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Sonos Adds Presets So the Speaker Can Begin Before the App Committee Meets
· New York time
Sonos is rolling out an app update with Presets and early access to its 27voice AI assistant. A preset can start music at a chosen volume in a particular room, with a shortcut on the home screen. That gives households with multiple speakers a quicker way to repeat a favorite setup. The voice assistant is entering an early-access stage, making it a less settled feature than the preset shortcut. Sonos is inviting users to try another way of controlling audio while also making a basic task easier to reach in the app. The preset is refreshingly direct: choose the music, the room and the volume, then keep the shortcut. The assistant represents the larger ambition to make the speaker respond more intelligently. One feature saves a few taps; the other asks users to welcome an AI into the conversation about those taps. The playlist, meanwhile, would like to start.
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