New Move 2’s Still Can’t do Bluetooth Stereo?!

I’m not sure that I agree it’s an absolute must for most people, and I suspect market research told Sonos that the could sell more speakers at the lower (assumed) price point, and leave those who needed this feature to other sellers.

However, the benefit of electronics is that over time, features in chipsets become cheaper, and it is entirely possible we will see this feature in a future Sonos device, without a cost increase passed on to us. 

Certainly I have no facts, but who on earth wouldn’t want to have a portable speaker like the Move 2 pairable via Bluetooth? So my pair is of course meant for indoor use, but I have often wished when I am having a little gathering outside where wifi is spotty that I could just bring my Move’s out and have stereo music. Sure a single Move sounds good, but once you have had stereo, there really is no substitute. 

I have a background in research so the answer you get to your inquiry depends on how you ask your question, and whom you ask it of. I cannot for the life of me imagine anybody being asked:

“So if you owned a pair of Move 2s, that you enjoyed with wifi as a stereo pair, would you like if we made it possible to use them as a stereo pair with Bluetooth in case you are ever without wifi?”

And answering no, don’t bother making my expensive product more flexible, that sounds like a bad idea. At worst people would say I probably won’t use that feature, but it sounds like a great idea just in case. No way Sonos asked the right question. IMO.

Sure. However, if you ask the question : how many devices can we sell at price point X, and how many devices can we sell at price point X +$30, it may be beneficial to Sonos to go the first route. 

I’ve not done this research, I’m just playing devil’s advocate. I have zero knowledge as to Sonos’ perspective on this, or even if that was a question. And I’ll certainly give you the ‘if asked, people will want it’, but there’s no guaranty that it was an aspect that they were concerned with, at the point of design and chip speccing. 

We could continue intelligently discussing this ad infinitum, neither side being wrong, but the simple fact is that the feature isn’t in the current device. No amount of frustration or discussion will change that. Hopefully, Sonos moderators pass this feature request to the necessary group, so it can be considered for the next speaker. 

Agreed, and that is the only reason I post, so that they know what customers are asking for. I own 2 x Sub 3, 4 x Five, one Arc and 2 x Move 2s so clearly I am invested in Sonos, and I do want my perspective heard. Thanks for the thoughtful replies. Cheers.

And Sonos isn’t going to say why it isn’t a feature or even if it is possible/impossible to do.  The very few times they’ve discussed things like that (Airplay 2 for old devices, for instance) they were bombarded by armchair software/hardware engineers telling them where they were wrong, with claims of “it’s just a few lines of code” or proposals for uber expensive solutions which would put them out of business.  I’ve only seen one poster in 14 years who actually said “Thanks for the info, I can make my decision now.”