OPINION : From Microsoft unveil its newAI venturesto the latest generation of handsetsfrom Poco , there ’s been no dearth of tech reveals this week . But the two that have absolutely floored me are , funnily enough , from the same troupe .
Unless you decided to ignore the news program this week , you ’re likely cognisant that Sonos finally debuted its first pair of headphones in theSonos Ace .
This is a milepost not just for the company itself but for the headphone market at large as it now mean there ’s one more fighter in the ring to gainsay bounty pick from the like of Apple , Sony and Sennheiser .
It says a set that despite well known audio chop in the realm of dwelling entertainment and speakers , Sonos took its prison term before decide to enter this already populated grocery store , giving it the best opportunity to make an impact by bringing meaningful feature film to the table that twin well with Sonos ’ theme song sound .
While it has all the common phone trapping include dynamic noise cancellation and automatic pause / play function , what really stand out is the fact that it can seamlessly link up with a Sonos Arc soundbar so that when you want to transition to personal audio during a motion-picture show or telly show , all you have to do is switch on the earpiece .
This is just the case of feature that could invoke to place cinema enthusiasts ( and be Sonos users ) and while there are interchangeable rendering of the idea on competing devices , they have n’t been confront in this fashion before . Again , it ’s a great example of a society eye up the marketplace and seeing where it can stand out amongst the bunch , and yet for whatever reason , Sonos has done the complete antonym with the surprisal launch of theSonos Roam 2 .
Is thisreallythe new Roam?
As one of the few products to ever score a full five - star military rank here at Trusted Reviews , the originalSonos Roamis still a nifty passport in 2024 , long time after release , and any small issues we had with the gimmick simply were n’t enough to lessen it overall . You would imagine that Sonos would be happy with that but instead , to keep the Roam novel in the mind of consumers , it has put out the most iterative of updates I have ever project .
There has been no change to the sound timber , the conception is almost identical ( save for a change in the colouration of the Sonos logo ) and the battery life remains the same at 10 - hours . So what exactly has changed here ? Well , there ’s now a dedicated Bluetooth button and the Roam 2 can now geminate right out of the box without having to go through the previous Wi - Fi set - up . That ’s it .
At a time when grownup brand like Samsung and Apple are accused of rely on only the low of update for their annual phone releases , I never look Sonos of all company to tangle the bar down even further . How the new Roam ever got a ‘ 2 ’ added to its name or else of being released in a similar manner as the USB - C AirPods Pro , I ’ll never lie with .
