Meet Sonos Roam, the ultra-portable smart speaker

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We’re happy to introduce you all to Sonos Roam, the ultra-portable smart speaker built to deliver great sound at home and on any adventure. Fully connected to your Sonos system on WiFi at home and automatically switching to Bluetooth when you’re on the go, Roam’s powerful, adaptable sound defies expectations for a speaker of its size. Effortless set-up and control and new smart features make it easier than ever to enjoy music and more from anywhere. Weighing less than a pound (450g), Roam’s elegant yet durable design is perfect for your home, the backyard, and wherever you go.

Get to know Sonos Roam

A simultaneous connection to both WiFi and Bluetooth makes streaming wherever you are seamless. When you’re listening at home Roam connects to your system and streams on WiFi, and when you leave it intuitively switches to Bluetooth and automatically re-pairs with your mobile device.

With an all-new feature called Sound Swap, you can hold the play/pause button on the speaker to switch the music to the nearest speaker on your system, making it easy to move music from room-to-room.

Sonos Roam (left) and Sonos Move (right)

Seamless connectivity also unlocks Bluetooth streaming for your entire system, with the Sonos app allowing you to group any of your Sonos speakers to Roam when streaming with Bluetooth. Roam works with more than 100 streaming services, including Sonos Radio, and is easily controlled with the Sonos app, your voice with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, Apple AirPlay 2, or directly from your favorite music service app.

Roam was created to deliver an incredible sound experience no matter where you are. Like all Sonos products, Roam was tuned by industry leaders across music and film to ensure the speaker reproduces content exactly how the creator intended. A carefully designed acoustic architecture delivers rich, detailed sound with the clarity, depth, and fullness you’d expect from a larger speaker.

Automatic Trueplay is now available when streaming via Bluetooth as well as Wi-Fi, and means Roam is always tuned for the best listening experience in any environment.

Available in shadow black or lunar white, Roam’s tactile triangular shape and soft profile is comfortable to pick up and looks great inside the home. Combining elegance and durability, Roam is dust proof and fully waterproof with a rigorously tested IP67 rating, and features silicone end caps and physical buttons to protect against drops or bumps.

Roam is ready for any adventure with up to 10 hours of continuous playback on a single charge and up to 10 days of battery life when not in use.

To recharge, Roam connects to a custom magnetic wireless charger from Sonos sold separately, any Qi wireless charger, or with the USB-C cable included in the box.

Roam’s compact size will fit into any bag or the smallest corner of your living space. Listeners can place Roam vertically for a smaller footprint or horizontally to provide added stability on uneven surfaces outdoors. Even the packaging leaves a light footprint, with a structure that is made of 100% sustainably-sourced paper, minimizes the use of inks, and includes no single-use plastics.

Roam is available starting April 20 for $169, €179, £159, NOK1799, SEK1999, DKK1349. You can pre-order today on sonos.com.

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Airgetlam

It is entirely possible that feature requires specific hardware that isn’t in the Move, and is not just a simple update of the software.

Bruce

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caesar327

Prodigy I

Question about preordering this. What does preordering get you exactly? Will it ship BEFORE April 20th?

melvimbe

Question about preordering this. What does preordering get you exactly? Will it ship BEFORE April 20th?

Based on previous preorders Sonos has done, it means that they will try to ship the speakers out so that they arrive at your address before or on April 20th. When the Arc was released, some people got it as soon as a week before the release date. However, Sonos didn’t provide the firmware update so the speaker could be installed till the release date (or a day before, can’t recall exactly).

It’s worth nothing though that on planet COVID, supply is never guaranteed. With the Arc, they could not get all preorders out in time, and those that preordered later didn’t get the Arc on release date (mine came about a week later). So, it’s wise to ‘get in line’ early.

Also, with past preorders, Sonos doesn’t charge your CC till it ships, and I’d be shocked if this release is any different.

Danny

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v.koutensky

Lyricist III

Sorry guys, but if a bluetooth stereo is still not available its dealbreaker for me.

I still consider it as biggest fail of my Move pair, and with even bigger portability of Roam, it simply makes no sense. Roam begs for portable use but inability to operate pair outside home WiFi, or a must to carry travel router along, kills the whole concept for me.

You made me buy 2x Anker Flare Mini for my travel purposes and come on guys, even those 50 USD devices can form the bluetooth pair.

Jeffrey_35

Headliner III

Sorry guys, but if a bluetooth stereo is still not available its dealbreaker for me.

I still consider it as biggest fail of my Move pair, and with even bigger portability of Roam, it simply makes no sense. Roam begs for portable use but inability to operate pair outside home WiFi, or a must to carry travel router along, kills the whole concept for me.

You made me buy 2x Anker Flare Mini for my travel purposes and come on guys, even those 50 USD devices can form the bluetooth pair.

I can understand your frustration and where you are coming from. From my perspective I just can’t imagine the need for a bluetooth stereo pair of Moves. I think that is a powerful enough speaker that unless you are trying to fill something large the one will be more than enough. To me it’s use case is great sounding small group speaker that you can take anywhere. I think in the Roam’s case, it’s use case anywhere, easily for one or two, more individually based. Campsite, check, beach/park, yes, Tailgating with your family, yep. I am not saying this to be a jerk or in a condescending way, I am just trying to understand what use case would require stereo sound as a must when you can do a pretty great job with a single Move, or in this case a Roam.

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.”

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LittleDreaD

Contributor II

Hey everyone,

I thought I’d try to answer all the questions in this thread so far. Let us know if you have any other questions, and we’ll try our best to answer them!

Are there wall mounts or other accessories, besides the charger, coming for the Roam?

I will be using this in the bathroom but as I’m severely disabled wheelchair user. I would like to install it semi - permanently in the bathroom without having to keep disconnecting it from the mount to charge in another room. Therefore a bathroom wall mount with a built in charger which if safety regulations permit, could be powered from the bathroom shaving socket would be nice.

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v.koutensky

Lyricist III

Sorry guys….

I can understand your frustration ...

Thanks, for open mind.
The reason for me is STEREO. It changes a lot in my music perception and makes a experience significantly more pleasant - giving a feeling of instrument positioning, soundstage, the feeling that music appears directly in your head, not on one exact place in the room.

This is, what even single MOVE is missing. All the stuff like trueplay, omnidirectional spreading of sound, helps, but dont get experience even close to stereo listening. When I first heard the Move, I loved the sound of box itself but my first feeling was “and where is the second half?” Compared to my old desktop Creative T20 active speaker, the MOVE has obviously better sound quality, but the overall experience was still in favor of Creative. As I use pair of Move in stereo, I am very happy bunny. The only limit it has, that I need a full wifi coverage including eg patio, and I am unable to take MOVE with me eg to vaccancy spot, as reverting whole system to another wifi network is anything, but intuitive And therefore, I am dissaponted by the lack of stereo pairing in bluetooth, as it would solve all my objections easily. And its more hard to understand, if bluetooth is already in device.

The whole thing is more “escalated” with ROAM. As with better portability, it would be great device to take those with me for weekend stays, vacation, business trips, to many places outside my “home wifi”. Love the compact size, idea of QI wifi charging. Integration to a Sonos system is not necessary for this “travel” usage, I would most listen to my Tidal downloaded music.
What I am searching for is one portable stereo system, which I would use in Sonos ecosystem while at home, and mainly as bluetooth stereo set when outside. ROAM is frustrating from this point of view, as it is almost ideal solution, but absence of bluetooth stereo kills it.

(Just for sure: no offensive feelings in my heart, just bit of frustration :-) I am just trying to provide open feedback and explain my case. And please appologize my English, as you recognized I am not native speaker.)

All the best. Vit

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P.Christ

Lyricist II

Hey everyone,

I thought I’d try to answer all the questions in this thread so far. Let us know if you have any other questions, and we’ll try our best to answer them!

Does stereo pairing work on Bluetooth as well as WiFi?
- No, though we realise it’s something our customers would like to see, so we’ll be looking into this in the future.

Hope they will looking into this in the future ;) What do you think?

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P.Christ

Lyricist II

One more question ... the spec says that the Roam works from
41 ° F to 95 ° F (5 ° C to 35 ° C)... is that a mistake or what should it look like in summer / winter? Are these temperatures reached quickly today?

James L.

Retired Community Staff

One more question ... the spec says that the Roam works from
41 ° F to 95 ° F (5 ° C to 35 ° C)... is that a mistake or what should it look like in summer / winter? Are these temperatures reached quickly today?

I can confirm those numbers are correct. We would not recommend putting Roam in extreme cold or heat for any extended period of time.

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