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Sonos ships Presets and readies a 27-voice AI beta
Nov 3, 2026SOURCE: theverge.com
SO WHAT
This strengthens the remaining window for choice—if users can steer behavior locally; otherwise, preference becomes a model output inside a narrowing control plane.
An app update adds room-specific volume Presets and early access to an AI voice assistant. The wire signal is control shifting from user setup to model-mediated selection, within the old system’s UI wrappers.
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