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so nas has announced its first smart speaker the Sonos won a 199 dollar device designed to work with multiple voice assistance using its onboard microphones the one will ship in late October 2017 with Amazon alexis support onboard and with Google assistant Joo in 2018 users can say Alexa play song name and choose from Amazon music Pandora iHeartRadio or Spotify as the default from the outside the device looks identical to the play one which will remain on sale but Cerner says the speaker has been redesigned internally only the bass and the power cable are the same the top of the unit houses the microphones as well as a touch sensitive control panel for controlling volume and playback the mics use echo cancellation technologies to enable your voice to be heard even when the music's blaring the speaker is available in a choice of white or black and like the original speaker it can be used in stereo either as a pair of front speakers or as surrounds with a play bar or play bass here at CNET we believe the original play 1 is still the best budget Wi-Fi speaker and if Sonos has done everything right the one could be ready to take over that title