Sonos is today detailing the future of its multiroom home audio strategy, which revolves around a new app and operating system called Sonos S2 that will run on many current Sonos products and be the foundation for all of the company’s future devices. Sonos S2, will arrive in June of this year. Sonos says that […]
Back in January, Sonos was the star of a juicy controversy. It announced that regular software updates would be ending for some of its older products, and while that on its own was enough to get people riled up, it also brought the company’s “Recycle Mode” under the spotlight. Recycle Mode was part of Sonos’s […]
Sonos is continuing to distance itself from some of the oldest products it has sold over the years. Starting from May, legacy Sonos products will be dropped from the company’s update cycle, and will no longer receive new features. If you own a first-generation Play:5, an original Zone Player (ZP80, ZP90, ZP100 and ZP120), a […]
Sonos is suing Google in two different courts over allegations of patent infringement. While the patent litigation is the primary reason, a secondary reason may be increasingly anti-competitive relationship Sonos has with Google and Amazon. Sonos relies on both for their virtual assistants and storefronts, however, Google Home and Amazon Echo undercut Sonos speakers in […]
Sonos has a good reputation for building quality speakers, but its latest move has disappointed some buyers. Recently, Sonos offered a trade-up program, giving legacy customers 30 percent off the latest One, Beam or Port. In exchange, buyers just had to “recycle” their existing products. However, what Sonos meant by “recycle” was to activate a […]
As for what’s on the table, Sonos didn’t give any hints. The oldest hardware in Sonos’ lineup at this point is the Playbar home theater soundbar and the Play:5 speaker. They both sound excellent still, but neither has built-in voice control like the newer Sonos One and Beam speakers. They’re also certainly using older components […]
Sonos is bringing the Google Assistant to its smart speakers the company announced as part of its earnings report Thursday that Assistant support will be rolling out next week. The company has been beta testing this functionality for months, but now we’re finally learning it is ready to roll out to the Sonos One and […]
After releasing a closer tease of the collection last month, IKEA and Sonos have now officially revealed their full SYMFONISK collaboration at Milan Design Week. The range features two pieces a table lamp and a book-shelf both of which are also WiFi speakers complete with Sonos’ signature audio technologies. For the design of the table lamp, […]