Introducing Sonos Move, Brilliant Sound Anywhere

In Southern California I've certainly dealt with my share of adobe walls and wire mesh lined construction. Here's hoping you're pleasantly surprised 🙂

Is there any idea about the price tag of the replacement battery yet?

Especially because of using it in a sustainable and ecological manner, it would be great to know about that before buying. Because the price is already almost twice as high as of the "One"! And if the battery price would be too high, then I would go for a wired Sonos once more instead of the "Move"....

Regarding the long term use of the "Move", the battery price should not get that much high...

...because it is inevitable that the battery has to be replaced if you want to use the "Move" for a long time!

@voodopupp Out of curiosity, how does the price of a replacement battery effect how sustainable/ecological the Move is? It certainly reflects how affordable the Move is, just not seeing the environmental impact of price.


Unrelated...for those of us who pre-ordered, you might want to check your tracking. Mine's out for delivery, a day early.

Hi melvimbe,

okay, a bit confusing ;)
in general I mean: the longer I use a product (instead of just replacing it) the better it is for the environment, right?

Lets set an imaginary example:
the battery will cost 200 bucks! (not entirely absurd on Sonos products 😉 )
And the battery will not die after 3 years, it will die already after 1 year and 4 months because

• excessive use
• no good treadment of the battery (leaving the Sonos move outside in the garden shed - always too cold inside or getting hot)
• ....

Whatever:
so people buy the "Move" and afterwards they realise the price tag for the replacement battery is really high and also the durability of the battery is not too good.
What could happen then? Some of the people will not buy a replacement battery but will buy another Sonos products instead. Because the wired versions work for several years without any problem....

So in the end there could be some "waste product" because it is not possible to use it in the way it should be used....and all the battery materials inside are perhaps not that ecological as a normal power supply unit.

Hi melvimbe,

okay, a bit confusing ;)
in general I mean: the longer I use a product (instead of just replacing it) the better it is for the environment, right?

Well yes. Maybe it's just semantics, but how long a product lasts and how much it costs (total cost of ownership) are not the same thing. I get what you're getting at though, just not what I think of in terms of sustainability/environmental impact.

Lets set an imaginary example:
the battery will cost 200 bucks! (not entirely absurd on Sonos products 😉 )
And the battery will not die after 3 years, it will die already after 1 year and 4 months because

• excessive use
• no good treadment of the battery (leaving the Sonos move outside in the garden shed - always too cold inside or getting hot)
• ....

Whatever:
so people buy the "Move" and afterwards they realise the price tag for the replacement battery is really high and also the durability of the battery is not too good.
What could happen then? Some of the people will not buy a replacement battery but will buy another Sonos products instead. Because the wired versions work for several years without any problem....

It sounds more like your question is not just price, but the quality of the product and battery. Sonos has talked about their testing and it's IPX rating. They also mentioned that it would last through 900 (I think it was 900) charges. Beyond that, I'm not sure we can know too much more.

So in the end there could be some "waste product" because it is not possible to use it in the way it should be used....and all the battery materials inside are perhaps not that ecological as a normal power supply unit.

...which has nothing to do with how much it costs. Regardless, it has a lithium ion battery in it, so I think it's going to be ecologically not as good as a plug in unit based on that alone.

FYI, for those that preordered, you might be receiving your speaker today. According to the tracking, mine's out for delivery

Picked one up for £339, keep an eye on stock here if you're in the UK

Received mine today. Is there. A way to know the battery level without having to look at the room on the app?

Received mine today. Is there. A way to know the battery level without having to look at the room on the app?
There's no regular power indicator on the device, we found the best place to put it was in the app. Where were you looking to find a power indication? I'll pass along that as feedback.

So as I stated above, my Move arrived a day early. I really love it, and for reasons I wasn't expecting. It's not


Packaging is nice, same as you always get with Sonos. A rather nice bonus is the Move came wrapped in it's own drawstring back that you can just use. I absolutely love little things like this, and I probably would have ended up buying one if not included. Very nice touch.

The size is actually pretty nice. A little heavy, but not overburdening at all. I like the handle way better than I thought I would and you can tell there was a lot of thought into getting it right.

Setup was rather easy as expected. Same as any other Sonos speaker, except you're going to want to setup bluetooth as well.

When I start playing it at first, it sounded plenty powerful, but not great overall. But that's because auto trueplay wasn't done yet. By the end of the first song, it's sounds like it's tuned. This is a very nice feature, absolutely love it. I think Sonos picked the right product to introduce the feature, because you can move it from room to room and hear the it make adjustments and improve itself. Not just demonstrating it's ability, but fun to do, IMO.

Overall sound quality once tuned is really better than expected. It feels like a little better than play:3. It's not going to beat out a pair of Sonos Ones, but you get all the new features.

The wifi range is pretty strong. It could go further than my Galaxy 9 could. Bluetooth mode sound quality isn't quite as good but feels like it's mostly due to the lack of auto trueplay. It feels like it assumes you're going to use it outside and tunes to that expectation.

One little important feature when switching modes, it seems like it remembers the volume you had on wifi. So when you switch it to bluetooth, you're going to mess with the volume, probably louder. Going back to wifi, it seemed to go back to it's previous volume. Oh, and I really like that the wifi/BT button is slightly raised and a different shape then the other buttons. It makes it so you can switch by touch alone, blind.

Alexa works as expected. I didn't play with it too much, but don't expect any issues.

I'm not exactly sure where I'm going to use the Move yet, what rooms since I have Sonos everywhere already. I think the answer might be, all of them. I've tried it in the dining room, a bedroom, a bathroom, the garage, the patio, it works everywhere. It's got a slightly different sound to it. And I found that I like picking it up and carry it around with me. And I suddenly have the desire to go to the beach this weekend. The Move makes me want to move.

Overall, what stands out the most to me isn't that it sounds good, that it's got a battery...we've seen that with other speakers before. It's auto trueplay, that it gonna sound good where ever you place it.