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smart speakers like the Amazon echo and Google home have been a thing for a while but in the past year premium smart speakers like the Apple home pod Google home Mac's and sunless one that offers superb audio quality are on the rise but things are just getting warmed up Netgear the company behind the popular mesh Wi-Fi system or be partnered with high-end audio maker Harman Kardon to create the or B voice it's a premium smart speaker with full Alexa support but also works as a satellite station to extend your home Wi-Fi that's something no other smart speaker can do with Alexa onboard the or be vacant stream music from Spotify Amazon music Pandora and the light and you can pretty much do anything you can do with an Amazon echo the four microphones on top except voice commands to control the Allegra boys there's also a slick looking light-up interface for controlling volume clad in grey fabric the or B voice has a tailored sophisticated look it's slightly shorter than Amazon ago plus and has a curved oblong design that mimics a Norby Wi-Fi mesh router on the back are DC port and two gigabit ethernet ports for connecting wired devices it's this last feature that really sets the orbit voice apart besides extending your home Wi-Fi you can also plug in a device like the PlayStation 4 to share an internet connection but there is a catch to use the or B voice you need an or be Wi-Fi measured router now if you already use an or B Wi-Fi measure system in your home this speaker will work fine but if you don't or B offers an or B voice and mesh Wi-Fi system kit it comes with the or B voice speaker and a nor B Wi-Fi router this kit should appeal to people looking to upgrade their home Wi-Fi to a mesh network then add a premium smart speaker the or B voice speaker will be available later this fall it cost three hundred dollars in the US while the or B mesh Wi-Fi system kit will be available at the end of September for four hundred and thirty dollars US