https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/5/16428964/sonos-one-speaker-voice-alexa-hands-on >Scheduling a product event on the very same day as Google might not have been the wisest move on the part of Sonos, as yesterday’s brand new Sonos One speaker quickly took a backseat to Pixel gadgets. But the device still marks a big moment for Sonos. After more than a year of talking about the importance and convenience of voice control, the company finally delivered a new product based around it — even if from the outside it looks (and sounds) identical to the Play:1. For the nitpicky among us, the Sonos One does have one minor aesthetic improvement over that model; the black version is all black, whereas the Play:1 had a gray speaker grille. >But inside, Sonos has added six far-field microphones that allow you to use Amazon’s Alexa and eventually Google Assistant. There will be some unfortunate limitations out of the box at least for a few weeks. You can’t start playing music with Spotify, Apple Music, or Tidal using voice. (Spotify is likely to resolve that quickly, but the others might just not happen.) I don’t personally view that as a deal breaker, as you can still play music from any and all of those services with the Sonos app. And once music is on, basic voice commands like pause, skip track, and volume should work fine.