1/4/2024 0 Comments Sonos roamOf course, for all the bells and whistles, a speaker sinks or swims by its sound quality. And it could be the smartest Bluetooth speaker of its size ever made. Ultimately, while there's plenty familiar about the Roam, there's plenty new too. This enhancement has now also been added to the Move via a firmware update. This tech was first seen in the Move, but the Roam moves it along by letting it work in a Bluetooth domain as well as a network one. Move the speaker from a bookshelf to a coffee table, say, and it'll recalibrate its sound to its new surroundings to give you the best audio possible. For the uninitiated, this is automatic calibration technology that uses the speaker's microphones to measure the frequency response of its surroundings and adjust sound accordingly, whenever it detects being placed in a new location. (It's also a feature we're expecting to work with the highly anticipated Sonos wireless headphones, due later this year.)Īuto TruePlay is on board, too – and introduces improvements over the version that launched with the Move. So if you come home from a long afternoon's picnicking you can seamlessly swap what's playing to your home system. This lets you 'hand off' whatever music the Roam is playing to another Sonos speaker (the nearest to it) by long-pressing its play/pause button. 'Sonos Swap' is also new and exclusive to the Roam. That means when you leave the house it can connect to a Bluetooth device without you having to initiate pairing. The first new feature the Roam offers is the automatic switching between wi-fi and Bluetooth connectivity and connected devices. Right, so that's enough similarities let us tell you how the two devices differ. Neither the Move nor Roam can work as a home cinema surround speaker with the Sonos Arc, Playbar, Playbase, Beam or Sub – that remains the job of the One, One SL and IKEA speakers. Sonos hasn't yet mentioned such functionality with the Roam, but as the consumer tech world is moving towards more sustainability, we wouldn't be surprised if becomes an option for Roam – if its design even allows for it.Īlso like the Move, the Roam has voice control via Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, as well as Apple's AirPlay 2. Its battery is also swappable, should you need to replace it (it will be a lot cheaper than buying a whole new speaker). The Move also has a USB-C cable, with a charging base that comes in the box. Sonos has also launched a $49 dedicated wireless charging base that the Roam clips onto using magnets, although Roam is also compatible with third-party Qi wireless chargers. To juice it up, the Roam comes with a USB-C cable (but not a power adaptor). In that context it's impressive, although note that (not-so-fruitfully-featured) Bluetooth speakers do often offer longer battery lives. Like the Move, the Roam has a rechargeable battery, and despite its much smaller size, it manages to match the Move's 10-hour run time. Wi-fi also means it can work as part of a Sonos multi-room system (as the Move can too) it's as much a member of the family as every other speaker, also controlled by the Sonos S2 app. For example, it also has both Bluetooth and wi-fi connectivity, so you can stream tunes to it offline from a phone or tablet, or over the internet using a service such as Spotify or Tidal, like the rest of the Sonos speaker range. While the Roam is a very different proposition to the Move, it does share some of the same traits. The names of both devices are quite apt, then: the Move is intended to be moved from room to room, and the Roam to be taken with you on your wider travels. The Move is only IP56-rated, which means it's only protected from ‘harmful dust’ and ‘strong water jets from all directions’. It's IP67-rated, meaning it can be completely submerged in three feet of water for up to 30 minutes. In light of its more rugged leanings, the Roam is also more resistant to the elements than the Move. Whereas the majority of Bluetooth speakers are designed to be tossed in a bag and taken to the park, picnic, pool or beach (just as the Roam is), the Move is more of a home speaker that can be moved from room to room or into the garden. One of the biggest criticisms of the Move is that its bulk and heft pushes the definitions of portability. The comparative specs for the Move are dimensions of 24 x 16 x 13cm and a weight of 3kg. Naturally, it's lighter, too, tipping the scales at 430g. That's smaller than a standard water bottle. And it's a lot smaller – six times smaller in fact, measuring just 17 x 6 x 6cm. It's triangular, for a start, like a Toblerone. As soon as you clap eyes on it, you'll see the Roam is a very different beast to the Move.
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