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TechAudioWhat is Sonos Voice? New voice assistant for Sonos explainedSonos Voice is a smart assistant, but not a Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa competitor – it’s strictly for Sonos products onlyWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
Sonos Voice is a smart assistant, but not a Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa competitor – it’s strictly for Sonos products only
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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(Image credit: Sonos One)
“Hey,Sonos”. That’s right, Sonos Voice, a new voice assistant from the audio brand, is here – but it might not be precisely what you first imagine.
How so? The idea behind Sonos Voice is that it’s used purely for the Sonos ecosystem. It is not a wider assistant that can be used to control your smart home, so it’s not a replacement forGoogleAssistant orAmazon Alexa.
Why use Sonos Voice?
Sonos Voice is run local to the player, not in the cloud, so it’s all about privacy, Paul Peace, Sonos' Distinguished Audio Systems Engineer, tells T3 via video call.
That’s a clearly valid point: not everyone wants an always-listening Google or Amazon experience, especially when such systems record a list of dialogue interactions and can control so much more.
Sonos Voice, on the other hand, is all about keeping things, well, Sonos – and nothing more than that.
Sonos Voice: What can it do?
Change the volume, pause playback, skip a track, find an album, etcetera – all the usual things that you’d ask of Sonos is available via voice command.
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Sonos Voice can’t interact with wider smart home products, so there’s no changing your smart thermostat temperature, getting a read on the weather, an announcement of the day’s top news stories, or anything of that nature.
Which Sonos products use Sonos Voice?
Sonos Voice will be an over-the-air (OTA) update to all compatible Sonos products. That being any Sonos product with a microphone – an important point, because the system is run local to the player, not in the cloud.
That said, Peace tells us it is possible to control one non-mic Sonos product via another mic-equipped product, such as aSonos One.
Here is a list of Sonos Voice compatible Sonos products:
And a list of Sonos' non-Voice compatible products:
When can I get Sonos Voice?
Sonos didn’t detail the exact date that Sonos Voice is expected to arrive for which of its products. But it’ll no doubt be rolling out soon to enhance your Sonos experience at home.
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