China unveils its answer to Amazon's Echo: The $118 LingLong DingDong

China may be behind in the smart home industry, but research shows it will be a $22.8 billion business by 2018. However, one firm is getting a head started with a voice-activated, cloud-based smart home speaker that does something the leading devices can't - it speaks Cantonese and Mandarin. The speaker, from Chinese firm LingLong and known as the DingDong, has an AI with a music library of 3 million songs, can take memos and share updates regarding news, traffic and weather in what the firm calls'cinema-like sound quality'. LingLong DingDong is a a voice-activated, cloud-based smart home speaker designed with a music library of 3 million songs, can take memos and share updates about news, traffic and weather in what the firm calls'cinema-like sound quality' LingLong DingDong is China's voice-activated, cloud-based smart home speaker that speaks both Cantonese and Mandarin that costs $118. It takes memos, organize schedules and share updates about news, traffic and weather.