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Sonos Ace Ultra as a room in the S2 app

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Will the new Sonos Ace Ultra headphone be just another room in the S2 app? Or does it require one of the compatible Sonos products?

Corry PAnswer

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Hi @beynym et al

You should find my recent post on another thread of interest:

I hope this helps.

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beynymAuthor

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In order to add Ace Ultra to your system, you have to link it. This appears to be a one off process,

If you're right about this, it wouldn't be a problem for me. Linking & swapping every time I want to use the Ace Ultra would be a no go for me. I hope you're right. Can anybody confirm this?

melvimbe

In order to add Ace Ultra to your system, you have to link it. This appears to be a one off process,

If you're right about this, it wouldn't be a problem for me. Linking & swapping every time I want to use the Ace Ultra would be a no go for me. I hope you're right. Can anybody confirm this?

I think you need to link to a speaker everytime you want to initiate playback over wifi. And it seems like all that entails is just pressing a button on your headphones, not anymore complicated than a Bluetooth connection.

Danny

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In order to add Ace Ultra to your system, you have to link it. This appears to be a one off process,

If you're right about this, it wouldn't be a problem for me. Linking & swapping every time I want to use the Ace Ultra would be a no go for me. I hope you're right. Can anybody confirm this?

I think you need to link to a speaker everytime you want to initiate playback over wifi. And it seems like all that entails is just pressing a button on your headphones, not anymore complicated than a Bluetooth connection.

That is not what the support pages imply.

SarahN

Local Superstar

Given the linking thing will be in a testing environment and could be subject to change, I will hold off ordering the Ace Ultra until it is fully available and tested. That way, I will know for sure how it will work and will have other people’s experiences to go by on what it’s like 😁That bit of wording saying ‘it may change, be limited, or be temp unavailable’ just makes me think watching and waiting is the best plan.

Can you have too many Sonos speakers? 🤔 😆

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beynymAuthor

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@Keith N @Liz P. Could you enlighten us about the linking part? Is it one off or something that needs to be done every time when the Ace Ultra is used?

Liz P.

Sonos Staff

@Keith N @Liz P. Could you enlighten us about the linking part? Is it one off or something that needs to be done every time when the Ace Ultra is used?

Just a one off. You won't have to do it every time.

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melvimbe

@Keith N @Liz P. Could you enlighten us about the linking part? Is it one off or something that needs to be done every time when the Ace Ultra is used?

Just a one off. You won't have to do it every time.

Danny

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beynymAuthor

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Just a one off. You won't have to do it every time.

Perfect, thanks for your answer.

AjTrek1

Given the linking thing will be in a testing environment and could be subject to change, I will hold off ordering the Ace Ultra until it is fully available and tested. That way, I will know for sure how it will work and will have other people’s experiences to go by on what it’s like 😁That bit of wording saying ‘it may change, be limited, or be temp unavailable’ just makes me think watching and waiting is the best plan.

IMHO I don’t think Sonos is going to go all-in on a marketing campaign that specifies a unique feature such as Ace Ultra Linking and later bail-out. Doing so would seemingly sound the death-nell for Sonos or a close approximation there of.

My thinking is that during further develpment the software linking feature via the app may go silent as a matter of code adjustment. While the hardware button linking on the Ace Ultra will continue to function.

For example you can start an audio stream via the app to a speaker, delete the app and the stream will continue. At that point it becomes a hardware only control for play/pause (stop).

I may be wrong; but that’s nothing new 😂

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SarahN

Local Superstar

Given all the great comments above, I think I may go ahead and pre order a Sand colour Sonos Ace Ultra 😁. I would then sell my current Ace on eBay. I have 1 x 15% credit left on my account so that would take approx. £59 pound off too.

Can you have too many Sonos speakers? 🤔 😆

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