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Sonos CEO Patrick Spence sat down with The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel for The Vergecast once again, this time right after a private Sonos press event in New York City last week. Sonos had just unveiled a few new products, notably its first ever Bluetooth speaker the Sonos Move.
Spence came on The Vergecast to answered some questions about the new devices, what it took to finally bring Bluetooth to a Sonos device, and if Apple’s Siri will arrive on Sonos’ new speakers. Below is a lightly edited excerpt of the conversation.
Nilay Patel: Tell us about the move, tell us why you finally made a Bluetooth speaker because that’s a big deal for Sonos.
Patrick Spence: It’s a huge deal for us and… as you think about it, we have built a…