As great as Sonos is, there have always been a few limitations: You can only control the system through the dedicated app, and there was no Siri-like voice control. In the near future, you’ll be able to do both. “Technology has made access to music convenient, but the experience crappy,” says Joy Howard, CMO of […]
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Philips sensor induced automatic lighting is revolutionizing the smart home concept by taking automatic lighting to the extremes. The new lighting sensors will hit the markets in October. What makes the new Hue motion sensor special is that it can operate without a smartphone or switch. It is most useful in households for many occasions—
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If Sonos has its way, the speaker company will become the ultimate sound provider for your smart home. At a special press event in New York, Sonos unveiled a slew of new hardware and software features meant to make jamming out to music in your high-tech abode as intuitive and enjoyable as possible, including some
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Wireless speaker system maker Sonos announced two software partnerships today with Spotify and Amazon. The Spotify integration allows users to control their Sonos speakers via the Spotify app, essentially turning each Sonos speaker – or all of them – into a Spotify Connect system. The Sonos/Amazon partnership is a bit more interesting. Your Sonos speakers
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Today Sonos announced a “long-term strategic partnership with Amazon” that will bring Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant to Sonos’ connected speakers next year. Amazon vice president and Alexa lead Mike George announced the news at an event in New York, where Sonos had invited press to “come hear how it’s all connected.” At the event, Sonos screened a
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Amazon and Google are going head-to-head to be your personal butler. Amazon introduced the Echo in 2014: a digital assistant that connects to the internet and responds to your voice to do thousands of different tasks. This May, Google unveiled the upcoming Home at their annual I/O conference: a rival to the Echo, built off
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Room with a voice: Starwood incorporating Siri at Aloft hotels Hospitality firm is piloting the voice-activated rooms in Boston and Santa Clara, Calif. August 30, 2016 10:14AM Aloft Santa Clara, one of the test properties for Project Jetson (credit: Starwood Hotels and Resorts) and Siri on the iPhone “Hey Siri, which massive hotel company is
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Daniel Ayoub, director of technical sales at Jail, shows off a smart wine bottle, one of the new Internet of Things ideas under development, Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, at the Jabil Blue Sky Center in San Jose, Calif. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) SAN JOSE — A Silicon Valley startup is getting some financial muscle
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A recent survey of Automation World readers was conducted to gauge perceptions about several aspects related to automation buying preferences and behaviors. The survey was conducted for our advertising clients, but the results revealed some interesting insights for our end-user readers as well. The findings most relevant to our audience relate to some notable response
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Convenience. Better security. Energy savings. Healthcare and fitness tracking. The internet of things is already providing these benefits to those who have invested in wearables, connected security systems, thermostats, lighting and a growing number of commercial applications. According to Juniper Research, over 38 billion connected devices will be in use three years from now. By
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