Gadgets

Sonos Launched a Speaker That Won’t Record Your Conversations

New $179 Sonos One SL comes without a built-in microphone
The company also announces a new portable outdoor speaker

Sonos Chief Executive Officer Patrick Spence discusses the company’s new home speaker, the Sonos One SL.Source: Bloomberg)

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By Gerrit De Vynck

September 5, 2019 at 1:00 PM UTC

Sonos Inc., an internet-connected speaker maker trying to compete with Google, Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc., unveiled a new product for people who worry those tech giants are recording their private conversations.

The Santa Barbara, California-based company’s latest model, the $179 Sonos One SL, doesn’t have an internal microphone, so the device can’t listen to what people are saying in the privacy of their homes.