China's biggest e-commerce and cloud-computing company, is reportedly working on a Chinese voice-controlled smart speaker. The device is similar to Amazon's Echo and might be announced as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter.
One of the main features of the smart speaker is that users will in China will be able to shop from Alibaba's shopping sites using the voice commands. It will understand Mandarin voice commands and is developed by the company's China-based AI team. Alibaba's smart speaker will also face domestic competition from similar devices already launched by JD and Baidu.
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