Author | Cheng Qian
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More and more smart hardware is being involved in the generative AI boom, and the revolution of productivity tools represented by mobile phones and PCs has begun.
Zhidong reported on May 15 that this afternoon, Future Intelligence released the iFLYTEK conference headset Pro 2, iFLYBUDS 2 and Kit 2, making the productivity tool revolution detonated by generative AI more concrete.
iFLYTEK conference headset Pro 2 is reshaping the user's office experience in an all-round way, which can complete recording, transcription, translation, and storage in one step, and is blessed with the viaim AI function of generative AI, which can easily help you quickly get the key points of the 2-hour meeting content with one click.
Unlike mobile phones and PCs, which previously occupied an important position in users' offices, headphones were mostly used in audio and video scenarios for leisure and entertainment. Now, its scene has undergone a qualitative migration, and to a certain extent, it has become an office necessity.
At the beginning of its establishment, Future Intelligence aimed at this segment of TWS earphones, stood out from a red sea market, and has launched a number of series of earphones aimed at office meeting scenarios, further expanding the application possibilities of TWS earphones. Ma Xiao, CEO of Future Intelligence, revealed that iFLYTEK headsets have entered 154 countries and regions, and since last year, monthly sales have increased by more than 50% month-on-month.
In the context of the release of new products, Zhidong and other media had in-depth exchanges with Ma Xiao, CEO of Future Intelligence, Liu Da, CPO, and Wang Song, CTO, trying to start from the iFLYTEK conference headset Pro 2 to explore how TWS headphones and various hardware devices will break the game in the new era of AI.
1. The headset becomes an AI conference assistant in seconds, which can record, summarize, and extract information in real time
The combination of AI and headset has shown strong vitality on the iFLYTEK conference headset Pro 2. In May 2023, Future Intelligence released the viaim AI conference assistant for the first time, and now, Wang Song, CTO of Future Intelligence, said that viaim AI is evolving into a qualified work partner.
In our daily life and office work, we often face a situation where people gather together to brainstorm ideas, and there are often heated arguments, and the people who organize the records are often in a hurry.
And at a time when the pace of work is becoming more and more efficient, it is difficult to quickly record the key points of the meeting by relying solely on brain and handwriting, and it is even more difficult to be both comprehensive and focused. The iFLYTEK conference headset Pro 2 is equipped with the viaim AI conference assistant at this time, users can take the headset to discuss and think at the same time, completely ignore the task of organizing the meeting, and a complete and clear summary of the meeting can be presented to the mobile phone or computer.
The three secret weapons behind the viaim AI meeting assistant are summaries, to-do lists, and intelligent inquiry.
Users only need to click in the mobile APP, and the AI will present a summary of the key points of the meeting just sorted out according to the recording, and the 2-hour meeting can quickly get the key points with one click.
In the early hours of yesterday morning, OpenAI, a popular fried chicken in the field of generative AI, released a blockbuster update, and I used the iFLYTEK conference headset Pro 2 to help me draw the key points online.
It can be seen that although some of the new content cannot be accurately identified due to the influence of colloquial language or non-proper nouns, the key points mentioned in the summary are consistent with my feelings of watching the live broadcast throughout the whole process, and the key points of this press conference are clear and clear in less than 1 minute.
In addition to this type of press conference, users will face a variety of weekly meetings, which include a review and summary of the problems encountered in the previous week and the results of the work, as well as an overall plan for the work of the coming week and month, which requires the summary summary and to-do list functions to be used.
After the user clicks to enter the summary and to-do pages, they can swipe left and right to view them. In the to-do list, the AI will refine the specific time period and specific tasks involved in the recording file, so that the user can confirm the progress of the to-do list.
At the same time, diversified interaction methods have become a major trend of generative AI to transform people's daily lives, and viaim AI has also incorporated voice interaction functions this time.
In the lower right corner of the to-do list, there is a "Smart Ask" entry, where users can enter questions by voice or text. When following up on the backlog, viaim AI can generate sub-tasks based on the corresponding items and disassemble the specific execution process of the task for the user.
When users end a lengthy work meeting for several hours, they only need to ask through voice or text, and viaim AI will quickly extract the key information in the meeting and answer it.
Compared with software tools, the combination of headsets and AI further broadens the scope of its application in office scenarios, and the interaction methods are more diverse, which is truly integrated into the user's actual office tasks.
2. From recording, transcription, recognition to storage, iFLYTEK conference headsets have become the standard configuration of conferences
As a master of productivity tools, iFLYTEK Conference Headset Pro 2 has also achieved upgrades and iterations in many aspects closely related to conference scenarios, such as recording, transcription, translation, and storage, in addition to AI upgrades.
AI capabilities have greatly improved the practical value of TWS earphones, and these functions are the foundation and foundation of AI capabilities, making the user's experience smoother.
The most direct function of TWS earphones is recording, and what the future intelligence is doing is to make users more and more insensitive, and further achieve natural "flash recording".
iFLYTEK Conference Headset Pro 2 takes into account the recording needs of users in different scenarios, in addition to opening the APP normally and clicking to start recording, when the user is moving or inconvenient to use the mobile phone, you can press and hold the sensing area on the headset to quickly record the content of the call.
The iFLYTEK conference headset Pro 2 further expands the scene of flash recording, and users can record with one click without connecting to APP or mobile phone at the conference site.
The realization of this function relies on the new physical buttons on the iFLYTEK conference headset Pro 2, and the "red recording button" that users can see when they slide open the headset cover.
When the user presses this button, one of the "L" and "R" buttons above the case will flash, which means that the earbuds have started recording, and the live pickup distance can reach 7 meters. Because there is no connection to the APP or mobile phone, the files of the live recording will be stored in the headset, and the storage location will be intelligently selected according to the storage space of the headset.
The storage space of the headset can reach 2 hours each, a total of 4 hours, which can basically meet the daily meeting needs of users.
After the live recording is over, the user can open the APP and download the file to the mobile phone at any time for transcription, and the 1-hour recording file can be transferred within 3-4 minutes.
In addition to on-site recording and transcription, iFLYTEK conference headset Pro 2 can also support real-time transcription and real-time translation, directly creating a "rolling subtitle strip" for users who call and watch videos.
During a call, the transcribed content will be automatically segmented and typeset, and the mood words and repeated words will be intelligently filtered. At the same time, the AI system will automatically analyze the high-frequency words in the recording, which is convenient for users to search for later.
The iFLYTEK Conference Headset Pro 2's safe recording function can also ensure that users' online conference calls are not interrupted. Previously, users used mobile phones to access online meetings, which would interrupt the meeting when answering calls such as couriers and takeaways.
In the process of recording and transcription, in addition to enabling Chinese translation, it can also realize multi-person voiceprint recognition, or share the content of the text live broadcast to other users, so that users can experience real-time translation even without iFLYTEK Conference Headset Pro 2.
In the APP, users can directly upload the voiceprint library, and upload the commonly used people and voices corresponding to the voiceprint library, so that the voices of different people can be directly synchronized to the final transcription result.
In terms of translation, the iFLYTEK conference headset Pro 2 supports more languages than 11 to 32, and can also understand 12 dialects, 2 national languages, and 10 industry terms.
For users with poor English foundation, the iFLYTEK Conference Headset Pro 2 can not only act as a simultaneous interpretation and translation device, transcribing and translating on the spot, but also play the translated content through the headset; It can also be used as a translator, linking headphones and mobile phones to form an all-round translation device.
The storage of these audio files is also taken into account, and users can view and modify them synchronously on mobile phones, pads, and computers, and can integrate and modify the questions in the meeting minutes at will, and send them in the form of text or email, so as to automate the whole process. Among them, the cloud space can support the storage of 6,000 minutes of audio recordings.
In this way, the iFLYTEK conference headset Pro 2 will fully take over the core link of the user in the conference scene, and its diversified and rich functional system also provides strong support for the user's office efficiency in the conference scene.
3. The new wave of generative AI is unstoppable, and the incremental value of TWS earphones is emerging
The function upgrade of iFLYTEK conference headset Pro 2 is aimed at the core pain points of users in the conference scene, which is more targeted and more direct, which also subverts the user's inherent impression of the headset as a hardware device.
At present, even if the general-purpose TWS earphones will be used in office scenarios, users regard them more as leisure and entertainment tools, and there are very few TWS earphones that are deeply integrated with users in office scenarios.
However, its typical characteristics make TWS earbuds have the potential to be an important productivity tool.
Users need to deal with a lot of departmental meetings and work calls in their daily life, and TWS earphones are the key carrier for them to obtain audio and video content, and their value is further amplified because of portability.
At a time when the amount of information is exploding rapidly, the processing and integration of massive information requires the blessing of recording and AI, which is also a more efficient and direct way for users to process in office scenarios.
The rapid advancement of generative AI technology has added a booster to the TWS earbuds as a productivity tool, and its powerful comprehension capabilities make the recorded content more efficient.
This is also an important reason why Future Intelligence has anchored the subcategory of office headsets from the beginning.
In May last year, FutureSmart released its first AIGC headset, which built the viaim AI conference assistant into the iFLYBUDS Nano series of recording noise cancelling conference headphones for the first time, truly finding the combination point of the current TWS headset, generative AI and office scenarios.
Ma Xiao firmly believes that the vertical field is where useful AI assistants are born, and the hardware entrance is the accelerator of AI assistants.
At present, the company's TWS earphone matrix continues to deepen around office scenarios, from remote office to offline office, from in-ear to earhook, integrating different forms, different scenarios, and different office needs.
Ma Xiao added that the core strategy of future intelligence is dual-engine growth, AI and hardware. On the one hand, it uses AI summarization and to-do capabilities to stick to users, and on the other hand, it interacts with users in different forms and entrances through hardware.
It can be seen that Future Intelligence has entered the game strongly in the context of the slowdown in the TWS earphone market, and has gradually gained a firm foothold in the office segment and found a breakthrough. And its concept of defining TWS earphones as a productivity tool coincides with the current generative AI's innovation in intelligent hardware.
Conclusion: In the wave of generative AI, TWS earphones broke the game in the meeting
From the beginning of its establishment, Future Intelligence has determined to make AI interaction truly practical, and now the release of a series of new products also proves that it is embodying the value of headphones.
Generative AI has started a revolution in productivity tools and equipment such as mobile phones and PCs, and Liu Da, CPO of Future Intelligence, said that compared with mobile phones and PC devices, the biggest difference between TWS earphones is that they are closer to people's five senses and six senses, and they have become the existence of replacing user organs, and can become the user's mouth and ears to perceive the external environment. This is also the key to the need for hardware devices to serve people, and users need different senses to obtain information.
What is certain is that the iFLYTEK conference headset is carrying the technological development of generative AI and the core needs of users in office scenarios to take off, and TWS headsets are playing an increasingly important role in the revolution of productivity tools.