Huawei AI Cube, 3 In 1 - Alexa Enabled, Smart Speaker and high speed 4G Router, Unlocked- White/Grey Fabric, Sleek

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after using the companion Huawei HiLink phone app, which has a handy signal strength meter to find the area of strongest signal in the home.

This got me thinking that maybe it was something to do with the "Cat" specification of the modems in the different devices. The Huawei AI Cube’s own networking hardware is basic, but still much better than the experience you’ll get using your phone as a hotspot. That means there’s no need to get an engineer out so you don’t need to wait for it to be installed, you can get it up and running yourself within minutes of receiving it.Similar functionality is available through the Huawei HiLink and SmartHome applications, although they lack some of the advanced features of the web panel.

With groups, an Echo speaker knows which smart devices are around it, for easier control – such as being able to say, “Alexa, turn on the light.We found the Huawei AI Cube’s four mics to be generally decent at picking up our voice, though it would occasionally be a little slow to ‘wake up’ and recognise our prompts. Mobile 123 provides the latest independent mobile technology news, reviews and offers from Apple, Samsung, Sony, HTC, Microsoft, Huawei, Honor and ZTE on the UK mobile networks powered by O2, Three, EE, Vodafone. Huawei B900 AI Cube Router can be controlled via voice assistant Alexa with around 50,000 voice commands. The top of the device lights up when the speaker is activated; either when switching the device on, changing the settings or voicing a command. But as we’ve already said, if all you’re after is a pure smart speaker, you’re rather missing the point of the Huawei AI Cube.

At the time of writing, the Huawei Ai Cude can be taken out on contract with Three for either 12 or 24 months. Huawei’s angle is to leverage its tech lead in networking equipment by also endowing its AI Cube with a slot for an LTE SIM card, making it a 4G hot spot, and an Ethernet port, allowing you to use it as a home Wi-Fi router as well as an Alexa-enabled speaker. There are fewer angles and less playfulness, plus it's bigger than Google’s speaker, everything from the matte white plastic to the fabric base portion feels lifted from somewhere else, at least from a design point of view. The B900 is a faster device than the B311, providing it and the network it is intended to be used with use frequencies that can be aggregated.

Touch sensitive volume buttons, an Alexa button and a physical mute button are all present, providing Echo functionality and completing what is clearly a device inspired by the current holy trinity of smart speakers.