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Anyone looking for a reasonably priced smart speaker will love the Sony LF-S50G. It features the Google Assistant so you can control your music, set alarms and timers and find out about the news and weather, using just your voice. You can also pause,...
In the end, the Sony S50G finds a way to distinguish itself amongst the competition with clear sound, unique motion gestures, and a clock. The biggest problem is the unique motion gestures are also uniquely frustrating. After several attempts, you'll...
Sony's LF-S50G is an interesting alternative to the Google Home. It delivers better sound and a few useful features that the Home doesn't, like a clock and water resistance. However, its gesture controls were too inconsistent.If you can live without...
At the end of the day you're spoilt for choice with home assistants right now and the space is only going to get more crowded into the future. The Sony LF-S50G comparatively is a great speaker, while it won't challenge the HomePod for outright sound...
We will come to the Sony LF-S50G wireless speaker review later. Let's just say that as a speaker it is a cut above Google Home speaker offerings.OK Google a.k.a. Google Assistant is its ‘preliminary' attempt to provide a two-way voice interface for...
Sony's smart speaker sounds better than a lot of the competition, but gesture controls need some fine-tuning.Sony isn't known for clever product names, opting instead for a seemingly arbitrary mix of letters and numbers most of the time. That's...
If the built-in clock interface, the IPX3-rating and the gesture commands strike a chord, this might be a smart speaker worth a serious look. However, if you want the best possible sound for your smart speaker setup, it may well be worth waiting for...
If the built-in clock interface, the IPX3-rating and the gesture commands strike a chord, this might be a smart speaker worth a serious look. However, if you want the best possible sound for your smart speaker setup, it may well be worth waiting for...
With a simple screen and stylish display, Sony's first smart speaker looks and sounds great - we just wish it had a better name, and it's worth noting it's more expensive than...
The Sony LF-S50G is a step up from Google's Home and Mini options. It offers the typical Sony easy listening sound. But how does it compare to the other Google Home offerings? You will need to read our ‘shoot-out' to find out.We reported in March on...
Unless you're really into the idea of gesture controls, I'd pretty much ignore the fact that this speaker has them. They don't work well enough to be a point worth considering. That leaves just a few remaining feature advantages over other speakers: the...
When Google announced the expansion of their Assistant to third-party speakers, the Sony LF-S50G drew a fair amount of attention for it's stylish look, built-in clock and potentially great sound.The speaker went on-sale in Australia late last year for...
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