Sentences with phrase «party speaker makers»

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Microsoft has announced it is making its Cortana voice assistant AI available to third - party device makers, with third - party developers also set to get access to the platform for integrating into their services on Cortana - powered devices.The company's approach is based on two software kits currently available for preview: A Skills Kit that allows developers to build apps that can be called up and controlled via Cortana using voice commands, and a Cortana Devices SDK, which enables third - party hardware manufacturers to bake in the voice - activated AI to new devices.Premium audio company Harman Kardon is set to become one of the first device makers to make use of the SDK in a new wireless speaker, set to debut early next year.

Now, Harman Kardon has revealed it'll be the first third - party device maker to add Cortana, which is Microsoft's version of a voice assistant, to a speaker.

More specifically, these tools will ultimately allow you to ask Alexa to play multi-room music not only across your supported Echo devices but also supported Alexa - enabled speakers from third - party makers such as Sonos, Bose, and Samsung.

The technology has already shown up in a number of other Amazon products, including Fire TV and the Tap battery - powered speaker, while third - party device makers have gradually been joining the party too.