{"id":4761,"date":"2017-09-03T19:45:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T19:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=4761"},"modified":"2017-09-03T19:45:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T19:45:55","slug":"sony-release-apples-homepod-clone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/09\/03\/sony-release-apples-homepod-clone\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony to release Apple\u2019s HomePod clone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sony will launch its smart connected speaker LF-S50G that will look like Apples HomePod but will use Google Assistant.<!--more-->The device, to be launched in October for $199.99, will feature a full-range speaker for vocal and treble notes, a sub-woofer for bass and an omnidirectional two-stage diffuser to spread sound across the room, The Verge reported late on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>It can pair over Bluetooth, NFC and or Wi-Fi, and supports multi-room audio controls. It is also water-resistant meaning it can withstand splashes and is available in white or black colours.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the Google Home, Sony\u2019s speaker would be able to recognise gesture controls to play music, skip tracks, or adjust the volume.<\/p>\n<p>Google released its assistant SDK in May to speaker manufacturers and followed up on Wednesday to announce support for third-party devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alamy Image<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sony will launch its smart connected speaker LF-S50G that will look like Apples HomePod but will use Google Assistant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4761"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4761"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4761\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4763,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4761\/revisions\/4763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}