Sonos launches public beta for Alexa voice control
Sonos announced today that its Alexa support, which has been in a limited private beta for months at this point, is finally rolling out to all current-model Sonos speakers in a public beta. As one could expect, Alexa integration is done through a connected Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, or any other Alexa device. A Sonos firmware update will be available shortly to enable Alexa.
Alexa support has been in the works for a while, with Sonos CEO Patrick Spence noting earlier this year that digital assistants would be a crucial component for the company’s speakers going forward. Sonos is calling Alexa “the first voice assistant” for Sonos, so there’s every indication that we could be seeing support for other services like Google Assistant coming from…