Brilliant controller

nobody then :?

I haven't seen this myself. But looks really cool. Have you tried it yourself?

No, i'm in the UK so have to wait until next year at least:(

So I take it Sonos were not involved with this?

The website says it's not shipping till September at the earliest.

It's a very interesting product. I don't know how much of a market there will be for it though. From a sonos perspective, I don't know if I would want to use it that much for control, particularly after the Alexa voice integration. Then again, it's got Alexa built in, so it's particular useful if it can provide visual feedback from a sonos voice command.

That said though, I very much like that it centers the sonos features on the room you are in.

I like the features that it has with other smart home products, like Ring, but it doesn't look like it's nearly complete. The price seems reasonable for what you get, yet I couldn't justify that for every room in the house that I want smart control. I see that they work with smartthings and wink, so perhaps you can integrate this control with other lighting controls seamlessly.

Definitely worth keeping an eye on.

Doesn't have very good ergonomics, does it? If placed at wall switch level, you'd need to bend over to read the screen. Good for young kids, i suppose.

Good point. Would also be a problem with the video intercom feature. It would be much better if the screen could swivel up or down as needed.

I like the fact that you don't have to worry about providing power or recharging batteries though, since it's powered off the lighting wiring.

Probably the biggest selling point to me is that it's dedicated for smart home functionality. Part of the downside of using a phone or tablet is that it must be unlocked, open and close apps, and regularly charged. This resolves those issues.

I'm been watching the news on this. I also like the fact that it uses the existing wall power. What I don't like is not having full functionality, or at least close to that. It looks like I can pick Favorites or Playlist. I have no playlist. I would love to pick from my many services, not just the ones in my favorites. Also would like to do some grouping, pick music form all my sources, and control volume of the group and/or a single speaker from a group. I generally have 2-3 or more speakers grouped and would love to have an interface like this ready on the wall so I don't have to go find a device. I hope they continue to add functionality to this. I don't really have many places where I just control one rooms speakers.

Once Alexa integration with Sonos is rolled out, these will be pretty much obsolete, I should think.

Once Alexa integration with Sonos is rolled out, these will be pretty much obsolete, I should think.

Dont be silly ? Not everyone wants voice control

Indeed. I'm not bothered about voice control. So will continue to use my dirt cheap Amazon Fire tablet as a dedicated, fully featured Sonos controller.