LG Introduces New Speaker That You Can Text

LG’s new Wi-Fi Music Flow speakers, which the company will unveil at CES 2015 in January, can accept text commands from the messaging service called Line.

Music Flow Wi-Fi joins other wireless audio systems like Sonos, Play-Fi, and Samsung Shape as a Wi-Fi-based line of speakers capable of offering multi-room music without cords.

Besides the usual play and skip commands, you’ll be able to use some natural language: For instance, “play music for party” will tell the system to start a party playlist.

The speakers are easy to connect with Auto Music Play being able to detect a smartphone that comes within a foot of the speaker and begin playing any music.

The Music Flow speaker uses dual-band Wi-Fi, giving them more robust bandwidth than your usual Bluetooth connection.

Music Flow will be controlled through LG’s Music Flow iOS and Android apps, which can access locally stored media or music from streaming services like Spotify, Rhapsody, and TuneIn.

LG’s 2015 line consists of three soundbars, three standalone Wi-Fi speakers, and a new portable model, the NP8350.

No price or availability information yet.

Source: mashable.com, pcmag.com