The Amazon Echo in its different versions is gradually spreading to homes around the world, but despite the fact that its sales are good, the company sees how some speakers like the HomePod, the Sonos speaker range or the Google Home Max, with lower sales they are eating some ground.
Once it has filled the market for smart speakers, now it wants to launch one that, in addition to incorporating Alexa and all its virtues, can compete in terms of sound quality, with the aim that users who are looking for good audio also have the Amazon Echo in their list of possible.
The HomePod has set the bar very high when it comes to sound quality. Its closed ecosystem limits the market to which it is directed, basically Apple users who use its services, and this means that its sales cannot become those of other smart speakers such as Amazon's Echo, much more open and directed to a much larger user base. Nor can we forget its price, higher than the competition. But it is the goal of those who, being Apple users, want something where sound quality prevails, being one of the most interesting speakers in terms of this aspect, even for price.
Sonos, with its Sonos One or the Sonos Beam, offers us speakers with integrated Alexa and a sound quality far superior to the Amazon Echo. Even Google has its Google Home Max, a smart speaker with superior sound quality. Amazon wants to reverse this situation and That is why it plans to launch a speaker with superior sound quality in 2020, comparable to the HomePod., of course with integrated Alexa. We do not know price and availability, but after several years in this market, the experience in this market will surely help you to achieve a balanced product in quality and price.
