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Avid Contributor I
February 9, 2020

Moves Playing in Stereo over Bluetooth

I purchased two Moves with the intent of creating a stereo pair of portable speakers. Fine on WiFi. Bluetooth is a whole different story. I should have paid closer attention to the specifications - specifically the FAQ. The whole point of getting two Moves was to take my music outside and on the road where there is no WiFi. I am very disappointed in Sonos at the moment. There is an old guideline in product design/development: if you can’t do something fully and completely to what the average customer will expect, don’t do it until you can.

To the Sonos engineers and product management folks: engineering a pair of speakers to work as a stereo pair over bluetooth is very possible and has been accomplished many times. I have a pair of very high quality JBL Flip4s which work nicely in stereo mode while connected to my phone in Bluetooth mode. They do this by pairing the streaming device to one of the speakers and then connecting the two speakers to each other so that the one drives the other. The sound is perfect without any lag. But the fun doesn’t stop there – you can pair over 100 of these things together and they will all play the same music! Get busy and reverse engineer one of these things. If they can do it, you can do it! And your customers expect the best since every other one of your products is far superior to any competing products.

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28 replies

jgatie
December 9, 2020

Is Sonos Move stereo blueotooth pairing planned? (with a software upgrade?)

I was very much in doubt to buy an extra one with black friday, but because of the lack of the blueotooth stereo support, I postponed it. (until this feature is released).

Love the quality of the speaker, but the lack of this feature, makes it hard to not move to the competition.

 

What competition is that which has both WiFi and Bluetooth and allows stereo pairing with both? 

Contributor I
December 24, 2020

Sonos, another hand-raise for Bluetooth pairing, please!  I just bought two and can’t believe you can’t pair them. I have friends with JBLs that could pair 5 years ago!  This should be standard for a $800 speaker pair. 

Lyricist I
December 27, 2020

SONOS Engineering, here’s another vote for this feature to be able to pair two SONOS Moves in Bluetooth mode using the S2 App.

Lyricist III
January 7, 2021

Dear Sonos,

as owner of 2pcs Sonos Move, I add another voice to request stereo pairing on Bluetooth mode.

I was converting myself from JBL and was trully shocked, when I found, that Sonos is not supporting such a basic feature. Even a 40$ speakers can do so.

 

Thanks. Vit

Lyricist I
January 16, 2021

Disappointed… PLEASE enable/develop Bluetooth stereo!  It’s a shame not to do this after spending almost 1k on two speakers and they can’t play in stereo…. I have eco gear speakers 1/3 the price that can do this…. not the sound quality but they are what I use when out and about… a shame… we all love Sonos but this is a bummer…. and should be advertised.  I will let me friends know too that are considering a purchase to hold off… they will also be disappointed to find out there is no stereo in Bluetooth for the Sonos move. 😩😞😩😞😡

Contributor I
January 19, 2021

I have two Sonos Move and it's incredible that a product of this price range does not allow stereo pairing over bluetooth.

Almost any other speaker alows that, e.g. my pair of B&O Beoplay A1, which is the cheapest speaker from that brand. Bose, JBL and many others have this option.

Please consider it's implementation or at least give us a clear explanation about why it is not possible.

Thanks

Lyricist I
January 22, 2021

I own several Sonos Move products. They are incredible and would certainly be even more interesting if pairing is allowed in the Bluetooth mode.

Sonosjunkie
Prodigy III
January 24, 2021

Another vote for stereo with BT, have 3 Moves. I’ll ad a 4th is I can pair stereo over BT as well as wifi. Until then, I don’t have an use case that would require purchasing a 4th. 

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Enthusiast I
January 25, 2021

Yes!  Another vote here.  Mind-boggling that they released the Move without the stereo pair feature available in Bluetooth mode. 

Lyricist I
April 13, 2021

Sonos Move Bluetooth needs a root canal. Fix it please !!