Just as Amazon’s Alexa has been appearing on more
devices, so also is Google Assistant. At CES, Sony unveiled the LG-S50 smart
speaker and JBL has the Link 300, Link 20, and Link 10 smart speakers coming
soon.
While these are all speakers, an unknown device
codenamed Bisto was seen in the beta version of the Google app back in April.
Over the past couple of months and over the course of several leaks. Bisto has
evolved to refer to a set of bluetooth headphones with support for Google
Assistant. A graphical image of one of them called Baywolf was seen recently,
revealing details as to its possible design.
Baywolf has an over-the-head design with three
buttons on the right cup and a single button on the left. The design is very
similar to that of the Bose QuietComfort 35 and new images confirm that it is
indeed an upgraded version of the popular headphones.
In the past few days, images of the Bose
QuietComfort 35 II have been seen online revealing that the headphones will come
with Google Assistant. A Twitter user (@jeremyjudkins) even posted images of
the product seen on the shelf of a Best Buy store.
The picture shows the headphones has the same button
placement as Baywolf. The box says it has a noise-cancelling microphone array
for clear calls and has Google Assistant built-in. It will also offer 20 hours
of battery life in wireless mode and 40 hours in wired mode.
Jeremy Judkins says the Bose QuietComfort 35 II is
priced at US$ 349.99 but the system wouldn’t sell it. So we guess someone
accidentally put it on the shelf. Since stock has already hit retail stores,
then a launch should not be far off.
Apart from Baywolf, there are two other Bisto
devices. One is codenamed apollo and the other is codenamed scout. These two
are also headphones. We hope one of them is more affordable than the Bose.
