Voice-Controlled Portable Speakers to Reach 27 Million Shipments in 2025

Voice-controlled portable speakers are enjoying a moment in the sun, with almost 27 million units expected to ship in 2025, according to the latest research conducted by SAR Insight & Consulting. In its latest in-depth report, ‘Portable Speakers: market growth, technology trends, forecasts and competitive analysis,’ the market research and analysis firm looks closely at the technology trends and consumer behavior that will foster growth in the specific segment.

Sonos took its first step out of the home with, a durable, battery-powered smart speaker aptly named Sonos Move. A great design to extend the Sonos whole-home network to an area without power, or have music by the pool. The other new speaker from Sonos is the affordable One SL, with no voice recognition support, but better audio quality than the Play:1 that replaces. The third new product from Sonos is the Port, an updated wired to wireless interface solution now with better audio quality and AirPlay 2 support.

A pioneer in portable speakers, Ultimate Ears now announced its new Ultimate Ears BLAST and Ultimate Ears MEGABLAST speakers, both featuring Amazon Alexa. The Logitech-owned brand joins the smart speaker craze with an evolution of its own popular portable speaker designs now with voice control. The new portable, wireless, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speakers combine 360-degree sound capabilities with hands-free voice-control, for at home and on-the-go applications.

3PASS flex is HEAD acoustics new simulation system for measuring speech quality performance in the presence of background noise. It is particularly suited for testing multi-microphone systems, microphone arrays or beamforming microphones in real world conditions where multi-point noise simulation with flexible microphone and loudspeaker arrays is required. 3PASS flex reproduces any previously recorded sound field at distinct microphone positions, representative of typical use cases.