I think Sonos just fully solved home audio, mostly by doing exactly what we want — even with AI
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Sonos leaning on a new platform and "Fabric" layer to unify old and new hardware shows that orchestration, not raw audio quality, is the consumer battleground. Any hardware maker adding AI should treat it as glue across devices and services—if setup and control aren’t trivial, the intelligence won’t matter.
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