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Kh0annguyen
Contributor I
May 4, 2021
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Can you connect more than one Sonos Roam via Bluetooth

Aka daisy chain. Many cheap bluetooth speakers can do this so it would be disappointing if the Roam can't. I do know that two Roams will not do stereo in bluetooth but I can't seem to find anywhere if it even supports two Roams or more in mono.

Thanks

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    Corry P
    Corry PAnswer
    Sonos Staff
    May 10, 2021

    Hi @Kh0annguyen 

    Welcome to the Sonos Community!

    Thanks for your feedback - I’ve tagged this topic as a feature request and it will be seen by the development team (though you can assume it’s been suggested before).

     

    "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
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    Ken_Griffiths
    Ken_Griffiths
    August 14, 2023

    Thanks guys, this sounds pretty easy and this tip should allow us to listen to good music in stereo in the beach without lugging my much larger JBL Extreme Bluetooth speakers.

    Sonos really needs to address this shortcoming, just no excuse for such a limitation with a higher end product like the Roam when much cheaper options have no issues streaming stereo over Bluetooth. Anyone willing to pay Sonos prices does so because they have a deep appreciation for SQ, and most anyone in that portion of the market will typically be less than satisfied with mono. It’s really inexplicable that they still haven’t addressed this at this point. 
     

    Many thanks for the workaround.

    Another ‘similar’ option is to connect the mobile device to a rechargeable dual Bluetooth transmitter that can connect/stream to two (Roam) devices simultaneously. It means stereo audio plays on both speakers, but I find that works fine for outdoor use. Here’s an example (selected at random) from Amazon, but there are many others to choose from…

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/SONRU-Bluetooth-Transmitter-Receiver-Adapter-Black/dp/B0BD89GRW1

    rpr13
    August 21, 2023

    Man this is frustrating. So I’m at the beach and don’t have the second cell phone on me so can’t do the hotspot workaround. All I’m trying to do is to get both Roams to play a mono signal. Holding the Play button on the second Roam does nothing.

    I’m assuming I need to trudge back up to the rental house, find wifi again, separate the previously established stereo pair between these two speakers (which you can’t do when not connected to wifi), and then the Group function will work?

    Since I’m on a different wifi (rental house) I don’t even know if that will work.

    They should have called these Roam speakers NoRoams…
     

     

      Ken_Griffiths
      Ken_Griffiths
      August 21, 2023

      Man this is frustrating. So I’m at the beach and don’t have the second cell phone on me so can’t do the hotspot workaround. All I’m trying to do is to get both Roams to play a mono signal. Holding the Play button on the second Roam does nothing.

      I’m assuming I need to trudge back up to the rental house, find wifi again, separate the previously established stereo pair between these two speakers (which you can’t do when not connected to wifi), and then the Group function will work?

      Since I’m on a different wifi (rental house) I don’t even know if that will work.

      They should have called these Roam speakers NoRoams…

      If you don’t have the right kit with you, then there’s little anyone can do to assist. It’s been mentioned here in the community ‘many’ times, to either use a dual Bluetooth transmitting device (some android mobile phones support this), or a mobile hotspot, or MiFi device. If you don’t have any of those with you, then you can only play the Bluetooth stream to one Roam only. Anyone of the things mentioned will allow you to play to two Roams (or a good many more speakers in some instance).

        rpr13
        August 21, 2023

        No, you’ve missed the point, according to prior posts on this thread you’re supposed to be able to group two Roams and play mono Bluetooth signal to both without any additional transmitting devices. If this is not correct than prior posts above are incorrect.

        Ken_Griffiths
        Ken_Griffiths
        August 21, 2023

        No, you’ve missed the point, according to prior posts on this thread you’re supposed to be able to group two Roams and play mono Bluetooth signal to both without any additional transmitting devices. If this is not correct than prior posts above are incorrect.

        I’ve looked back over the thread and the Staff put it forward as a feature request and the rest of the thread is mostly about pairing/grouping and playing back the Bluetooth audio to all when on WiFi or mobile WiFi .. that’s how I read things, at least. I don’t think I’m missing the point here.

          melvimbe
          melvimbe
          August 21, 2023

          No, you’ve missed the point, according to prior posts on this thread you’re supposed to be able to group two Roams and play mono Bluetooth signal to both without any additional transmitting devices. If this is not correct than prior posts above are incorrect.

           

          ‘grouping’ only occurs over a WiFi connection.

          Danny
            rpr13
            August 21, 2023

            Apologies, might have been another thread or I might have missed the wifi references.

            missadrika
            Listener
            September 15, 2023

            As of my last knowledge update in September 2021, the Sonos Roam does not support daisy chaining or connecting multiple Roam speakers in mono or stereo via Bluetooth.

            It's designed primarily for individual portable use, and while it can connect with other Sonos speakers using Wi-Fi for a multi-room audio experience, this feature is limited when using Bluetooth.

            However, Sonos may have released firmware updates or new products with additional features since then.

            To get the most accurate and up-to-date information regarding the capabilities of the Sonos Roam, I recommend visiting the official Sonos website or checking the user manual for the latest details or any software updates that might have been introduced since my last update.

            Farty
            Contributor I
            June 4, 2024

            All these answers are 2 years old.  You’d think SONOS would have fixed this by now!!

            Ken_Griffiths
            Ken_Griffiths
            June 4, 2024

            All these answers are 2 years old.  You’d think SONOS would have fixed this by now!!

            I guess they do not see it as being broken - a user can play a Bluetooth audio source to a Roam and over WiFi, that Roam can be grouped to 31 other Sonos products, so that could be 32 Roams (just as an example) all playing the same audio source. 

            I think these days that some Bluetooth TX devices and Android phones support dual BT connection and playback too, even without WiFi. So there’s not much worth fixing, in some respects.

            I have two Roams, but if I go out and about I probably would only take one. If I go ‘glamping’, then I take the two but use a MiFi device - I think some use a mobile hotspot, which I can confirm works equally aswell, too.

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