AI speaker `Kakao mini` review

[Digital Times, Jin Hyun-jin] "Hey Kakao, play real time chart No.1 song."

The first artificial intelligence (AI) speaker of Kakaotalk-Kakao Mini` this order on October 24 of the Melon chart real - time first place Epic High` s `love story` came out. As a subsidiary of Kakao, synergy with the music service ‘Melon’ of Yen Entertainment is finally visible, once people use an AI speaker `Kakao Mini` at Hannam Office in Hannam-dong, Seoul, Korea.

As soon as we saw the Kakao mini, the word ‘cute’ popped out of the mouth of the reporter. Ryan, a pitcher of Kakao friends, had a face on the loudspeaker with a small size of 76mm in length and 110.2mm in height.

The yellow light came on top of the device when I connected the speaker with the "Hey Kakao", a Kakao mini interlocking application. The call word of the Kakao mini is ‘Hey, Kakao’ and does not have a specific name. The strength of Kakao Mini is the combination of Kakaotalk, which is the number one mobile messenger in Korea, and Melon, which is the number one music service provider.

If we link Kakaotalk in the ‘Hey Kakao’ app, we can send the message with the saved name. If we order a Kakao mini, say "Hey Kakao, send Kakao message," the Kakao mini responds with "Who do you want to send it to?" and sends a message asking you to send something with the stored name. If you have a name in your group chat room, you can also send messages to this chat window. You can also make a note on `Chat with me` on Kakaotalk. The function of reading the received Kakaotalk message is that the company needs to supplement the technical and policy since a third party may check the message.

Kakao Mini-Melon-Kakaotalk also interlocked with eye-catching. Kakao Mini combines music recommendation technology from Melan with `Kakao I`, a self-recommendation engine, and recommends music that reflects individual tastes. Shin, I play music and even if I make the same order, different songs flow out according to the individual. You can also share your music on the chat window by telling your friend to send it to KakaoTalk. In addition to music, it also provides CBS radio and podcasts.

However, the information retrieval and translation functions seemed to be somewhat unsatisfactory. It is possible to search simple person such as "Let me know recipes for rice cakes", "Tell me the way to Gwanghwamun", "What is hello in Chinese?" Let`s order the back, "Yes?" Or "I cannot find any information", "I keep learning, please expect me. However, it provided information such as weather, lottery, fortune telling, and asked "Let me tell you about the weather in Busan." Then, when I say "Jeju Island", I could tell Jeju Island weather and understand the context.

A Kakao official said, "The first feature to be updated on the Kakao mini is the ordering of a Kakao call and a taxi call. As the number of users increases, more sophisticated services will be available."

By Jin Hyun Jin 2jinhj@


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