Sonos will launch its most inexpensive speaker – the Sonos Roam SL – this week. This brand-new speaker, which was introduced again in February, boasts a water-resistant design, 10-hour battery life, wi-fi charging, and the bottom price ticket we have ever seen from Sonos. The Roam SL follows within the footsteps of the Sonos One SL, which drops the far-field microphone array that permits hands-free voice assistants Alexa and Google Assistant in favour of a £20 value lower. Likewise, the Sonos Roam SL does not assist any AI voice assistants however, apart from that omission, you may take pleasure in the identical options because the first-generation Sonos Roam that launched final yr… for £20 much less.
Sonos Roam already held the title for essentially the most inexpensive speaker in Sonos’ lineup – matching the worth tag of the Sonos One SL at £179, so it is spectacular that Sonos has dropped that value once more with the introduction of the brand new Sonos Roam SL.
For many who missed the introduction of the unique Sonos Roam, this intelligent speaker works like every other Sonos speaker inside the house – with songs, albums, playlists, radio stations, and podcasts beamed wirelessly by way of Wi-Fi out of your smartphone, pill or PC. Nonetheless, it is whenever you pocket the Sonos Roam SL and head exterior that issues get actually attention-grabbing. That is as a result of the Sonos Roam SL transforms right into a Bluetooth speaker when it is away out of your Wi-Fi community.
Pair the speaker along with your smartphone or pill and you can wirelessly stream playlists and podcasts when away from residence. Sonos has designed the Roam SL to outlive a visit to the seashore or pool too, thanks the mud and waterproof case. Sonos Roam SL is rated IP67, which implies that it might face up to submersion in a single meter of water for half-hour. It is designed to deal with just a few bumps and bruises too, so it should not have any qualms about just a few street journeys, BBQs within the backyard, or tenting holidays.
Even the fashionable triangular design was chosen to permit listeners to put Roam SL vertically for a smaller footprint or horizontally to supply extra stability on uneven surfaces outside.
Regardless of the omission of the far-field microphone array, the battery life between the Roam SL and the Sonos Roam stays unchanged – with 10-hours of wi-fi listening when unplugged from the mains. With the Battery Saver setting is enabled, Sonos says this diddy speaker will have the ability to final 10 days or longer in sleep mode.
Charging is dealt with by way of a USB-C cable or any Qi-certified wi-fi charger. Sonos has designed its personal wi-fi charging cradle, which can be utilized as a dock when the Sonos Roam SL is inside the home and used like a typical speaker from the good audio model.
Sonos Roam SL is suitable with AirPlay 2, which permits iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac homeowners to wirelessly beam lossless music to the speaker with out pairing. So long as each units are related to the identical Wi-Fi community, you can begin sending music, podcasts, radio and extra. You may additionally have the ability to synchronise playback throughout a number of audio system in your house (alternatively, you possibly can ship totally different songs to audio system in every room). In fact, that is one thing that Sonos’ personal app lets you do, however you can group collectively any AirPlay 2 audio system when counting on the Apple-developed system – even these made by rival companies, like Bose.
When you purchased a Sonos Roam final yr, or wish to order two Sonos Roam SLs, these audio system could be paired collectively to hear in stereo. That is doable when away out on the street, in addition to utilizing your Wi-Fi again at residence. In fact, like all the things out there within the Sonos lineup, you can group the audio system based mostly on the rooms in your own home, adjusting the quantity with a single quantity slider (one thing that Google can not provide after a US court docket discovered that it was infringing patented know-how developed by Sonos) or individually.
Sonos Roam SL is on the market to pre-order now proper now £159, with the primary audio system transport this week, beginning March 15, 2022.
At that value, the Sonos Roam SL is essentially the most inexpensive speaker that can be purchased from Sonos’ on-line retailer in addition to retail companions reminiscent of John Lewis, Currys, and Amazon. Nonetheless, the audio system launched in partnership with IKEA, dubbed Symfonisk, begin from simply £99. Nonetheless, these Sonos x IKEA audio system are solely that can be purchased from IKEA.
When you’d choose to have the ability to request songs, verify the newest headlines and site visitors, and extra with Alexa or Google Assistant, the Sonos Roam continues to be out there for £179.
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