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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by alasdair_ on Saturday January 18, 2020 @02:48PM (#22086622)
Isn’t the point of the microphone to allow the speakers to adjust based on the placement of the other speakers in your toom?

Oh and also for alexa integration if you enable it?

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Re:Smart homes will turn dumb overnight as Charter kills sec... by braythwayt on Saturday January 18, 2020 @03:05PM (#22086754)
Well, when I first set my speakers up, they used the Sonos app and my phone’s microphone for setup.

I don’t believe the speakers I own have microphones (although there is probably some way to hack the speaker into detecting sound, after all... It has a coil, a magnet, and a diaphragm that moves...)

And I’m now extremely wary about buying devices with cameras and microphones, especially for my home.

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