Sonos counters Apple’s HomePod by selling two speakers for same $349 price

Sonos counters Apple’s HomePod by selling two speakers for same $349 price

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Apple’s HomePod hasn’t started shipping yet, but Sonos is already making moves to protect its rule over the multi-room audio market. Today the company announced that for a limited time, you’ll be able to buy two Sonos One smart speakers for $349 — the price of a single HomePod. Sonos isn’t specifying how long the promotion, which officially kicks off tomorrow, will last. After an initial delay, the HomePod is set to launch on February 9th.

The Sonos One has Amazon Alexa voice integration built in, and the company has promised to add Google Assistant to the device as well sometime in 2018. Users can speak out voice commands to play music on Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, and other services, though Apple Music isn’t among them. But much like the company’s other speakers, the Sonos One fully supports playing Apple Music content through the Sonos app on a smartphone or PC.

Sonos counters Apple’s HomePod by selling two speakers for same $349 price

Jan 25, 2018, 4:16pm UTC
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/1/25/16932134/sonos-one-sale-price-smart-speaker-apple-homepod-amazon-google >Apple’s HomePod hasn’t started shipping yet, but Sonos is already making moves to protect its rule over the multi-room audio market. Today the company announced that for a limited time, you’ll be able to buy two Sonos One smart speakers for $349 — the price of a single HomePod. Sonos isn’t specifying how long the promotion, which officially kicks off tomorrow, will last. After an initial delay, the HomePod is set to launch on February 9th. >The Sonos One has Amazon Alexa voice integration built in, and the company has promised to add Google Assistant to the device as well sometime in 2018. Users can speak out voice commands to play music on Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, and other services, though Apple Music isn’t among them. But much like the company’s other speakers, the Sonos One fully supports playing Apple Music content through the Sonos app on a smartphone or PC.