Baidu DuerOS / Xiaodu

by Baidu

Baidu's Mandarin voice OS powering Xiaodu smart speakers and displays.

TL;DR

Baidu's Mandarin voice OS powering Xiaodu smart speakers and displays.

Best for mandarin households that want a Baidu-search-integrated voice assistant with screen-based recipe + education content. Pricing: From ¥249 device + free service.

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Products
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
From ¥249 device + free service
Platforms
Hardware, Android, iOS

What it is

DuerOS is Baidu's conversational AI operating system; Xiaodu is the consumer brand. The ASR stack is Baidu's in-house DeepSpeech 3 successor, with ERNIE Bot driving the dialogue layer since 2023.

Best for: Mandarin households that want a Baidu-search-integrated voice assistant with screen-based recipe + education content.
Watch out for: Mandarin-only; outside China unavailable; some Baidu features deprecated in 2024 cost-cuts.

Install / use

dueros.baidu.com — Xiaodu app or Xiaodu speaker

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported1
HIPAA eligibleNo

Baidu DuerOS / Xiaodu vs Whipscribe

FeatureBaidu DuerOS / XiaoduWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingFrom ¥249 device + free servicefree beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
StreamingYesNo
Languages199
PlatformsHardware, Android, iOSWeb, API, MCP

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