Apple is already late to this field, ceding ground to Amazon, Google and
speaker makers like Sonos, Sony and Lenovo (many of which use Amazon's Alexa or Google Assistant).
Even more audiophile - oriented
speaker makers like JBL, Onkyo, Harman Kardon, and Libratone have also announced new products with smart assistants from either Google or Amazon.
Not exact matches
The
makers of the Sim games realized that it's less grating to hear word -
like utterances repeated a thousand times than it is to hear specific words with familiar intonations — the former mode of speech just washes over you as you get a general sense of the
speaker's mood.
The arrangement is not exclusive to Amazon, so Ikea can strike similar agreements with
makers of other smart
speakers like Google Home.
Android and Windows Phone handset
makers like Samsung and LG have used NFC in their devices for things
like exchanging photos and connecting to
speakers and other accessories.
The
maker of the Echo - branded
speakers will have 70.6 percent of all voice - enabled
speaker users in the U.S. this year — well ahead of Google Home's 23.8 percent and other, smaller players
like Lenovo, LG, Harmon Kardon, and Mattel, who combined only account for 5.6 percent of users.
Instead of being front - facing
speakers like every other phone
makers has done previously, you got a front + bottom - facing combo that supports Dolby Atmos sound powered by AKG & 40 % louder than on the Note 8.
The little sub is what candy
makers like to call «fun - sized,» boasting dimensions similar to a large boombox
speaker.
Apple is also facing off against
makers of multi-room wireless
speaker systems made by the
likes of Sonos and great - sounding portable Bluetooth
speakers like Ultimate Ears» UE Megaboom, which retails at $ 299.