“This indicates that this sound bar has wifi. Would it be able to sync with the proposed wifi portable speakers coming out by vizio? If not, what is the purpose of the wifi in the sound bar?”
Answer This Question
1-3 of 3 Answers
Thank you for your interest in our product. Our Smartcast sound bars are compatible with cast capable audio applications such as Spotify, Pandora, and IHeart Radio. The purpose of wifi on the sound bar is so you can cast these applications. You can simultaneously cast an application to multiple devices via the google cast application.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The point of wifi in a soundbar is being able to directly stream music from the internet/cloud using apps like Google Play Music and Pandora. This is as opposed to playing music through bluetooth where your phone does all the heavy lifting which reduces your phone's battery life.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I'm not sure that the other answer from Vizio makes sense to me, since this is a SmartCast enabled device. The point of SmartCast is to stream over WiFi, so I would presume that it is, in fact, a WiFi enabled device. The Vizio page for this device (http://www.vizio.com/audio/sb3831d0.html) indicates that it has 802.11n. In addition, yes, I believe the point of all of these SmartCast enabled devices by Vizio are to work together, and thus would be compatible with the other WiFi speakers Vizio is releasing soon.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.