https://qz.com/1111676/microsoft-and-harman-kardon-built-a-smart-speaker-thats-more-speaker-than-smart/

Amazon and Google dominate headlines about the voice-controlled speaker boom, but Microsoft wants in, too.

To break into the space, home and car audio maker Harman Kardon has partnered with Microsoft to build a smart speaker called the Invoke. Its brain is Cortana, Microsoft’s virtual personal assistant, and the device is meant to live in your kitchen or living room—or anywhere you might not have a desktop computer already running Cortana.