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• What is this Smart Speaker? The Xiaomi Smart Speaker IR Control has a simple and clean design. Elegant and compact, it will find its place perfectly in a living room or any other room. It has an LED screen with adaptive brightness and it is possible to place it in a bedroom without its light disturbing. Thus, thanks to its connected bedside alarm clock function, you can set the alarm to wake you up with the music of your choice. But don’t expect a powerful alarm clock, to the sound of your favorite rock band. On the audio side indeed, the power delivered by the Xiaomi Smart Speaker is not necessarily there, with mediums a little behind. Fortunately, Xiaomi offers the possibility of connecting two Smart Speakers for stereo rendering, or to create a multiroom system.
• Is this speaker from Xiaomi a good deal? At less than 40 € it is of course a very good deal. The device is Google Cast compatible, to simply stream wireless sound. Equipped with Google Assistant, you can use voice commands to control it. To listen to music, via different streaming platforms like Deezer or Spotify, or increase and decrease the volume. The Smart Speaker also allows you to control your television and other connected devices, thanks to an infrared transmitter. Transformed into a voice remote control, Xiaomi’s speaker can control home appliances by voice. With Bluetooth compatibility, you will also be able to connect your smartphone or tablet. Finally, if you don’t want to use your voice, the Smart Speaker has buttons to change the music track, pause or manage the built-in microphone.

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