![]() Also, when not in use, Roam falls asleep to save power for up to 10 days, which adds to the battery’s life. Having grown used to the convenient charging ring that comes with the Move speaker, I may eventually fork over the $49 for a Roam Wireless Charger so that I can unmoor it from the power strip where it’s currently charging, so the Roam has its own specific magnetic home base.įortunately, a fully charged battery boasts 10 hours of continuous playback on a single charge, so charging is not a huge deal that often. After that, the process isn’t very complicated as long as you don’t assume too much about the compatibility of the included USB-C charging cable with whatever USB power adaptor or Qi wireless charger that you happen have to on hand (my white iPhone charging block wouldn’t work, for instance.)Įventually I found a 10W (5V/2.1A) power adaptor and got the Roam speaker charged up. Sonos Roam Requires S2 Appįor those new to Sonos, setting up of a Roam speaker first requires installation of the S2 version of the Sonos app. Sure, it takes a little bit more volume from the smaller unit to balance out the pair, but the blend is spectacular – rich, resonant, and crisp – once I’ve reached that sweet spot. When I Grouped the new Sonos Roam, a $169 mini version of the $399 Sonos Move portable speaker that already graced my desk, I immediately aligned the two units into a perfectly balanced stereo pair on my office desk, creating a phantom center that floated somewhere right behind my computer monitor.Įver since (Ever… more?), I have been impressed with the matching sound signatures of the two speakers despite Roam’s clearly more diminutive size. When auditioning a new piece of audio gear, it’s a good idea to find a song or album that is so familiar that you really know how it’s “supposed to” sound. The launch of a new Sonos speaker is always a big deal, so as usual I was excited to take the latest, Sonos Roam, for a spin. I have yet to cue up the actual tune because, much to the chagrin of my wife, I’ve been playing Taylor Swift’s Folklore and Evermore albums in circular succession for the past three months. Roam around the world…”) My kids really wish I’d stop. Trueplay tunes the speaker’s frequency response to suit the room you’re listening in and, previously, this was a manual process – and quite a tedious one at that.Every time I connect my new Sonos Roam portable speaker to my iPhone, I find myself humming that catchy B52s tune from my college days (“Roam, if you want to. ![]() Perhaps the most exciting feature of the Sonos Move, however, is one borrowed from the Apple Homepod: Auto Trueplay. ![]() It’s the easiest to use multiroom and streaming music app there is. If you already own a network of Sonos speakers – perhaps a Sonos One in the kitchen and bedroom and a Sonos Beam in the living room – just press the join button on one of your already connected Sonos speakers, then the join button on the Move and they’re all linked together.Īt this point, you’ll be able to play music through all the speakers at once or send different music to individual speakers, and control the volume universally or individually as you see fit. ![]() That’s mildly frustrating but, the Move has benefits that Echo and Google Nest speakers don’t have, the main one being the ease with which you can network it with other Sonos multiroom speakers. None of these rivals are particularly portable, however, and they lack the built-in battery of the Sonos Move. It’s pricier than an Amazon Echo Studio (£190) and it also costs more than a stereo pair of Sonos One speakers. Sonos Move review: Price and competitionĪt £399, the Sonos Move is quite the investment and although it is possible to buy it for less than the RRP - around £380 from Amazon - that places it firmly at the premium end of the smart speaker market. It's pricier than the now-reduced Google Home Max (£299) and even the Apple HomePod, which costs £199. There’s support for both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant (although not both simultaneously), Wi-Fi and Apple Airplay 2, full integration with the Sonos ecosystem and the ability to tune the speaker to its surroundings via Sonos’ TruePlay technology. It does, however, include all the features we’ve come to expect from Sonos in recent times. It’s better suited as a mobile, housebound speaker for use in the garden, or for providing a backing track to occasional picnics at the park. The Sonos Move is far too big and heavy for that, weighing a not-inconsiderable 3kg and measuring 240mm tall. If you were hoping for a Sonos speaker to pop in your suitcase and travel the world with, however, you’re going to be disappointed. READ NEXT: The best smart speakers you can buy Sonos Move review: What you need to know
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