Credit: ZLATA IVLEVA/MASHABLE The physical controls live on the top and include the typical play, pause, volume ... at the top rim of the Bose Home Speaker 500. Credit: ZLATA IVLEVA/MASHABLE ...

The Bose Home Speaker 500 delivers ... greater bass depth. The speaker's top panel is a touch-sensitive array of controls. There's a centrally located play/pause button, and dedicated volume ...

Available in your choice of triple black or a sophisticated two-tone of silver and white, the Bose Home Speaker 500 is deceptively ... the home is being able to play different music in each ...

Historically, you wouldn’t have thought to pair Bose and Amazon for any good reason. But such is the sweep of personal assistants that every company is jumping on to the bandwag ...

That because, more than anything, the Bose ... Home Speaker 500 has Alexa built-in. (You can also use Google Assistant.) That’s almost expected these days and allowed me to ask about the weather ...

Sonos and Apple need to move over as Bose is entering the high-end smart speaker market. At $50 more than Apple's HomePod and $100 less than the Sonos Play:5, the Home Speaker 500 from Bose might ...

Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, and audio gear reviews are still my primary focus.

an action button for summoning a smart assistant, and pause/play/volume controls. A red status light indicates when the Bose Portable Home Speaker's microphone is off. There is also a ring of LEDs ...