Smart speakers are the missing piece of the puzzle to the home automation and integration of many IoT devices installed in an enclosed space. While Google and Amazon smart speakers have enjoyed unfettered dominance in the best smart speakers market for quite some time, there are a few more brands popping up on the radar to compete in the same category.
I have rounded up the best smart speakers in India that available for consumers and are packed with features that curb your necessity to manually perform every minor task using your phone.
What are Smart speakers?
Smart speakers are nothing but a speaker embedded with technology that enables them to capture your voice commands and perform the issued commands. The voice analysis and recognition are done using the voice assistant integrated within the smart speaker. Similar to a voice assistant found in your phone, the smart speakers are also invoked when you say the “hot words”.
The hot words are nothing but pre-programmed voice assistant command that tells the speaker to invoke the voice assistant are perform actions as per the user’s input. The usage of hot words is very important as it enables the smart speaker to distinguish between normal conversation and the instructions specifically issued by the user, for the smart speaker.
Types of Smart Speakers
There used to be one category of smart speakers, the small dainty versions of smart speakers which would work actively by generating responses to your queries using the voice assistant.