#SONOS ROAM V MOVE PORTABLE#
#SONOS ROAM V MOVE BLUETOOTH#

#SONOS ROAM V MOVE PORTABLE#

It’ll be the first Sonos portable speaker to offer stereo sound, too. Sonos says it’s “completely overhauled” its dual-tweeter acoustic architecture, with the tweeters angled to disperse sound wider and separate it into two channels. Given it’s still effectively the same form factor and size, it’ll be interesting how this works in practice. The Move 2 upgrades that to a stereo performance. The original Move could only play music through a mono channel.

It suggests you have room to manoeuvre with battery life but at the same time, perhaps not as much room as you might like if you like to play music loud. And battery life also depends on other factors too, such as the connection and where it is placed. Sonos estimates this is the battery life for “continuous playback at moderate volume”, connected to Wi-Fi with the voice assistant enabled. There is a slight caveat to that battery runtime though. So in response, Sonos has upped the battery length so you can draw up to 24 hours from the new speaker. The Move’s 11 hours was decent for an outdoor speaker, but for speakers of its size, 20 hours+ is now around the average. The Move 2’s battery has double the capacity You do get a number of new and enhanced features, so the jump in price may be warranted.

#SONOS ROAM V MOVE BLUETOOTH#

They offer Bluetooth connectivity - automatically switching between Bluetooth and Wi-Fi - meaning you can use Roam and Roam SL as a traditional Sonos speaker when on Wi-Fi, or as a traditional Bluetooth speaker when you leave the house.That’s a sizeable hike, especially for a speaker that’s not as portable as the Roam. Roam SL and One SL don't have built-in support for any of the assistants but they can be controlled via a Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa device.īoth Roam and One have Trueplay tuning on board, enabling you to tune them according to their surroundings, though Roam does this automatically, whereas Roam SL, One and One SL require you to do it manually with an iOS device.įrom here, Roam and Roam SL then take the lead in the feature department compared to the One and One SL. You can run Sonos Voice Control alongside Alexa, but not alongside Google Assistant. Both also have support for Sonos Voice Control, which is predominately used for controlling the speaker itself rather than offering smart home functionality.

You can't have both assistants running at the same time but you can switch between them. The Roam and One also both have built-in support for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant - meaning they are both smart speakers. It's possible you might find the One and One SL cheaper now though following the launch of the Era 100. The Sonos One SL launched at $179 in the US and £179 in the UK, while the Sonos One launched at $219 in the US and £199 in the UK. The Roam meanwhile, costs $179 in the US and £179 in the UK. The Roam SL is the cheapest, costing $159 in the US and £159 in the UK. They are very closely followed by the Sonos One and One SL in terms of price though, and while the One and One SL have been replaced by the Sonos Era 100, as we mentioned, they remain available through a number of retailers, for now anyway. The Sonos Roam and Roam SL are the entry points into the Sonos line-up, if you ignore the IKEA options. If you are keen to know more about how the Sonos One and One SL compare, or how the Roam and Roam SL compare, we have you covered in separate features. We've compared the Era 100 to the One and One SL elsewhere, but here we are focusing on the differences between the Sonos Roam, Roam SL and the Sonos One (Gen 2), and One SL, to help you work out which could be the right starting point for you into the Sonos system, or which you should add to an existing one.

Sonos roam v move