At the MatePad Pro launch event in November 2019, the telecom giant unveiled HUAWEI Sound X as its premium smart speaker. This speaker is co-developed with Devialet, a French audio company. Later in March 2020, the company once again showcased it at the HUAWEI P40 series launch event. Then, the company launched a Platinum edition of this speaker in April. Now, according to a tipster, Huawei will be launching a smaller version of this speaker called HUAWEI Sound at the Mate40 series launch event on October 22.

Smart speakers are the gateway to any ecosystem. Small speakers are perfect as they are cheaper as well as don’t take much place. Amazon and Google are successful in home automation category, all thanks tot heir smaller Echo Dot and Nest Mini.

This strategy has worked out so well for them that even Apple is copying it by launching HomePod Mini. Now, according to a bunch of pictures shared by a user called @看山的叔叔 on Weibo, even Huawei will be debuting a similar product next week.

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The images posted by the leakster reveals some of the features of this upcoming Huawei smart speaker. For starters, it will be called HUAWEI Sound and it will be smaller in size compared to the original HUAWEI Sound X.

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However, it will have the same design as the original model. As per the box, the new smaller version is also co-developed with Devialet and it is also Hi-Res Audio certified.

The upcoming Huawei speaker can be also paired with a second speaker for stereo sound. Further, like any other smart speaker from the company, it is powered by Xiaoyi AI voice assistant to control smart home products that support HUAWEI HiLink.

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Last but not least, the speaker can also be used in Bluetooth mode and will be available in a single Starry Night (Black) color option.

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