Sonos’ voice assistant might work alongside Alexa but not the Google Assistant
The Sonos Roam. | Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge When Sonos purchased a privacy-focused voice assistant Snips in 2019, it strongly implied that it planned to build an assistant that would add to our customers' ease of use and control" instead of going head-to-head with bigger assistants from other big tech companies. Nearly two years later, we might be close to being using the company's homegrown assistant, as a Reddit user found code in the Sonos app that appears to show voice commands for Sonos Voice Control (via Protocol).
According to the code strings, you'll be able to do things like play and pause music, adjust the volume, and check your Sonos' battery. The Reddit user also found what looks to be the logo for Sonos' assistant and evidence suggesting you'll be able to have it...