Acer’s Halo is a Google Assistant smart speaker with LEDs

Acer has announced the $109 Halo smart speaker at its October hardware event. It’s a 360-degree speaker that has the Google Assistant built-in to handle queries and tasks, and Acer says it’s one of the first smart speakers to have DTS sound. With that, it should be especially suited at offering a cinematic sound.

It’s relatively easy to see what stands out about this device; it has an RGB base that changes color and lighting patterns, and its LEDs can show the weather and other images. Honestly, I think the Halo looks like a oil diffuser, but I’ll take Acer’s word that it’s actually a speaker.

This device will release in Q1 2021.

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