Invoke

It is one of the strongest bets that we are seeing this year. The departure of personal assistants from _smartphones_ and their arrival on other devices We have seen how Google Assistant reaches televisions with Android TV or how Cortana opts for a speaker like Harman Kardon's, the Invoke.

In this way Microsoft's personal assistant becomes the soul of the new speaker who acts as help at home to intervene in our day-to-day tasks. At the time we saw a _teaser_, we attended its presentation and we found out its price and now it is finally available for purchase.

And we can already find in the Microsoft Store or on the Harman Kardon website the possibility of getting the Harman Kardon Invoke Invoke, yes, for now with a commercialization limited to the US market (as usual in many releases) and at a price of 199.95 dollars.

This is a device that reminds us at first glance of the Amazon model that we have already talked about in these pages. A loudspeaker that makes use of three 4.44 centimeter _woofers_ and three 1.27 centimeter _tweeters_, which are responsible for achieving 360 degree sound.

Integrates up to seven microphones with noise reduction and echo cancellation that allow Cortana to perceive verbal commands without problem, independently in addition to the background noise that may exist thanks to the use of a system of algorithms aimed at eliminating interference.

To control it and if we do not want to use voice commands, we have a touch panel at the top that has an animation that helps us to know the activity of the speaker. This tactile area is surrounded by a wheel to control the volume of the speaker.

With Invoke you can thus access applications such as Skype so that with the help of Cortana we can make calls to contacts with as just say your name. It can also be used to search the web or listen to music being compatible with _streaming_ audio services such as Spotify, iHeartRadio or TuneIn

Finally, Invoke will become part of the smart home ecosystem, allowing it to connect and interact with other smart home devices just like They can be thermostats, lights or sound equipment, being compatible with Philips Hue, Nest, Wink and Insteon products.

For now if we don't live in the United States we won't be able to enjoy Invoke the same as, for example, we don't have access to the Amazon Echo or the Google Home Mini and we don't all we have to do is wait for companies to dare to market them outside that market

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