Sonos is ready to take smart homes by storm with its own smart speaker, the Sonos One — but it needs some help from Amazon Alexa.
The company announced the launch of the new speaker on Wednesday at an event in New York City. There’s also a new public beta, starting today, to give current Sonos owners access to the voice assistant; those owner will need to have at least one Echo device, though.
Sonos said it would also release a version of Sonos One with Google Assistant, too, but not until 2018. Google Assistant update to anyone who bought an Alexa-powered Sonos One via a software update. Sonos says its goal is to create a “voice agnostic” platform, with room for multiple AI platforms on one speaker. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Sonos One is a smart speaker with Amazon Alexa that's all about music
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