The Bose Portable Home Speaker is a direct answer to the Sonos Move, the powerful, $399 wireless smart speaker that impressed me with its Auto Trueplay technology and comprehensive durability.

Ultimately, the Bose Home Speaker 500 comes down to a price decision. If you're looking for a great-sounding dumb speaker or an equally good-sounding smart speaker, there are other options.

Multi-room audio. Arguably, the Bose portable’s biggest selling point is group-play connectivity with other speakers in the brand’s Home Speaker family, including the talented Soundbar 500 and ...

The Bose Home Speaker 450 has eight built-in microphones for ambient noise rejection, so it will pick up your voice no matter how loud your music is, or where you are in the room. This home ...

The Bose Home Speaker 300 is an impressive little number with a 360-degree design. The sound is crisp and clear, plus you get smart home features via Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant and access to ...

The Bose Home Speaker 300 is one of the best Sonos alternatives, but a great home smart speaker in its own right too. It currently has a 4.4-star rating (out of five) from more than 3200 reviews ...

However, the Bose Home Speaker 500 does not currently work with the previous generation of SoundTouch speakers, which use a different app, or other Alexa-enabled speakers, like the Amazon Echo family.

I’m talking about the Bose SoundLink Flex Gen 2, a compact, waterproof, great-sounding Bluetooth speaker that you can take on-the-go, enjoy at home, or even bring into the shower. This colorful, sleek ...

Released this past summer, the Bose Home 500 is the company’s first Alexa-enabled smart speaker. You can think of it as being very similar to a Sonos One – you can ask Alexa to change songs, turn up ...

Bose introduced today a new portable home speaker as part of its family of smart speakers, with support for both Alexa and Google Assistant. It will be available to purchase on September 19 for $349.

The Google Assistant will also be available on the new Bose Home Speaker 300. That's a smaller version of the Home Speaker 500, with a more compact footprint, and will be released later in the summer.