Without a doubt, we cannot say that smart speakers are going unnoticed in the eyes of manufacturers. Google, Sonos, Amazon, Apple and many other companies they already have their own speakers on the market smart people and now even Spotify itself, it is rumored that it could launch its own.
This would be Spotify's first physical device, since as we all know we are facing a digital music streaming service, podcasts and videos that offers access to millions of songs and other content from artists from around the world, but they have never had a hardware product before and now it is rumored they might be thinking of releasing it.
The development of a product of this type supposes an extra effort for any company or company, but in the case of the Swedish firm, all they have to do is agree with a manufacturer on its price and start producing it. In recent months they are looking to expand the staff and these positions would be directly related to the possible design and work that requires a hardware device, several engineers, a Product Manager, a Product Manager or even a new Head of Operations, there are several of the vacancies that They make us suspect this possible start of manufacturing in the remainder of 2018.
Course We are sure that this firm would get fully involved in the audio hardware fight, but they really have to do very well in terms of price and especially the specifications, since in the market we find several available options that are consolidated and this could be the main handicap of launching a new speaker with the Spotify seal now. But before this possibility some doubts arise: will it carry some kind of intelligent assistant? Will it allow streaming of all the services that we currently have? Who will be the company in charge of manufacturing? All the answers to these questions will arrive as the days go by, hopefully they don't take too long.