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The biggest question I can’t answer is how this thing sounds. And here’s what the optional wireless charger looks like: The photo at the top of this story is another new image that makes for an easy size comparison between the Roam and the larger, more expensive Sonos Move. If you’re looking for cheap surrounds for a Beam or Arc, your best options remain the One SL or the Ikea Symfonisk bookshelf speakers. That’s not altogether surprising, since the same was true of the Move. The Roam can’t be used as part of a Sonos home theater setup. No, you can’t use it as a surround speaker for the Sonos Arc or Beam.That puts the Roam on equal footing with the popular UE Wonderboom speaker. This means it is fully dustproof and waterproof in up to one meter of water for up to 30 minutes. The Roam is rated IP67 for dust and water resistance.

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I don’t know the full details on this one, but my guess is that it involves using Bluetooth Low Energy to figure out which speaker is closest. If you hold down the play/pause button, the Roam will send the music it’s currently playing to whatever Sonos speaker is nearby.

“Sound Swap” will let you pass off music from the Roam to another Sonos speaker.Īnother new feature that’s exclusive to the Roam is what Sonos will call Sound Swap.

Connecting to both at once will allow you to play a song from your phone or another device nearby to the Roam over Bluetooth - and that music can then also be played across the rest of your Sonos multi-room system.

Sonos has designed the Roam so that it can use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth simultaneously (with the Move, you had to choose one or the other).

You can play songs over Bluetooth to your entire Sonos system.

This can make a real difference in echoey rooms. The speaker will use its built-in microphones to calibrate performance based on its surrounding environment. Like the pricier, larger Move, Sonos is building its Auto Trueplay audio tuning feature right into the Roam.

The Sonos Roam will include automatic Trueplay.

Sonos plans to sell it for $169, and the Roam will ship in April. Just like the Move, it will support voice commands for either Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant.

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Measuring 6.5 inches long and weighing around a pound, the portable speaker will offer up to 10 hours of battery life on a charge.

My previous report laid out the core specs of the Sonos Roam. Now I’m able to share a bit more about new functionality that will debut first on the tiny, take-everywhere speaker. On Tuesday, Sonos will introduce its latest product called the Sonos Roam, which The Verge extensively detailed a couple of days ago.

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