Smart Speaker Competition Expands With Google, Sonos Launches Including Radio and Web Players
Wednesday saw more voice-controlled speaker announcements with products capable of getting terrestrial and web-streamer players. Sonos plays Switzerland, announcing an entry-level speaker that will support Amazon Alexa voice control and then in 2018 Google Assistant. It can control Amazon Music,…
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iHeartRadio, Pandora, SiriusXM and TuneIn. Sonos' Apple AirPlay 2 will be available next year to play any sound from an iOS device -- including YouTube videos and Netflix movies. Google now has a Mini, and it launched a Google Home Max with machine learning and access to You Tube Music along with Spotify and other streaming music services, said Vice President Rishi Chandra.