Snips.AI (acquired by Sonos)

Step 1: User says, 'Hey Sonos, play my Discover Weekly playlist on Spotify'.

Step 2: The Sonos speaker captures the voice command and processes it locally.

Step 3: The system identifies the user's Spotify account and playlist.

Step 4: Sonos starts playing the specified playlist on the selected speaker or group of speakers.

Step 1: User says, 'Hey Sonos, turn on the living room lights'.

Step 2: Sonos processes the voice command and identifies the linked smart home devices.

Step 3: Sonos sends a command to the smart home hub (e.g., Philips Hue, SmartThings).

Step 4: The living room lights turn on.

Step 1: User says, 'Hey Sonos, set a timer for 30 minutes'.

Step 2: Sonos processes the voice command and sets a timer.

Step 3: The timer runs in the background.

Step 4: Sonos alerts the user with a sound when the timer expires.

Step 1: User says, 'Hey Sonos, what's the weather today?'

Step 2: Sonos processes the voice command and retrieves weather data from a linked service.

Step 3: Sonos reads out the weather forecast for the user's location.

Step 4: User receives the information audibly.

Step 1: User says, 'Hey Sonos, turn up the volume in the kitchen'.

Step 2: Sonos processes the voice command and identifies the kitchen speaker.

Step 3: Sonos adjusts the volume of the kitchen speaker.

Step 4: The volume in the kitchen increases.