What you’ll want to know
- A brand new leak means that the Sonos Move 2 will debut someday “across the finish of September.”
- Sonos is alleged to be bringing “as much as 24 hours” of batery life, together with numerous different enhancements.
- The unique Move was launched again in 2019, and is essentially thought of one of the most effective Bluetooth audio system.
When it involves the world of sensible audio system, Sonos has a reasonably good grip on the high-end nook of the market. And for good cause, as these are simply some of the most effective audio system that cash should buy. That being mentioned, we could be near seeing a well-liked Sonos speaker receiving its first successor.
The Sonos Move was launched in September of 2019, and in response to a brand new leak from The Verge, the Sonos Move 2 will arrive subsequent month. Sonos is predicted to enhance all the things from the battery life to audio quality, and even the charging base station, with the Move 2.
What helped the Sonos Move stand out from the gang is that it is principally a supercharged Bluetooth speaker. It was the primary of its type from Sonos, opening the door for the likes of the Sonos Roam to be launched in a while.
In our evaluation of the Move, we acknowledged that we mentioned that “it is the Sonos speaker that does all of it and asks to your understanding in paying $400 for the privilege.” If this leak from The Verge is something to go by, Sonos is making quite a bit of the anticipated enhancements to at least one of the most effective Sonos audio system on the market.
Along with supporting Bluetooth playback, the Move 2 is alleged to additionally embrace help for “line-in audio over its USB-C port” whereas additionally with the ability to “cost cell units utilizing the identical port.” The Move 2 could additionally embrace Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0, together with “a brand new swap on the again of the product for disabling voice microphones.”
Unfortunately, it does not appear as if you can use Google Assistant with the Move 2. Instead, you will be relegated to utilizing both Amazon Alexa or Sonos Voice Control. This won’t come as an excessive amount of of a shock contemplating that the recently-released Era 100 and Era 300 don’t embrace Assistant help.
Lastly, should you have been hoping for the Move 2 to be a bit extra friendlier to your pockets, you are going to be disenchanted. The Verge claims Sonos will value the Move 2 “at $449 within the United States,” which is definitely $50 dearer than the unique Move. We will not have to attend an excessive amount of longer because the Move 2 is predicted to be unveiled someday close to the top of September.