With remote work becoming more commonplace than ever, speakerphones like the AnkerWork S600 can be a solid way to improve the quality of audio calls, regardless of your environment. But the S600 takes things one step further by adding AI to the mix, picking up individual voices while blocking out unnecessary noise.
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The S600 is currently available as part of a Kickstarter, where you can back the device for a limited early bird price of $113. The normal price will eventually be around $180 when it launches through retailers and Anker’s website, based on the percentage discount AnkerWork has listed on its Kickstarter. It’s a sweet deal if you need a speakerphone with these capabilities, but is the AI actually worth it? I think so.
While there are certainly other Bluetooth speakers and speakerphones out there, some of which can block out background noise like barking dogs, the S600 stands out as one of the first speakerphones to come with AI-powered voiceprint recognition. This technology uses built-in algorithms and neural networks to zero in on a specific person’s voice, canceling out the noise from everything else.
It’s an ambitious pitch, but it actually works surprisingly well. I tested it in a number of conversations in different environments, including outdoors, in the kitchen, in a smaller echoey room, and in the office where background noise was almost constant.
