New hardware coming? August 27 & 28 Press events

Interesting thought.

Some sort of "base station" for the headphones to connect to.

But if that's the case, I suspect the number of "but they support it for their headphones, why can't I use it for the speakers" post that we deal with to rise significantly.

Should be interesting, either way. I'm looking forward to it 🙂

https://zatznotfunny.com/2019-08/sonos-bluetooth/

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/8/9/20799127/sonos-connect-refresh-fcc-filing-speakers

https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/9/20799366/sonos-bluetooth-portable-speaker-model-s17

A portable speaker would be great! Could maybe be used as wireless rear surrounds to playbar/beam too?

I don't think any of us know at this point...but I'd have to wonder how long the "battery" would last.

I've never had any trouble finding power for my my PLAY:1s. I'm just delighted not to have to run speaker cables around the whole room.

We'll probably get an announcement from Sonos in the "Announcements" area shortly after the press conference.

Interestingly, the picture I saw on The Verge's website implies that the device is in either Sonos mode, or Bluetooth mode. I would infer from that concept that you're not going to be able to "group" other speakers with the Bluetooth input....it will act just like any other Bluetooth speaker, and not provide a new input to the Sonos ecosystem.

Just a guess at this point, though.

If it works as line in does, it could receive in BT mode and still send the music to other Sonos speakers grouped with it.
Another guess.

The “button” on the back leads me to think that it won’t. Otherwise, why have the button?

i.e if it acts the same as AirPlay 2, what would be the purpose of a physical button? Wouldn’t it just be something in software?

I don’t know 😉

Heh. I should think things out more. Maybe it’s due to the fact that there’s an energy cost of searching for a WiFi signal? By switching it to Bluetooth mode, you’d be turning on the Bluetooth receiver, and powering off the search for a WiFi signal, which would suggest it can’t be used to “group” with other Sonos devices in that mode....so maybe in Bluetooth mode, it can’t be in stereo, just in mono?

How many days do we have left to speculate, and argue? 😉

The Verge has always been a pretty reliable source on new Sonos products. They updated their article with some interesting additional points.

• When in Bluetooth mode, the speaker cannot be controlled with the Sonos app. It behaves like any other Bluetooth speaker. You pair a device and play.
• In regular Wi-Fi mode, the speaker appears like any other Sonos device in the app — but with a battery indicator.