Alipay M2
Designed by Zhang Mingwei / Chen Zhiyuan in 2022
M2 is a 4G cloud-based multi-functional speaker in the industry that integrates electronic payment, voice broadcasting when receiving payment, and music enjoyment.
It targets 60 million small and micro business owners who are used to playing music from their Bluetooth speakers alongside their QR code payment products. Therefore, we designed a speaker with aggregated functionality to meet both payment collection and entertainment needs.
M2 boldly adopts the morphological semantics of a speaker - a matrix sound network and evolves to a simple geometric form - to deliver a consumer-grade product image never before seen in a QR code checkout product. Giving a higher quality at an affordable cost.
It uses two powerful speakers to deliver better sound quality and volume performance than other similar products, thus enabling clear audio playback even in noisy checkout scenarios.
With its compact and delicate structure design, it creatively combines QR code scanning payment on the front and a Bluetooth speaker entertainment function on the back, thus making it adaptable to a diverse range of business environments and of great commercial value to small and micro business owners.
On its tiny body, we tried experimental colors, which would open up new visual and business possibilities for the small and micro stores. This is not only for M2, but the other products as well.
The Ant Forest Energy System is incorporated on the front of its display. Every time people complete a payment, they receive forest energy in the Alipay App. Eventually, the accumulated energy can be transformed into real trees planted in the Desert in northern China. Connecting everyone's e-payment behavior with green public welfare through this innovative product is also a deep-rooted reflection of the needs of society and the responsibility behind this product.
M2 is also the industry's first cash register speaker to enable "canceling the payment reminders", thus avoiding losses for small business and increasing mutual trust between merchants and consumers. It even provides operational data analysis, with useful information such as turnover and sales by just pressing the corresponding button.
