Xiaomi Partners with Agora.io to Power Mi AI Voice Calls Asus Zenfone 4 Pro,...

Xiaomi Partners with Agora.io to Power Mi AI Voice Calls Asus Zenfone 4 Pro,... xda-developers Nov 2, 2017 11:15 PM • by Idrees Patel Xiaomi Partners with Agora.io to Power Mi AI Voice Calls In July, Xiaomi launched Mi AI in China, a smart speaker with a voice-enabled assistant aimed to compete with the Google Home and Amazon Echo. In typical Xiaomi style, its price tag undercut the competition at CNY 299 ($45) while managing not to be deficient in terms of features. However, a new partnership with Agora.io, a real-time communications company founded in 2014, enables the product to have a feature advantage against the competition. Yesterday, Agora.io announced a partnership with Xiaomi to power voice-calling capabilities for the Mi AI. The press release by the company states that "while smart home assistants like Amazon Echo and Google Home enable voice calling through a connected smartphone's cellular network, Xiaomi and Agora are allowing users to make Internet voice calls directly from Mi AI." In short, this is a different approach than those employed by other smart assistants. Agora.io noted that Mi AI has been designed to deliver crisp sound and great call quality. The smart assistant has six microphones, which creates a 360° sound field that can pick up user commands and "deliver clear broadcasts anywhere in the room." The Mi AI's AI software is dubbed XiaoAI, and Agora.io is the only VoIP communications provider selected for it. The company promises that it will provide "best-in-class call quality and low latency to ensure an uninterrupted user experience." The founder and CEO of Agora.io, Tony Zhao, said that Xiaomi's Mi AI would be the first smart home speaker that allows users to make and receive calls without a smartphone or app. He added that by combining Agora.io's "world-class communications technology with Xiaomi's industry-leading hardware," the partnership would lead to a new generation of smart home devices and multi-functional virtual assistants. The press release noted that Xiaomi plans to roll out more products using high-definition, real-time communication cloud services through Agora.io's Software Defined Real-Time Network (SD-RTN), which is said to be a global network of distributed data centers that "ensures a consistent, high-quality experience regardless of the user's geographic location or device." It has to be noted that the Mi AI has only been released in China so far. Xiaomi hasn't stated whether the product will be made available in international markets. Source: Agora (press Release) Android Advices Oct 31, 2017 4:15 PM • by Pavan Kumar B.C Asus Zenfone 4 Pro, Zenfone 4 and Zenfone 4 Max Launched in the US Asus has added another set of smartphones in its Zenfone 4 series and this Taiwanese company has launched them in the US. The list of devices includes Zenfone 4 Pro, Zenfone 4 and Zenfone 4 Max which will be the siblings of the 5.5-inch Zenfone 4 Max launched last month, These handsets come with different specifications which are mentioned below accordingly. Zenfone 4 Pro The Zenfone 4 Pro will come with a 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED display and will have a 3600mAh battery on the back to power the handset. Under the hood, there is a Snapdragon 835 SoC coupled with 6GB of RAM. This device will come with the dual rear camera setup with a 12MP main camera with 1/2.55" sensor along with a 16MP secondary camera with 2x fixed optical zoom. There is a 8MP selfie camera with 1.4-micrometer pixel size and f/1.9 aperture size. Out of the box, it will run on Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system and is expected to get further updates as well. The handset is up for pre-orders at Amazon, B&H, Best Buy, Newegg and the companies official website. The device will start shipping from 6th of November and will be available for $599 in Black color. Zenfone 4 Like the Zenfone 4 Pro, this smartphone also features a 5.5" 1080p display but here an IPS LCD panel is used.to power the handset, there is a Snapdragon 630 SoC coupled with 4GB of RAM, It will come out of the box with Android 7.1.1 Nougat and has a 3,300mAh battery to power the handset. This device also sports a dual rear camera setup sporting a 12MP camera with f/1.8 aperture size for the main camera while the secondary camera comes with 120-degree wide angle lens. There is a 8MP front-facing camera for selfies and video calling. The onboard storage is 64GB which can be extended further with a microSD card slot. This handset is priced at $399 and will be available in Midnight Black and Moonlight White color variants. Zenfone 4 Max 5.2" We have already seen the 5.5" Zenfone 4 Max but this one sports a 5.2inch display with 720p resolution. Under the hood, there is a Snapdragon 425 SoC coupled with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage. There is the 13MP + 5MP dual camera setup on the rear which it will be accompanied with 8MP selfie camera. It will come out of the box with Android 7.0 Nougat operating system. The device will be sporting a 4100 mAh battery and is priced at $169 and will be available only in the Black color variant. The smartphone will be released on 3rd of November and will be available for pre-order via Amazon, B&H, Best Buy and Newegg. Are you planning to get any of these devices? Comment in the section below and stay tuned for more! Source This email has been sent by Froze ONE (isnanmm0@gmail.com). 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