Orange Djingo: Review, price and technical sheet

February 16, 2020

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The Speaker Djingo is in the form of a small compact speaker much less imposing than a Google health home or an Amazon Echo. However, it recovers some features present in its two competitors. Like that of the Google Assistant, the top of the Speaker Djingo is covered with a touchpad that allows you to adjust the volume, simply by running your finger over it clockwise to increase the sound and in the opposite direction to lower it.

Security of privacy requires, Orange installed on the back of the device, the only physical button that can deactivate the microphone. At the bottom, a 3.5 mm mini-jack audio output allows you to connect it to a more powerful speaker or with better sound reproduction.

Note that the Speaker Djingo plugs into the sector, so it is not a mobile product. Its reduced dimensions allow it to easily find its place in the kitchen or living room.

features

Pairing the Speaker Djingo is very fast. After downloading the Djingo Speaker application, you need to access the health home Wi-Fi network and follow the information step by step until the assistant wakes up. A ring located on the touchpad lights up in a different color depending on the assistant you are using: by pronouncing "OK Djingo", the circle turns white. For Alexa, it is blue.

Note that Alexa is not automatically integrated into the enclosure. You must first create an Amazon account to be able to benefit from Alexa on the Speaker Djingo.

Djingo: very limited functions

Let's be clear: Djingo's features are very limited if you are not an Orange subscriber. Indeed, as we were able to point out in a ehealth lab news, Djingo can respond to very simple requests of the type: "What weather is it ?", "Mets France Info", etc. You can also add ingredients to your shopping list (which you can find via the application) and ask it to program an alarm.

Unfortunately, that's about it for basic functions, and Djingo gets lost in the twists and turns of the world wide web if we ask him questions that are a little too pointed or historical. In addition, we regret that the Orange assistant only works with the Deezer Premium music platform – too bad for Spotify users. On the other hand, Bluetooh connectivity is very present and allows Djingo to broadcast sound from an external source.

Djingo is primarily intended for Orange subscribers benefiting from a Livebox and the associated decoder. If this is the case, it is possible to ask your assistant to change the channel, put your program on pause or even turn off the Orange decoder. But, since it does not have an HDMI port to CEC protocol, this last request does not turn off the TV. It will therefore have to be done with the remote control, even after saying: "OK Djingo, turn off the television."

The Orange subscriber service also allows calls to be made from a landline phone in hands-free mode. To do this, the Speaker should be paired with his telephone line through the application or by asking: "OK Djingo, start pairing the phone", then synchronize his contacts directory on the application.

Alexa, complementary or even essential intelligence

If Djingo controls all of the operator's services, Alexa is supposed to provide … everything else! This includes more general functions of course such as managing your calendar, any search even a little bit on the Internet or even controlling smart health connected devices in the house, compatible with Alexa of course.

To access Alexa functionalities, you will need to create an Amazon account beforehand in order to access the "skills".

Gender confusion

As we noticed on the Freebox Delta, this tandem of assistants integrated into a single device can be a source of conflict.

For example, if we ask Djingo to start listening to a radio station, but it is Alexa that is given the order to stop listening, the Speaker Djingo restarts the listen. In short, the speaker wades a little too much when alternating the requests between the two assistants. Worse, it sometimes stops completely. Obviously, this case is not limited to listening to radio stations but to any voice command.

In a word as in a hundred, it is a mess. We must systematically ask ourselves who from Djingo or Alexa was approached beforehand and whether this specific assistant will be able to respond to our request: quite a puzzle, especially for users who wish to learn voice assistants.

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