{"id":12774,"date":"2017-07-06T08:37:58","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T08:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=12774"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:17:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:17:19","slug":"alibaba-enters-smart-speaker-virtual-assistant-market-tmall-genie-amazon-alexa-ok-google-competitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/alibaba-enters-smart-speaker-virtual-assistant-market-tmall-genie-amazon-alexa-ok-google-competitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Alibaba Enters the Smart Speaker and Virtual Assistant Market with Tmall Genie &#8211; The Amazon Alexa and OK Google Competitor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3rGx2I_ZJrM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Alibaba has followed the likes of Amazon and Google into the smart speaker market with the new Tmall Genie. <\/p>\n<p>The Tmall Genie has the AliGenie voice assistant inside, which is similar to Amazon&#8217;s Alexa. 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