PSB iQ2 ships without a voice assistant, calling the omission a feature

PSB's $1,399 iQ2 wireless speakers carry HDMI eARC, a phono stage, BluOS streaming, and aptX Adaptive Bluetooth — but no microphone, no wake word, and no cloud assistant. PSB frames that absence as deliberate. The smart-speaker category is fragmenting: the iQ2 targets music and TV audio, leaving voice control to other devices in the home.