Why Dead Sonos Speakers Mean You’ll Never Own a Driverless Car

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Sam Abuelsamid
OneZero
Published in
7 min readFeb 10, 2020

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A photo of a Sonos Move on a table in a kitchen.
A Sonos Move battery-powered Bluetooth smart speaker, taken on September 26, 2019. Photo: Phil Barker/Future Publishing/Getty Images

OOver the past 15 years or so, Sonos has established itself as the purveyor of pricey speaker systems that come with a unique twist. The company developed a proprietary wireless communication system that enabled multiple speakers to sync up for easy whole-home audio. But last…

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Sam Abuelsamid
OneZero

Sam is a principal analyst leading Guidehouse Insights’ e-Mobility Research Service covering automated driving, electrification and mobility services