谷歌智能音响代号Chirp试图力压亚马逊的智能音响Echo
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谷歌一直被传言他们正在开发一款与亚马逊Echo相抗衡的智能音响，代号“Chirp”。该设备在外观上类似于谷歌去年推出的OnHub路由器，并且还融入了语音助手技术。
（图为谷歌智能音响代号Chirp）
根据早先的报告表明，谷歌会在下周举办的I/O开发者大会上发布新的系统，但该产品（Chirp）有望在今年晚些时候上市。
Google likely will preview the system at I/O, as well as reveal some of its emerging technology in the virtual reality market, Recode said.
据科技博客Recode表示，谷歌会在I/O开发者大会上预览一下新系统，并且会揭示它在虚拟现实市场上的一些新兴技术。
Echo's Success（Echo的成功）
The Echo has been one of Amazon's biggest product launches in years. It combines a speaker with the Alexa personal digital assistant -- voice recognition software that answers questions, sounds alerts, maintains lists, reorders Amazon Prime products, plays music, and controls compatible door locks, lights and other home automation systems, among other things.
近几年，Echo一直作为亚马逊最大的产品发布。它结合了亚马逊的Alexa语音助手——一款可以回答问题、声音警报、维护清单、记录亚马逊金牌服务产品、播放音乐、兼容控制门锁、灯光等家居自动化系统的等语音识别的软件。
Amazon has sold more than 3 million Echo units since the product's launch in late 2014, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners reported last month.
据上个月消费者情报研究表明，自2014年推出后，亚马逊已卖出超过300万的Echo。
Consumers are using the Echo for many different purposes, according to CIRP's research, with more using it to stream music and answer questions than to control home utilities and security.
消费者用Echo在很多不同的方面，据CIRP的研究表明，更多的消费者用于试听音乐和回答问题，而不是用于控制家居和安全上。
Google has substantial experience in integrating its hardware and software, noted Michael Levin, cofounder of CIRP.
CIRP的创始人迈克尔· 莱文认为，谷歌在硬件和软件的整合方面有丰富的经验。
However, even if it does bring the rumored product to fruition, Amazon will not roll over and cede any ground, he added.
然而，即使谷歌能把传言中的产品得以实现，亚马逊也绝不会被打垮或以任何理由放弃，莱文补充到。
"Amazon is a smart, determined competitor in many spaces and defends its products energetically," Levin told TechNewsWorld.
“亚马逊在很多领域是一个聪明且有决策力的竞争者，且它会积极地捍卫自身的产品”莱文告诉技术新闻世界的记者。
Although the rumor seems credible, it's not likely that Google is going to raise the bar with the introduction of an Echo competitor, maintained Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group.
尽管传言似乎是可信的，但这并不代表谷歌就比竞争者Echo更上一层楼，恩德勒集团的首席分析师安德鲁坚持认为。
"They really haven't been all that successful with new products, so I doubt [Amazon CEO Jeff] Bezos is staying up late worrying about their offering," he told TechNewsWorld.
“他们真的还没有所有的新产品都能获得成功，所以我怀疑（亚马逊的CEO）贝索斯依然熬夜去担心他们的产品”，安德鲁告诉技术新闻世界的记者。
That said, "I agree much of the future of in-home IoT will likely be tied to something like Echo," Enderle continued, "and I'm kind of surprised that we haven't heard of an Apple offering yet."
那就是说，“我相信未来有很多家庭物联网会和类似Echo的产品有联系”，安德鲁继续道：“不过我很诧异至今还没听到苹果公司类似的产品呢。”
Integrating Hardware With Search
Google's product likely will function as a complementary hardware device to Google's search engine and other service-oriented apps, such as maps and business solutions, said Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT.
谷歌的产品似乎是作为一种对于谷歌搜索引擎和其他指向型服务App的硬件辅助，例如地图和解决方案，Pund-IT公司首席分析师查理·金表示。
"If customers queried a Chirp device about pizza delivery, they might be steered towards Google clients or restaurants highly rated by Google users," he told TechNewsWorld.
“如果消费者向Chirp设备咨询关于披萨的配送，他们很可能被会谷歌用户和饭店的高度评价所操纵”，金告诉技术新闻世界的记者。
It makes sense that Google would develop a competitor to the Echo as a complement to its line of home automation products at Nest, said Kevin Krewell, principal analyst at Tirias Research.
谷歌开发一个Echo的竞争品，以作为谷歌母公司旗下的智能家居公司Nest家庭自动化产品的线上补充也就说得通了，Tirias Research的首席分析师凯文·克勒维尔说道。
"The home portal is a natural extension of Google's speech recognition technology," he told TechNewsWorld, "although the challenge will be how do people react to Google having so much access inside their houses. Consider that Google kept the Nest separate for that very reason."
“家庭入口是谷歌语音识别技术的自然延伸”，克勒维尔告诉技术新闻世界的记者道，“然而挑战是人们对于谷歌有这么多权限进入他们房子该会如何反应。考虑到这些，这也就是谷歌为何让其子公司Nest单独分离出去的原因。”
编译自丨http://www.technewsworld.com/story/83504.html
翻译丨彭步云
编辑丨王能高
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