Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has introduced a smart speaker called the Tmall Genie tailored for Chinese-speaking users only.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has introduced a smart speaker called the Tmall Genie tailored for Chinese-speaking users only.
Alibaba’s smart speaker functions just like Amazon Echo and Google Home – a hardware device which is powered by an AI voice assistant helping users on various tasks. It only has a different name.
The device itself is named the Tmall Genie (or Tianmao Jingling X1 in Chinese). The voice assistant is called the AliGenie, and the wake-up word is “Tmall Genie” in Mandarin. Tmall is an online shopping website operated by Alibaba.
From a design perspective, the device looks similar to Amazon Echo – a black cylinder with a bottom light ri...