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Introducing Sonos Move, Brilliant Sound Anywhere

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Introducing Sonos Move, the durable, battery-powered smart speaker for outdoor and indoor listening. Powerful and versatile with smart, adaptable sound, Sonos Move is available starting September 24th.

Sonos Move delivers surprisingly deep bass, an ultra-wide soundscape, and Automatic Trueplay tuning that perfectly balances the sound for where you are and what you're listening to.

Move features two Class-D digital amplifiers perfectly tuned to match the speaker drivers and acoustic architecture. It also has one downward-firing tweeter into a custom-designed waveguide that disperses sound evenly, along with one mid-woofer integrated into the cabinet for deep, rich bass.

Connect Move to the rest of your Sonos system at home on WiFi to stream music in one room or in sync with other speakers throughout your home. Play music, check news, set alarms, get your questions answered, and more, completely hands free with Alexa and the Google Assistant built right in. Switch to Bluetooth when you’re away from home or on the go and play music directly from your mobile device.

Details on Sonos Move:

Move slides seamlessly into the included charging base and features an ergonomic handle, making it easy to pick up and carry.
Move has a tough durable shell and an IP56 rating, meaning it can stand up to falls, bumps, humidity, rain, dust, UV rays, and extreme heat and cold.
Responsive touch controls on the top of the speaker makes it easy to play, pause, skip, adjust the volume, and group rooms when on WiFi. There's also a mic button that can easily turn the microphones on or off.
Move also has a join button, power button, and WiFi/Bluetooth mode button on the back, just under the handle.

Power and battery:
Move’s battery will last for up to 10 hours of uninterrupted playback. If left off the charging base and unused, Move will automatically go into suspend mode to reserve battery for up to 5 days. The battery is rechargeable with an included indoor charging base or with any USB-C charger with the following output levels: 12V/3A, 15V/3A, or 20V/2.25A. After about three years, or 900 charges, Move’s battery can easily be replaced so you can keep listening for years to come.

Pre-order today on Sonos.com in shadow black for $399 US (€399 EUR), available worldwide starting September 24.

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bjw10

Enthusiast I

Just took delivery of my Move and seem to have hit an immediate and obvious problem. Why is the charging base, the charger socket and the cable all designed as one hard-wired unit?

I plan to use the Move in the Study, permanently sited on the charging base, and then move it into the garden etc as and when needed. However, whilst situated in the Study, I cannot hide the cable through the desktop, as I do with other Sonos units, where the power cable can be disconnected from the device. The charger power socket is so huge that it won’t fit through any cable openings in the desktop and certainly the charger base can’t do so either.

Whilst the USB-C charger connection on the back of the Move might get round the issue, it is nowhere near as elegant a solution as being able to drop the unit onto the charging base! Am I missing something, but this seems to be so obvious and I personally do not want cables running across the desktop from power sockets which have been especially positioned so as to be out of sight?

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Colin_M

Contributor I

Just be cautious of excessive data usage with the Move - we’ve put it back in the box as the data usage is unacceptable (we lost most of our monthly data allowance in the first week - which we tracked down to the addition on the Sonos Move). Very disappointing, and could not recommend (hard to say given how much we love our numerous other Sonos products).

minty

Contributor I

Just be cautious of excessive data usage with the Move - we’ve put it back in the box as the data usage is unacceptable (we lost most of our monthly data allowance in the first week - which we tracked down to the addition on the Sonos Move). Very disappointing, and could not recommend (hard to say given how much we love our numerous other Sonos products).

If you’re on a fixed data allowance in this day and age, then Sonos probably not the product for you in the first place. Go buy some cheap JBL Bluetooth setup.

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cdbarker

Lyricist I

This is a good product. Although the move does everything that I want it to do, I would have preferred a cheaper smaller version that is more portable. e.g. something that could be easily packed in a suitcase and taken away on holiday. I’m thinking along the lines of the Bose portable home speaker.

Anyone agree?

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denix

Lyricist III

Oh, great, no SonosNet! Why wasn’t it mentioned in the description?

My setup is a bit more advanced - my 10+ Sonos speakers are on a separate subnet, partially hardwired and on its own SonosNet. That subnet doesn’t have WiFi connection and I don’t allow Sonos speakers (or any other IoT devices) on my main WiFi network. What a bummer!

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RobbDzzz

Lyricist I

The only nit I have to pick with the Move is the inability to daisy chain in bluetooth. I have a pair of them, and when a group of us go to the beach being able to take both and have them daisy chained would make these top of the top! We get spaced out enough that one speaker becomes too little… Hook us up Sonos!

Smilja

The only nit I have to pick with the Move is the inability to daisy chain in bluetooth. I have a pair of them, and when a group of us go to the beach being able to take both and have them daisy chained would make these top of the top! We get spaced out enough that one speaker becomes too little… Hook us up Sonos!

How would you daisy chain the Move in the absence of an ethernet port?

»And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)

Dom1da

Collaborator II

The only nit I have to pick with the Move is the inability to daisy chain in bluetooth. I have a pair of them, and when a group of us go to the beach being able to take both and have them daisy chained would make these top of the top! We get spaced out enough that one speaker becomes too little… Hook us up Sonos!

How would you daisy chain the Move in the absence of an ethernet port?

Other brands Bluetooth speakers like ultimate ears have a feature of making a stereo pair on Bluetooth and some manufactures like JBL can connect more than 2 on Bluetooth from a single device . I think that is what he is referring too. would be a cool feature on the move as well. so it possible as other manufactures have done it.

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Edward R

Retired Sonos Staff

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blkmg

Contributor I

@Edward R

My question was valid, why did you delete it?

And I am asking it again:

If I bought a Move, when would I expect you to no longer support it? A specific date would be nice, just as software (OS) or phone vendors do with their software. In light of recent events, it is a VALID question.

Rather than punish your customers, it would be better to answer the question.

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