Harman Kardon; a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics today at the CES 2018 show has announced Allure Portable speaker with a digital assistant speaker; Amazon Alexa. Just like the original Harman Kardon Allure speaker, the new portable device is also hands-free and can be controlled by voice commands.
The Harman Kardon Allure portable speaker features 20W 2 x 1.75-inch full-range drivers and 2 passive radiators that can cover up an entire room. The speaker’s far-field voice technology allows users to issue commands from across the room which can be heard clearly by the speaker. Since it is portable, it blends well with any environment whether it’s in your living room, office or kitchen, the device fills any space with best in class sound.
It supports up to 96KHz/24bits of Wi-Fi audio streaming from the cloud to stream room-filling music from any mobile devices via Bluetooth. The company is promising up to 10 hours of battery life, and it has a charging cradle for convenience.
The Harman Kardon Allure Portable with Amazon Alexa will be available for purchase starting spring 2018 and is priced at $199 (Rs.12,665 approx.).
Commenting on the announcement, Andy Tsui, Vice President, Smart Audio Business Unit, HARMAN said:
With the Harman Kardon Allure Portable, we brought together everything our customers love about the Harman Kardon Allure—amazing sound quality, Amazon Alexa voice capabilities, beautiful design—and added portability. With a battery life of 10 hours, users can take this voice activated speaker with them everywhere while enjoying beautiful sound by Harman Kardon.