Sonos’ Smart Assistant Is Expanding From Music To Home Control

Since its motorboat successful 2022, nan capabilities of Sonos Voice Control person expanded to see mounting timers and checking nan weather. But by nan extremity of this year, nan smart adjunct will present compatibility pinch nan Philips Hue smart location level allowing it to besides power lights done sound commands, according to Hueblog.

In precocious 2019, Sonos acquired a Paris-based institution called Snips that had created a “private-by-design” AI sound platform. Nearly 3 years later, Sonos Voice Control was introduced offering users an replacement to Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant for controlling nan company’s smart speakers pinch sound commands. Sonos Voice Control tin beryllium utilized to set volume, group aggregate Sonos speakers together, aliases play songs from streaming services including Apple Music and Spotify, pinch an accent connected privateness since each commands are processed locally and ne'er sent to nan cloud.

Its capabilities person slow expanded complete nan past fewer years, but interoperability pinch Philips Hue would beryllium nan first clip Sonos Voice Control is compatible pinch different smart location platform. Specifics connected really precisely you tin power Hue lights pinch nan smart adjunct aren’t known, but Hueblog speculates that users will beryllium capable to move individual lights connected and off, set brightness, aliases activate scenes utilizing sound commands. More specifications will perchance beryllium revealed astatine a media arena that Philips Hue has planned for September 3rd, 2025, during nan IFA show successful Berlin wherever it typically announces caller products and services.

The Verge has reached retired to Sonos astir this imaginable awesome description of Sonos Voice Control’s capabilities.