{"id":124762,"date":"2021-03-05T14:24:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=124762"},"modified":"2021-03-05T14:25:55","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T14:25:55","slug":"sonos-roam-bluetooth-wi-fi-airplay-2-and-voice-assistants-in-a-waterproof-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/sonos-roam-bluetooth-wi-fi-airplay-2-and-voice-assistants-in-a-waterproof-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonos Roam:  Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, AirPlay 2 and voice assistants in a waterproof case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sonos is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/3\/4\/22313451\/sonos-roam-leak-features-specs-price-release-date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scheduled to<\/a>\u00a0launch the Roam portable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speaker\u00a0in mid-April\u00a0.\u00a0So the rumors\u00a0circulating\u00a0about this were confirmed &#8211; albeit before the official release.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the portable\u00a0Sonos Move\u00a0speaker\u00a0, which, frankly, won&#8217;t take you far, the Sonos Roam will be much more compact.\u00a0Its length is about 17 cm, and its mass is in the range of 300-350 g. A big plus for the Roam&#8217;s mobility will be the complete water resistance of its case.<\/p>\n<p>Over Wi-Fi, Roam will support all of Sonos&#8217; multi-room features on the S2 platform the\u00a0company\u00a0launched\u00a0last year.\u00a0Built-in microphones will allow Roam to interact with voice assistants: Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant.\u00a0In addition, the model will work with AirPlay 2, and two Sonos Roam can be combined into a stereo pair via Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"big\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"big\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/e2f20a998e3d72cfe412ba1b10d33ba0.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>The Sonos Roam comes with a charging cable.\u00a0When the built-in battery is fully charged, the Sonos Roam has a battery life of approximately 10 hours.\u00a0The color options of the novelty are traditional for Sonos: the speaker will be released in black or white.<\/p>\n<p>The first Sonos Roam is expected by April 20, the new product will cost $ 170 in the US, and by adding 50 more, it can be equipped with a docking station for wireless charging.<\/p>\n<p>[ratemypost]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonos is\u00a0scheduled to\u00a0launch the Roam portable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth speaker\u00a0in mid-April\u00a0.\u00a0So the rumors\u00a0circulating\u00a0about this were confirmed &#8211; albeit before the official release. Unlike the portable\u00a0Sonos Move\u00a0speaker\u00a0, which, frankly, won&#8217;t take you far, the Sonos Roam will be much more compact.\u00a0Its length is about 17 cm, and its mass is in the range of 300-350 g. [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/speakers\/sonos-roam-bluetooth-wi-fi-airplay-2-and-voice-assistants-in-a-waterproof-case\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10404,"featured_media":124763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[779],"class_list":{"0":"post-124762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-speakers","8":"tag-news"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}