Sony also quietly
announced old speakers and headphones will also get support for Google Assistant via a software update.
Not exact matches
Among the
speakers already
announced for this year's D&AD festival, which takes place at The
Old Truman Brewery from 24 - 26 April 2018, are Debbie Millman, Jeff Goodby, Kyoko Yonezawa, Lernert & Sander and Joy Howard, with more
speakers, partners, and fringe events to be
announced soon.
But, it also quietly
announced something else:
old speakers and headphones will also get support for Google Assistant via a software update, as spotted by AndroidPolice.
The company also
announced that its
older speakers now have Alexa support through a connected Echo, Dot, or other Alexa device.
Announced at Google I / O 2017 this morning, the company's annual developer event, the new functionality marks a significant upgrade on the connected
speaker which is itself only six months
old.
It's easy to look at what Sonos
announced today in New York City — a new Sonos One
speaker, with microphones and Amazon Alexa integration built in, as well as external Alexa support for its
older speakers — and think «OK, that's it.
Today the company just
announced two new products, the PLAY: 5 flagship smart
speaker and a running software to tweak
older models of Sonos
speakers called Trueplay.