At CES 2018, the usual circus of new products, experimental devices, and moonshot projects seem to have a common undertone: AI assistants. At almost every turn, you’ll find something, be it a “smart display”, a TV, a car head unit, or a door lock that integrates with Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, Apple Siri, or even Microsoft Cortana. The age of the personal AI assistants have come, and it all started with the somewhat unassuming and still really bewildering smart speakers. We take a brief look at some of the best ones in the market, and some still to come, and why, despite their appeal, they might not exactly be worth your money just yet.

What is a smart speaker?

What makes a speaker smart anyway? With the increase in number of speakers, from portable ones to the sound bars near TVs, that can accept streamed content from the Internet or your phone (thank you Google Cast!), the lines have become at bit blurry and will be even more.
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