Bose enthusiasts will appreciate how well the Bose Portable Smart Speaker integrates with the company’s app and other products. People who can’t decide between Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant will like how they can pick a smart assistant and swap between them as desired. Smart home novices who don’t mind spending a lot will find the Bose Portable Smart Speaker simple to set up and use.

For its size, the speaker gets rather loud. Indoors, it could power through a small party, and outdoors you’ll enjoy some background tunes. But if you really want lots of volume, you’d have to pair it to another compatible Bose speaker.

The Bose Home Speaker 500 is a much larger speaker, hence why the word “portable” is not a part of its name. It, too, has Alexa and Google Assistant integration and AirPlay 2. The Home Speaker 500 is pricey ($379 at Amazon), but it includes perks like a color LCD display, eight microphones for picking up your commands, and awesome stereo sound.