho-ke inganikeza iziphakamiso ezingcono esikhathini esizayo. Njengoba izibuyekezo ze-software zilandwa ngokuzenzekelayo, i-Echo idinga ukugcinwa okuncane okuqhubekayo, okuvumela abasebenzisi ukuba bagxile ekujabuleleni idivayisi esikhundleni sokulondoloza.