Sony to Bring Google Assistant Support to Some Older Headphones

Japanese consumer electronics behemothic Sony is doubling downwards on Google Banana if its CES 2018 announcements are annihilation to become past. The company has already appear a bunch of TVs with too every bit some h2o-resistant earbuds, soundbars and various audio products with Google's vocalism-based personal digital assistant, but as if that wasn't enough, it is now the turn of some of its older speakers and headphones to go Google Assistant through an impending software update.

In case yous own whatsoever of the devices mentioned beneath, you'll soon be able to use Google Assistant on them, merely just brand sure that you lot pair 'em up with a smartphone, since none of them have embedded cellular modems.

WF-1000X, WI-1000X and WH-1000XM (Noise-cancelling headphones, announced last August)
WH-CH700N and WH-H900N (as well know equally h.ear on 2, announced in 2017)

Of class, some of the new headphones announced at CES 2018 volition also receive the Google Assistant update in the coming days, including the WF-SP700N and WI-SP600N models, both of which are expected to striking the retail shelves this June.

Sony Brings Google Assistant to Older Headphones

While Sony is betting large on voice-based digital assistants, it is certainly not the only company to be doing that. JBL has also released its own headphones with Google Banana at Las Vegas this year. In fact, simply nigh all tech companies worth their salt are rushing in to add together either Google Banana or Amazon'south Alexa to their offerings, irrespective of whether its a motorcar, a soundbar, a router, or even bath fittings.

So, are yous enthused by all these announcements about Google Assistant and Alexa coming to all sorts of smart, IoT devices in the coming months? Let u.s.a. know by leaving your thoughts in the comment section below, because we love hearing from you.