Mr Bouchaud is finding more than one MEMS microphone inside ever more of the products he disassembles, and these extra mikes are often being used to add noise-cancelling features.
We're definitely down with more options too, but without an acceptable two-way standard, a bit of wheelin' and dealin' by Google could just add more noise to the mess that is the connected TV market.
But if the English can add greater control to their scatter-gun approach play, there is a growing belief that this team can cause some noise in the knockout round.