Alexa-powered Bose Smart Speakers launched starting at $400

Bose today forayed into the smart speaker segment with the launch of Home Speaker 500,Soundbar500 and Soundbar700. The Base smart speakers are powered by Amazon Alexa smart assistant. It should be noted that Alex is powering the popular Echo devices from Amazon and it has been used in various third-party audio devices and even in televisions to make it smart. Now, it has been introduced to the premium Bode speakers.

Bose Smart Speakers

Home Speaker 500

The 8-inch tall boxy setup speakers come with good and sturdy built. The deice has several buttons on the top and a mini-screen to display album art. The speakers use two custom driers pointed in opposite directions to reflect sound off surrounding walls, separating instruments to the far left and right, and placing vocals where the artist did. This one is priced at $400 taking on the popular Google Home Max speaker.

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Bose Smart Speaker

Soundbar500 & 700

Soundbarspeakers are meant to be paired with your TV for music and home theatre audio. Proving awesome quality, they come with features likePhaseguides,Quietport, andADAPTiQ. TheSoundbar700 is priced at $800 whereas the 500 series is priced at $550.

Bose Smart Speaker

Bose has mentioned that it will soon add support for other AI assistants as well and also Apple Airplay 2 by next year. The speakers go on sale from October.