Panasonic to introduce Google Assistant-powered speaker at IFA 2017

By Happy Jasta

August 31, 2017

4 min read

Japanese consumer electronics company Panasonic announced at its press conference yesterday that along with its latest products, the company will also exhibit SC-GA10 smart speaker at the Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA) 2017 to be held in Berlin, Germany, from September 1 – 6, 2017. This smart home speaker comes integrated with Google Assistant, two 20mm soft dome tweeters and 8cm woofer with dual voice coils to offer Hi-Fi output.

Watch the announcement of Panasonic smart home speaker at its Press Conference (Jump to 23:50 in the video below).

Apart from Internet of Things, the Panasonic smart speaker also features a stylish design and high-quality output whether you’re using Spotify, Google Play Music, Tunenin, and Dezeer or playing your local library. You can ask it questions and control compatible smart home devices such as Chromecast built-in TVs, smart lights, and thermostats with simple voice-commands. The smart home gadget can provide you weather and calendar updates, as well as answer many other queries.

What’s more? You might be thinking of multi-room audio feature which has recently been introduced for Amazon Echo devices. Panasonic smart speaker also supports multi-room audio which lets you play the same music in multiple speakers or select the devices you want to play the same song.

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Users will be able to control it with voice-commands and the companion mobile app. In addition to managing music streaming, the mobile app can be used to connect two Panasonic SC-GA10s to enjoy stereo output or to activate the Party mode.

Combination of Panasonic’s advanced audio technology with Google Assistant comes out as a practical audio accessory that will seamlessly make your home smarter, and let you enjoy your favorite music as well. If you want to add its minimalist design and smart functionality to your smart home, you have to wait as it will be available in early 2018.