Category: Smart Speakers

Over the past several months, the question surrounding Google’s next smart devices hasn’t been when they will arrive, but if they will arrive.  After all, Google’s been slowly but steadily discontinuing older…

Interest in Sonos’s smallest portable speaker is heating up—literally—following word that at least one of the units came close to catching fire.  A Sonos user on Reddit posted images of the “singed”…

There hasn’t been a lot of activity on the smart speaker front lately, so we were fascinated to hear about these three new battery-powered Bluetooth/Wi-Fi speakers from Ikarao. Ikarao Break X1 The…

Sonos is one of the better audio brands out there, but we rarely see significant deals on their products. That’s why today is a special day. Right now, the Sonos Roam 2…

An AI-powered smart home voice assistant that amiably chats with you, follows your orders with ease, and does your bidding in the background? It’s a tantalizing idea that seems so close, yet…

Time is running out for Google Assistant as Gemini prepares to take its place on mobile and—eventually—smart devices. Now Google is announcing another round of features that Google Assistant is soon to…

The writing was already on the wall, but now it’s official: The Google Assistant era is over.  In a blog post Friday, Google announced plans for Google Assistant’s final phase-out, starting on…

After more than a year out of sight, Alexa+–the new Alexa with its AI-powered revamp–took center stage at a crowded coming-out party in New York City on Wednesday, and I got a…

The table is set for Alexa’s big AI reveal, with Amazon holding a long-delayed “devices and services” event in New York City this Wednesday, February 26. So, what’s on the menu? Good…

How the heck did Sonos get here? I’m still in a state of slack-jawed shock considering how Sonos torched its once-sterling reputation with last year’s epic app fail. I’m even more surprised…