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BadMojo11
Contributor I
March 2, 2019

New Sonos One Generation 2 just purchased at Best Buy but they are still on preorder?

So I just purchased two One's at best buy (White and Black). The black one said gen 2 which led to some confusion when I asked if I could also get a gen 2 for the white. I can't find any information about the gen 2's, except they are available on preorder at Amazon. I haven't opened the boxes yet to determine the difference. There is no information on the Sonos site about the gen 2 yet. Does anyone have any more information on what the differences are?
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Sjoop1985
Sjoop1985
March 6, 2019
I explicitly asked on the Dutch forum if they wanted to have someone from their team reply here, I even offered to delete my post.
Their post was in response to a user question and they were fine with me crossposting/translating, so I would assume this is on the green list.
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    Ryan S
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    March 6, 2019
    The post above from the Dutch team pretty much says it all. We'll be sharing a little more soon, so stay tuned. This is a hardware change that we've decided best to label as a second generation.
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      Superdaveuk
      Lyricist III
      March 6, 2019
      The announcement has just been released to all of the news sites - https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/06/sonos-one-gen-2-speaker/ - guess this means that the FCC filing wasn't a Sonos Play:3 replacement!
        Airgetlam
        Airgetlam
        March 6, 2019
        Thanks, Superdaveuk!
        Bruce
        hibster75
        Contributor I
        March 6, 2019
        I find this a bit worrying as I've purchased three MK1 Play Ones before Christmas. If Gen2 has a better processor surely this will mean similar issues when new features come along this year and next which then gen1 can't either support or handle well? Although I understand sound etc will be the same but surely this shows they kind of rushed out the Play One MK1. Just don't want another episode like what happened with Apple Airplay 2 support. I know Sonos support is gonna continue but it is a bit annoying!
        Airgetlam
        Airgetlam
        March 6, 2019
        If past history is any indication, I don’t think you need to worry, ar least for several years.
        Bruce
          hibster75
          Contributor I
          March 6, 2019
          Well I hope so. Want to invest in more Sonos!
          inspire
          inspire
          Trending Lyricist I
          March 7, 2019
          https://www.whathifi.com/news/sonos-one-gen-2-brings-upgraded-specs-and-a-price-cut-for-gen-1
          Sonos tells us the new Sonos One Gen 2 has had some small internal updates,
          including "the addition of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE),
          an updated processor, and increased memory".
          But there's no affect on the overall features available nor to the external design.
          Gusto
          Gusto
          Lyricist I
          March 24, 2019
          I wonder and hope that the added memory was for Google support. I also wonder if you could have a gen 1 right and gen 2 left paired as stereo?
          Airgetlam
          Airgetlam
          March 24, 2019
          They've already said that both Gen 1 and Gen 2 will support Google, so the extra memory can't be for that.

          Yes, you can have both generations paired as stereo, or bonded as surround speakers.
          Bruce
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