Sony SRS-XB501G smart speaker review: Now you can take Google Assistant to your next rave

If the barrel-shaped JBL Xtreme 2 that Scott Wilkinson reviewed a couple weeks back is ready to party, Sony's cubist SRS-XB501G smart speaker is equipped to deliver a crowd-pleasing LED light show at a backyard rave. A young crowd, that is. Color-shifting LED light bars run around the perimeter of the speaker's face, and there's a pair of independent white LEDs in the top middle. A second white LED sits above the woofer. Sony says these lights can be synchronized to the music you're listening to, and there are no fewer than six light modes for you to choose from (rave, chill, hot, cool, strobe, and random flash).