Ahead of Microsofts Build conference this week, Microsoft and Harman Kardon today announced Invoke the Cortana powered speaker. 

Cortana is Microsofts virtual assistant, previously only found in windows and select phone handsets. 

Microsoft and Harman Kardon announce Invoke

Invoke will allow you to control your home tech as well as play music via voice commands. As yet no information on the supported integrations.

Visually similar to the Amazon Echo, aside from a thinner top that can be rotated – adding a tactile element to the cold design. Invoke will be available in black and silver. 

Harman Kardon has an impressive audio pedigree, something that stands out from the current competitors; Google home and Amazon Echo. Hopefully resulting in impressive audio as well as smart control. However with Sonos confirming development of a Alexa integrated speaker, Microsoft might not be the only smart solution that sounds superb in the not so distant future.

Invoke will be released Q4 2017.

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