One thing I’ll never understand enough is why most surveys neglect offering a freetext field for comments. Such a simple thing to set up and you get all the nuances related or unrelated to the rest of the questions.

I have also chosen Bluetooth speakers that are not primarily BT speakers but are capable of that connectivity option too. And yes, what about vinyl if I’ve specified that? Just recently my dream has come true thanks to the Mozart + BeoLink beta when I could finally connect my record player to my Balance and share it via the B&O app with my Beosound 1. However, when my 1-year-old goes to sleep, my loyal friend H95 will keep me in good company. I might even connect my H95 to my record player. I might sometimes only listen to music on one speaker, digitally from my phone. No radio, no streaming.

When it comes to Google or any other voice assistant, I always choose a speaker without one. It is plenty easy to do a few taps on my phone or walk over for a tactile experience.

There are so many stories here, judging by the other comments, and I feel like this survey didn’t get that message across for my part.

The intention is very much appreciated though!

Take your point, but voice is just not for me.

One,  I hate having mics listening in - yes yes, I know my phone is probably listening to me anyway, but I'm not throwing a whole load more mic enabled devices into the mix, and I want zero part of any Google voice enabled device. Giving up a bit of my privacy is one thing, making my abode an open house is another. 

Secondly, I find speaking commands out loud into the ether an odd thing (for me) to do.

If voice interfaces were sophisticated enough to do what I want, I might perhaps use them. But until then.....

But even in a simple case, volume up on my BV, picking up the remote and pressing a button has never struck me as a pain nor slow. Voice may be fractionally quicker, but its not a no brainer. We're not exactly comparing the convenience of a dishwasher vs washing dishes by hand, for example.

So - far easier to do do simple things remotes do well? Far from compelling, especially with all the downsides (to me) of having mics everywhere.

moxxey wrote:

Sandyb wrote:

I entered 1 (out of 5) - I would liked to have voted -5.

Bizarre. I use this all the time across my speakers - once you get used to it, far easier to control, turn off, switch to another channel or similar. 

clao wrote:

Hello there, My name is Clara and I am a Product Management Intern in B&O. I would like to understand your daily listening habits in your home environment with the purpose of uncovering necessities and improving our product and service offerings through the survey in the following link:

https://bangolufsen.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6QlceJ43Fenkwbs It should take no longer than 7 minutes to complete. All responded data will be processed confidentially and will only be shared with Bang & Olufsen. If you have any questions about the survey, you can contact Clara Astigarraga at CLAO@bang-olufsen.dk Thanks for helping B&O!

clao wrote:

Hello there, My name is Clara and I am a Product Management Intern in B&O. I would like to understand your daily listening habits in your home environment with the purpose of uncovering necessities and improving our product and service offerings through the survey in the following link:

Fairly abrupt survey.

"like to understand your daily listening habits in your home environment"......then kills further input when the person responding indicates a zero interest in voice activation?

Improving products and uncovering necessities hey, or reconfirming even better ways to make more products no one wants to buy?

BrianP wrote:

@Clara/B&O - I was confused about the scale 1-5 for voice control. I do not like voice control and voted 5 as I thought 1 was the best. I read that others understood it different, so it would be a good idea to specify the scale.

I was confused too, until I tried to see if I got any descriptions by turning my phone in landscape mode. That actually showed me more info above the choices than just numbers.

I love the VA features, but as I've changed to a Multiroom setup with Spotify Connect as the primary source I rarely use GVA to activate music anymore, as doing so would prohibit me from expanding the listening experience to other multiroom speakers as GVA starts playing Spotify using chromecast and not Spotify Connect. 

I know this is a Google limitation, and as such it will properly never change. And that is a shame as starting music and expanding it to other multiroom speakers would have been a very convenient feature.