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Sonos may challenge the HomePod with a cross-platform smart speaker

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/sonos-play-5-lead-16-9.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600&h=900)</div><p>Update: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/29/16219474/sonos-voice-assisted-speaker-event" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Verge[/url] reports that Sonos has now sent out invitations to a media event on October 4. The graphic shows a mouth, suggesting that it is for a voice-focused speaker.</p>
<p>When Apple previewed HomePod (https://9to5mac.com/guides/homepod/) back in June, it positioned the $350 smart speaker as a cross between a Sonos wireless speaker and the Amazon Echo: hi-fi wireless music playback with a smart assistant built-in. Amazon has already been rumored (https://9to5mac.com/2017/07/13/amazon-echo-2-homepod/) to be working on a smart speaker with better audio quality, and now Sonos appears to be planning to make its hi-fi speakers smarter.</p>
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