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    HOW TO CHOOSE A Wireless speaker

    Feb 07, 2021 5 minutes

    Today’s wireless speakers are clever products, sometimes with personal voice assistants and all of the latest streaming technologies inside. Constantly taking note of new design trends and how people listen to music, they now incorporate features such as waterproofing, multi-room functionality, long battery lives, voice control, and the likes of AirPlay 2 and Spotify Connect. All this, and they can sound great too.

    Our Buying Guide pages will point you to the current models which have excelled in our reviews and won our Sound+Image Awards. But with such a variety of wireless speakers on the market and sometimes-baffling levels of technology, how do you pick the device that’s best for you? Here are the things to consider when narrowing things down.

    Shape and size

    Before we even begin to get technical, the shape and size of your wireless speaker

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