Onkyo claims the VC-FLX1 is one of the first assistant-equipped speakers to offer high quality audio playback together with the cloud-powered smarts of Amazon's Alexa.
To power such audio the speaker carries a proprietary full-range speaker driver. To further add "tremendous functionality and value," it also includes a built-in webcam and a temperature, motion and humidity sensor, allowing customers to monitor the surroundings.
Connectivity comes through wifi and Bluetooth, and the speaker supports a "wide variety" of online music services and internet radio. As for the actual hardware, it looks similar to other such speakers, being essentially a black cylinder with a glowing green LED showing current status.
Onkyo gives no word as to when the VC-FLX1 will be available as yet.
