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Extremely disappointed today to learn that the £700 current and only soundbar from Sonos will NOT have the AirPlay 2 feature, which we (Apple users) have been so looking forward to.



Also gutted as we have just approved a major kitchen rebuild with integrated ceiling speakers and Connect:AMP and there's no alternative for that too.



Airplay 2 for should be for ALL your top price products please.



At least, a very strong trade in programme should be announced soonest.
It has been said in many locations that as long as there was a single AP2 speaker in a grouping you could control the whole group and now it seems we are finding out otherwise.



The statement actual is true. The issue problem is in your understanding what a group is within Sonos terms. Speakers in a 5.1 setup are not grouped together, they are bonded. A stereo pair is not a group either. A group is actually two separate rooms temporally set together to play audio in sync.



I get why people can interpret the statement differently, since the 'word' group is rather generic in the English language, not specific as it with Sonos. Hard to even really blame Sonos for this as tech companies used generic words for a more specific meaning all the time, to at least give users a clue about what they mean rather than inventing words.



By the way, you have it the other way around, to have Airplay 2 you should not remove the Sonos One from your setup but rather your Playbar. Yeah it's that ridiculous.



Within the Sonos app, you cannot remove the playbar from a 5.1 setup. You can remove the surrounds, which then put the surrounds as a separate stereo pair. Of course, you can also remove the sub, but that's irrelevant here.



I understand that your looking at it from a perspective that the playbar is sort of blocking the Sonos Ones airplay 2 functionality, and that's not inaccurate. However, that's not accurate in terms of what would need to be done within the control app.
one of the reasons for paying a premium for Sonos gear is the promise of longevity. if the company is going to arbitrarily obsolete product then what is the point? For example, what is the technical reason a Play 3 cannot support Airplay 2?
The older units have insufficient processing power for Airplay 2.
The older units have insufficient processing power for Airplay 2.

what about an option for a paid processor upgrade? with the board swap performed by authorised dealers - surely would be cheaper for the customer than new devices. if they do not support current technologies then the resale is poor also.....
The older units have insufficient processing power for Airplay 2.

what about an option for a paid processor upgrade? with the board swap performed by authorised dealers - surely would be cheaper for the customer than new devices. if they do not support current technologies then the resale is poor also.....



I highly doubt the processor can be upgraded easily and inexpensively enough to make it worth it to Sonos and/or its customers.
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