On the 18th, Dawn <2303> announced that it has developed a new IoT service that enables the use of smart speakers for disaster prevention purposes.

Conventional smart speakers were unable to spontaneously output sound due to specification constraints, and did not have the function to output sound as a substitute for household receivers in disaster prevention radio broadcasts. However, with the increasing severity of natural disasters in recent years, new solutions were needed for various methods of receiving emergency information. The company has developed an Alexa skill that allows smart speakers to output emergency broadcasts and other audio messages that inform residents of dangers from local government disaster prevention departments during disasters, and aims to achieve the use of smart speakers for disaster prevention purposes, which has been considered difficult due to specifications.