Sonos Roam - Battery drain

Doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

So, I did a “test” overnight on my Sonos Roam.

Any voice assistant has been off. Auto trueplay has been off too, thinking it might influence the mic and battery.

Charged the Roam to 100% before going to bed. Slept 8 hours; Roam was turned off. This morning Roam battery is at 39%. This is useless. I could not even fly or drive to a holiday destination without the battery being gone.

Checked my 5 years old UE Boom. Was 2 weeks off. Still has 60% battery charge.

Sonos Roam is a miss-design. Off must be off. This device will go back Monday. A petty. I hoped to have a travel speaker fitting into my Sonos eco-system.

It's genuinely amazing how the Move and the Roam have the same battery drain issues.

Who's designing and testing this mess?.

I had this same issue and contacted both sonos support and the company i purchased it from. No reply from sonos support and my retailer let me return it. My roam was going down to 35% without even using it. I even removed google assistant which did not make any difference. I had high hopes for this device, but it did not meet my expectations.

The issue i have now is removing it from the sonos app, i forgot to reset the device to factory settings before returning and now it just shows offline in the sonos app. I have searched in system for remove products but it’s not there. How can i remove it from my products now please

same here. I can’t believe the countless reviews haven’t mentioned this issue!

Same here. Played Some music for 2 a 3 hours. The battery is draining way too fast to after   voice assist and trueplay disabled.

So what happend with the 10 days stand-by time? 

I find my new Roam lost 10% overnight,while it was turned off.It took 2 hours of charging with a standard charger and still was only at 85%…...Hmm?

I’d be pretty disapointed if Sonos released a product that was not fully developed….

Hmm? The stock has gone up significantly,but I hope not at the expense of loyal customers.

I have quite a few other Sonos products.

Same here -- down to 91% in 8 hours (over night) -- from full 100% charge; no Sonos app usage overnight.  (I don’t use Google Assistant).  And it was in sleep mode.  

So this means about 25% battery drain per day WITHOUT any usage of the Sonos App - while the Roam is in sleep mode.   Which means we are looking at roughly 4 - 5 days in sleep mode (not 10 days), before battery drains!!

I spoke to a Sonos rep,who claimed the unit should drain 10% overnight normally.He also said many of the issues are caused by using the charger that comes with the typical i- phones.

I played music today for 25 minutes,or so and it only seemed to drain by about 7%…..I played the Roam at 2/3 of it’s volume,so that does not seem to bad….but…..i can’t wait to see how much drainage I have tomorrow.

The thing does sound fabulous though! I use mine as a rear ambience speaker for my pair of Play 5’s and Sub…...Overall it’s a superb product and is about as detailed as the Play 5’s…...Makes me wonder how good the next gen Play 5 can be,if Sonos wanted to really upgrade it.

10% overnight = 30% a day (assuming an 8 hour “overnight”).   I think they mean 10% per day (not overnight).   As per day would equal 10 days.  10% overnight  = 4 to 5 days max.

I also think the “10 days” is for those who own a Roam and ONLY a Roam (no other Sonos product).  So they are not using the Sonos app otherwise, and thereby not periodically waking the Roam.    I however, own a stereo pair Ones (for my Office), and single Ones in the Kitchen and bedroom.   Also, a Port in the Family Room.