Neil Cybart 1/19/23 Neil Cybart 1/19/23

Smart Speaker Competition, HomePod vs. Sonos, HomePod's Most Formidable Competitor (Daily Update)

Hello everyone. There were a few loose ends found with yesterday's update regarding HomePod and the changing competitive landscape. We will tackle those items today. The discussion goes over HomePod vs. Nest / Echo / Sonos. In addition, we go over what Neil views as the HomePod’s most formidable competitor.

Let's jump right in.

Smart Speaker Competition

The smart speaker landscape has seen quite a bit of change in just a few years. The late-2010s saw a wave of speakers enter the market spanning the price and feature spectrums. Companies that entered the space with cheap speakers introduced better-sounding speakers.

We have since seen something of a shaking out process. More niche speakers went on to be discontinued. Apple went through its share of smart speaker strategy changes.

The two big speaker players (Google and Amazon) currently have the following smart speaker product lines:

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