Samsung Takes On Sonos With Simple Whole-House Audio System

Looking for a simple way to stream music to every room in your house, all controlled from your phone? Samsung's new Shape M7 is a wireless speaker that becomes a smart networked device once you hook it up to your home network.

The Shape functions like any wireless speaker; it's equipped with both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. But once you put together two or more of the device, something special happens. They all communicate with a special hub (sold separately) that connects to your Wi-Fi access point. That hub has the ability to make multiple Shapes act as one, all playing the same song in unison.