Bose challenges Sonos with new Alexa-powered smart speaker and soundbars

Bose challenges Sonos with new Alexa-powered smart speaker and soundbars

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https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/8/28/17790932/bose-home-speaker-500-soundbar-700-announced-pricing-features

Bose has just announced a $400 home smart speaker and two soundbars that will be available in October. All three products will ship with Alexa voice support, with “other voice assistants to follow” according to the company. Each has an eight-microphone array for far-field voice recognition. AirPlay 2 functionality will be added in early 2019.

The Bose Home Speaker 500 has quite a look to it. (I’m not yet picking a side as to whether it’s nice or ugly.) I do know that there’s a small display on the front that shows the album art of whatever’s currently playing. That’s literally all it’s for; it’s not a touchscreen and won’t show you any other content, by the looks of it. Bose claims the Home Speaker 500 will deliver “the widest soundstage of any smart speaker available today.”

Bose challenges Sonos with new Alexa-powered smart speaker and soundbars

Aug 28, 2018, 3:58pm UTC
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/8/28/17790932/bose-home-speaker-500-soundbar-700-announced-pricing-features > Bose has just announced a $400 home smart speaker and two soundbars that will be available in October. All three products will ship with Alexa voice support, with “other voice assistants to follow” according to the company. Each has an eight-microphone array for far-field voice recognition. AirPlay 2 functionality will be added in early 2019. > The Bose Home Speaker 500 has quite a look to it. (I’m not yet picking a side as to whether it’s nice or ugly.) I do know that there’s a small display on the front that shows the album art of whatever’s currently playing. That’s literally all it’s for; it’s not a touchscreen and won’t show you any other content, by the looks of it. Bose claims the Home Speaker 500 will deliver “the widest soundstage of any smart speaker available today.”