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Trendspotting: Smart speaker sales top 66 million units, Amazon Echo leads with 70% market share

BY CLINTON STARK — 02.05.2019

This past holiday season the smart speaker was the hot seller. No surprise then that the market continues to grow at a rapid pace. According…

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BY CLINTON STARK — 12.28.2018

As a long-time fan of Sonos products such as the Sonos One and Play:5 speakers I’ve been watching Amazon Echo products with interest. I wonder,…

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BY CLINTON STARK — 12.21.2018

Try “Alexa, …” For all the amazing capability voice assistants bring to our homes, there’s often a gotcha here or there, after all this is…

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BY CLINTON STARK — 11.27.2018

We love the Echo Dot. In fact we really, really love the tiny smart speaker. If there was any doubt about our obsession with all…

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BY CLINTON STARK — 09.20.2018

Amazon today unveiled a 2nd generation Echo show featuring a larger screen. You can now get the Alexa-powered speaker with a 10″ screen and improved…

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BY CLINTON STARK — 03.02.2018

Okay Google, wake me up in 30 minutes to some funky jazz. And there you go. You can now use ask Google Home to wake…

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BY CLINTON STARK — 01.26.2018

In the battle for the home, price does matter.

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BY CLINTON STARK — 01.23.2018

You have to really, really love Apple (and Apple Music!) for the HomePod to be a smarter buyer than the reasonably priced alternatives from Amazon…

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BY CLINTON STARK — 01.23.2018

You’ve got to hand it to the Sonos team. Despite the crush of competition for whole home audio from heavyweights such as Amazon (Echo), Google…

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BY CLINTON STARK — 11.20.2017

Delaying HomePod to 2018 means Apple will lose buyers to Amazon and Google this holiday season. It could be a very costly decision.