JBL announces Link range of Google Assistant smart speakers

JBL Link is a three-strong range of smart speakers: Link 10, Link 20 and Link 300.

Thanks to Google Assistant voice control and Chromecast built-in, all three speakers promise an absolutely painless user experience - and, according to JBL, class-leading sound quality too.

Link 10 is a 2 x 8-watt design, capable of dealing with 24bit/96kHz hi-res audio files and streaming via Bluetooth. It's IPX7 waterproof, good for 5 hours of playback from a single charge and is set to cost £150.

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Link 20 will sell for £180. It's a 2 x 10-watt speaker, with the same streaming capability and waterproof skills as Link 10 but double the battery life.

The mains-powered Link 300 tops the range, both with its 50 watts of power and its £250 price-tag.

All three speakers are due on sale in late 2017.

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Simon Lucas is a technology journalist, with a strong emphasis on the audio/video side of consumer electronics and home entertainment, and has been since 2003. He worked for more than 14 years at What Hi-Fi?, the last six of which were spent as the editor of the magazine and website. Since then he's written for Wired, The Guardian, TechRadar, Stuff, GQ and many more besides.

In the course of his career he's developed a pretty deep understanding of the way both the publishing and the electronics industries function, as well as the sort of intimate knowledge of audio products (both specific and general) that can make people very wary of him at parties.