Harman Kardon Invoke

If it were less expensive, the Invoke would be an easy sell to a certain type of shopper. (“Need a smart home speaker to go with your new Windows 10 PC? Try the Invoke!”) But as a $199 rival to the Amazon Echo and Google Home, it just doesn't fit the...

The Invoke is a pretty good speaker, but it’s too early to bet that Cortana will come out on top against the digital assistants Amazon and Google are offering.

For a company that makes a voice-controlled assistant, it has become table stakes to have a smart speaker for the home that uses it: Amazon's Alexa debuted on the Echo smart speaker three years ago, Google now has a complete lineup of Home speakers that...

If you're a fan of Cortana, Windows 10 or Microsoft in general, Harman Kardon's Invoke is an exciting new smart speaker with quality sound and most of the expected smart speaker...

If you're a Microsoft fan and you're all in on Cortana, you're going to love the Harman Kardon Invoke. Everyone else, check out the competition, or just pick up the Sonos One.Editor's RecommendationsFrom Yamaha to Bragi, everyone is jumping on the Alexa...

Harman Kardon's Invoke, the first Microsoft Cortana-powered speaker, is a poor competitor for voice assistants from Amazon and...

My lingering question is whether Microsoft can match – or beat – the pace of its current rivals. Amazon's Alexa has had a couple of years head-start; Google's Assistant is similarly omnipresent across mobile devices and in the browser as Cortana can be...

As I've pointed out many times throughout this review, Cortana is immature right now for a smart speaker. When you say "Hey, Cortana", all of your devices will respond, you can't use it to control your Xbox One, it supports few music and smart home...