Bose's latest announcement is two-fold: 1) the diminutive Bose Home Speaker 300 (which can be pre-ordered now) will arrive in the UK on 25th July with Google Assistant on board, and 2) existing Bose smart speakers and soundbars can now be firmware updated to receive the Google voice control functionality – as was promised back in May.
As of now, any owner of an aforementioned Bose smart device — Bose Home Speaker 500, Bose Soundbar 500 and 700 — will receive the over-the-air addition, which can be uncovered in the Voice Settings section of the accompanying Bose Music app. For those who certainly do not want Google or anyone else listening in, then bear in mind that Assistant will not be activated unless selected from the menu.
The Bose Home Speaker 300, meanwhile, will be the smallest Bose smart speaker in the range when it hits the shelves later this month for £250. Available for pre-order now, it’s a compact (16.1 x 14.2 x 10.2cm), aluminium-finished device with 360-degree sound produced by a single, proprietary, full-range driver that fires down into an acoustic director.
