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Amazon is many things to many people, and now it’s become the king of the smart-speaker market. Parks Associates reports that the online retail giant dominates smart speakers with 70.6 percent of sales, adding that smart speakers are in 11 percent of U.S. broadband households.

Bryston has announced that it will ship a new preamplifier featuring patented technology and a flexible input/output configuration in September.

LG and Vizio today announced updates to their smart TV platforms.

The new soundbar Zvox successfully funded on Kickstarter last month is now available for $300.

If you’re already paranoid about always-on smart speakers eavesdropping on conversations, brace yourself: Researchers in the U.K. have discovered a security flaw in Amazon Echo smart speakers sold in 2016 that enable them to be turned on without summoning “Alexa,” according to a report in The Telegraph.

Klipsch has added two Dolby Atmos-enabled models to its Reference Premiere speaker series.

Onkyo and Pioneer have announced the availability of a firmware update that activates DTS Play-Fi wireless multi-room audio capability on several products.