There are a lot of people who want the effortless convenience of a smart speaker, but still want to experience higher-quality audio than what's typically on offer from first-party manufacturers.

Personal Tech Columnist Geoffrey Fowler got a first look at the new interface for Sonos, the popular multiroom ... that lets you find your music across multiple services like Spotify and Pandora.

With Sonos Voice Control you can ask your speaker to play music, adjust volume, skip tracks, move playback to a different room, group devices, and more. Some commands also work over Bluetooth ...