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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BMF

Prodigy III

Form factor would be one reason, I assume

I also like the idea of auto TruePlay for more static rooms, due to changes in the room where you may have more people, open closed curtains (drapes) etc. you wouldn't want to kill the mood by running another TruePlay… asking guests to be quiet whilst you wave your phone like a crazy person.

Also would be of benefit to the Android folks who do not have TruePlay.

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Vaclav Laga

Contributor I

Hi, will it be possible to use Roam as an external speaker for smart TV (Samsung QE50Q67T)? The TV has BT conectivity (BT 4.2) and in general should support external BT speakers.

Thank you

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Kave

Trending Lyricist I

Can I use this in my Sauna? The move can be used up to 40C degrees, how about this?

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Hellipsis

Contributor I

I am really excited by the Roam

Main reasons is the handoff to and from existing sonos setup. Sounds like you can pass off anything played on roam to ur whole sonos system so they all play it. And vice versa.

Even though i have a sonos setup i was using my phone to a wonderboom 3 speaker for playing stuff off my phone and avoiding the taps to play things through the sonos app.

So the roam really solves this for me. And love its portability.

The charger is way overpriced for me. Ill just be getting the Roam.

Im guessing the voice assistant works on as needs internet.

But if u were outside can u also have the roam connected to your phones tethered connection. So that people can all request songs through the voice assistant on the speaker?

Hope there are some nice 3rd party cases that come out to carry it around and for travel etc

melvimbe

Is it the form factor that’s appealing, in that case? The price isn’t all that different than a Sonos One SL, after all.

Yes, I think it is. I imagine Sonos could also drop the price a bit and still have a healthy profit since they are taking away features like they did with the SL.

Danny

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sjw

Local Superstar

Hey everyone, ….w

How long can I expect the battery to last when playing/sleep/powered off?
- From a full charge, you can expect the following from Roam's battery under these conditions:
- On and in use = 10 hours (temperature and device volume can impact the overall result)
- On but not in use = 1 day
- Sleep mode = 10 days
- Off = 70 days

@James L. , this sounds good. The ‘Off = 70 days’ especially so. This suggests it can be fully switched off with confidence and that it should still be OK at least some weeks later. Can you confirm if the Roam uses a different Power Management ‘routine’ than the Move as the Move is not close to that? If so, is there a possibilty to apply this to the Move too?

Also, can you confirm the Roam connects directly to the WiFi router and onwards into Sonosnet - as opposed to directly into the Sonosnet matrix like other speakers (except Move)?

James L.

Retired Community Staff

Hi, will it be possible to use Roam as an external speaker for smart TV (Samsung QE50Q67T)?

While this should work, and there are customers who have achieved this with their Move, not all TVs transmit via Bluetooth in the same way, so it’s possible there may be some challenges with that sort of setup.

Can I use this in my Sauna? The move can be used up to 40C degrees, how about this?

Roam has an operating temperature range of 5°C to 35°C (41°F to 95°F) so I’m afraid that’s probably a no-go for a sauna.

Im guessing the voice assistant works on as needs internet.

But if u were outside can u also have the roam connected to your phones tethered connection. So that people can all request songs through the voice assistant on the speaker?

You guess correctly; Roam needs to be connected to WiFi to use voice assistants. Setting Roam up on a mobile hotspot should enable that functionality on the go.

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melvimbe

I am really excited by the Roam

Main reasons is the handoff to and from existing sonos setup. Sounds like you can pass off anything played on roam to ur whole sonos system so they all play it. And vice versa.

Read this article that James posted above. When using the speaker swap features, there are limitation. It appears that you can still group the Roam to your other speakers for any content. You just can’t swap speakers for any content.

Although I can kind of understand the limitations from a technical point of view, but that makes the speaker swap feature not very useful to me. I can see where this will be useful if you’re playing your Roam in the backyard, in WiFi range, and come into the house wanting the same music playing. Since I have outdoor speakers, I don’t see myself using this. The other way I see it used as sort of a remote control to transfer music to a different room without using the app. Most of the time, I’ll just use the speaker button to add the new room to the group, leaving it playing in the old room.

Even though i have a sonos setup i was using my phone to a wonderboom 3 speaker for playing stuff off my phone and avoiding the taps to play things through the sonos app.

So the roam really solves this for me. And love its portability.

The charger is way overpriced for me. Ill just be getting the Roam.

I don’t know that this will allow you to BT to the roam, then group with your other Sonos speakers without using the app. Perhaps you can configure it so BT sources automatically play/group with a different room, similar to what you do with Aux input?

Im guessing the voice assistant works on as needs internet.

yes

But if u were outside can u also have the roam connected to your phones tethered connection. So that people can all request songs through the voice assistant on the speaker?

Yes, I believe you can already do this with the Move. I honestly haven’t tried it before.

Hope there are some nice 3rd party cases that come out to carry it around and for travel etc

One thing I haven’t seen asked yet...can the Roam be used as a speaker phone? The Move could not, so woudn’t be surprised if that’s the case for the Roam as well.

Also, what happens with the Roam is connected via WiFi, playing streaming audio, but also connected via BT to your phone? If you initiate audio on the phone, or maybe just receive a phone call, will the Roam automatically switch to BT audio, or does it need to manually be done? If it’s automatic, will that cause you to ‘lose’ your WiFi stream. (I’m guess it’s manual for that reason)

Danny

James L.

Retired Community Staff

Can you confirm if the Roam uses a different Power Management ‘routine’ than the Move as the Move is not close to that? If so, is there a possibilty to apply this to the Move too?

I'm not privy to the exact power management system of Roam so can't comment on how it differs from Move.

Also, can you confirm the Roam connects directly to the WiFi router and onwards into Sonosnet - as opposed to directly into the Sonosnet matrix like other speakers (except Move)?

Yes, Sonos Roam connects directly to your WiFi network and does not connect to Sonosnet, just like Move.

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3615gregoire

Lyricist I

Hi!

Do we know if Roam can be used as an external battery to charge a phone (like the Anker SoundCore Boost, for example)?

Thanks!

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