Voice command’s growing role in the smart home market
One can
proudly observe that, manufactures including Google, Amazon, Fabriq, to name a
few are bringing voice command functionality to the masses at an even lower
price point. An interesting move and one that validates voice command’s growing role in the smart
home market.
The Amazon Echo Dot (2nd
Generation) is billed now as a lower cost voice gateway as compared to the
economically-priced, first-generation model.
ABI Research finds that the Google
Home retails at a $129 price point with an estimated BOM of $43.44.
I can also observe that, taking into
account all the emerging voice command devices recently infiltrating the smart
home market, smart speaker manufacturer Fabriq may actually prove to be the
dark horse to watch.
In effect, retailing at the same price point as the Amazon Echo Dot, the smart speaker incorporates Amazon Alexa
functionality, uses a MediaTek chipset, and works in battery mode as a
Bluetooth speaker for remote music streaming, relying on a mobile handset to
connect to the Internet.
