It’s available in two colors: Lunar White and Shadow Black. Roam will be available starting on 4/20, and pre-orders are already open. It really is a great value in the bang-for-your-buck department, and would make a perfect first step into the Sonos ecosystem, especially for us Apple users with Roam’s AirPlay 2 abilities. Price and AvailabilityĪt US$169, Roam is both the least expensive speaker sold by Sonos and also fairly priced at the high-end of portable Bluetooth speakers. The fact that it’s part of my Sonos ecosystem while doing so is almost icing on the cake. Honestly, having any Bluetooth-only speaker that charged like this on a Qi pad would be a game changer. Doing that completely mitigated any battery/sleep issues and makes Roam super-easy to just grab-and-go. The great part is that Roam is chargeable by USB-C cable or by simply placing it on a Qi pad.
#SONOS ROAM SPEAKER UPDATE#
We’ll keep testing and will update this piece as things progress.
Hopefully that’s just an anomaly with our system or unit here.
Our experience was more like one or two days.
#SONOS ROAM SPEAKER FULL#
Our test unit seemed to not like to stay in sleep mode to conserve power, however, so we didn’t get the advertised 10 days of sleep time on a full charge. In addition to all that, Roam is an AirPlay 2 speaker, meaning you can stream directly over Wi-Fi from your Mac or iPhone, and sync it up with all your other AirPlay 2 devices, too.īattery life when playing music was fantastic for us, easily hitting the rated 10-hours that Sonos provides. You can stereo pair it with another Roam, you can sync it with all your other Sonos speakers, it’s got your choice of Alexa or Google voice built-in. Speaking of software, Roam is also a full-fledged Sonos citizen when on your home Wi-Fi. I’m not sure what Sonos did here to accomplish this, but it’s clear the Roam has both the hardware and the software to deliver.
#SONOS ROAM SPEAKER HOW TO#
This little speaker sounds much bigger than it looks. Sonos Roam (automatic Trueplay) Sonos Era 100 (Trueplay via Advanced Tuning) Sonos Era 300 (Trueplay via Advanced Tuning) How to Use Trueplay With Sonos Speakers and Soundbars. Even on Bluetooth (with less audio bandwidth than Wi-Fi), the sound of Roam remained full and present. It is truly impressive, especially for its size, but I figured once I left the house and transitioned to Bluetooth, the quality difference between Roam and all-my-other-portable-Bluetooth-speakers would evaporate. Of course, Roam sounded great in my home, on Wi-Fi, using glorious, uncompressed sound. Sound-wise, Roam is the best-sounding portable Bluetooth speaker I’ve ever tried, and I’ve tried anything that I thought might sound remotely good. It’s also rugged and waterproof (IP67 rated), meaning you needn’t worry about bringing it outdoors with you. Smaller than most water bottles, Roam will easily fit into your go bag or your travel carryon. Roam is also the second Sonos speaker to support Bluetooth, making it extremely portable. Sonos recently announced Roam, their smallest, least expensive speaker yet.
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