Xiaodu is an important carrier of Baidu’s software and hardware integration strategy, it is Baidu’s artificial intelligence hardware brand.

Xiaodu Assistant is China’s largest conversational artificial intelligence operation system, and has the largest market size and most prosperous conversational artificial intelligence ecosystem in China. In terms of smart hardware, the Xiaodu series of smart screens and smart speakers lead the industry. According to data from three authoritative research institutes: IDC, Canalys and Strategy Analytics, in 2020, the shipment of Xiaodu smart screens is the first in the world, and the shipment of smart speakers is the first in China, which established Xiaodu’s absolute advantage and leading position in the global artificial intelligence field.