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*** Official SONOS Thread ***

New hardware​

Beam Ultra. Nine drivers, two of them up-firing, delivering 7.1.2 Dolby Atmos from a midsize soundbar. Redesigned center channel plus four levels of AI Speech Enhancement, because dialogue clarity is the single most requested thing we hear. Pre-orders open today, on sale everywhere September 29.

Sonos Ace Ultra. Our next-gen headphones. Ten-mic array with twice the noise canceling of the original Ace at the frequencies that matter most, 35 hours of battery with ANC on, and a 3-minute charge gets you 3 more hours. Adaptive EQ tunes them to your fit every time you put them on. Four colors, including a new one called Agave. Same dates: pre-order today, on sale September 29.

The two new Fabric tricks ✨​

Portable surrounds. Grab a Move 2 or a Sonos Play from wherever it lives, set it down behind your couch, and about ten seconds later it's a rear surround in a full Atmos setup. No app, no settings menu. The speakers sense they've moved, use ultrasonic pulses to find the soundbar, sort out which one is left and which is right, and link up on their own low-latency mesh. Movie night ends, you carry them back, they go right back to their day jobs. Rolling out September 8 for Beam Ultra, Arc Ultra, Arc, and Beam (Gen 2).

Headphone linking. Sonos Ace Ultra can join your Sonos system directly over WiFi. Press a button on the earcup and the music playing on the speaker next to you moves into your headphones. Press again near another speaker and it jumps back to out loud. You can also control your headphones and choose content using the Sonos app. No Bluetooth pairing, no phone required. Early Access on September 29 for Ace Ultra owners with at least one compatible Sonos speaker.

The app​

I want to be straight with you on this one: a lot of what's in Sonos 27app exists because of feedback from this community. The team has been reading, and it shows.

  • Tabbed navigation (Home / System / Search) becomes the default for everyone this fall, after rolling out in Early Access all summer
  • Pin your favorite rooms to the top of the System tab. Large-system folks, this one's for you
  • A proper iPad experience with a new Now Playing view
  • A virtual volume knob: drop two fingers anywhere on screen and twist. Try it once and you'll get it
  • Presets that save a whole vibe (music, rooms, volume levels) and bring it back in one tap
  • On iPhone: Lock Screen controls, Live Activity, Dynamic Island support, and App Intents so Sonos works with Siri and Shortcuts
Some of these are already available in the app today. Others will be rolling out across fall.

Sonos 27voice ️​

A new voice experience built for how people actually talk about music. Vague descriptions, changed minds, "play music from the rap group that opened for Linkin Park back when they toured in 2002" and it lands on the right track (Cypress Hill). It handles the everyday stuff fast and locally, and reaches for a bigger model only when the question calls for it. No subscription. Launching this fall in Early Access, English first with more languages to follow.

Sonos 27mcp and Custom Agents​

If you already have an AI you like (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, something you run yourself), Sonos 27mcp lets it discover and control your Sonos system through the open Model Context Protocol. Ask your assistant to find something new and play it in the office without ever leaving the conversation. Early Access starts September 8 - detail to come on how to get in.

And then there's Sonos Custom Agents. Build your own agents, each with its own summon phrase, voice, personality, and choice of model behind it, all living in the same speaker. Tom demoed a French chef, a music curator, and a trivia agent side by side. It's a Technology Preview today, with the full product planned for 2027.
 
New app update today

  • MCP Support - Sonos 27mcp brings our partnership with Anthropic and OpenAI to Sonos. Train your own personal agents to learn and play your favorite music. You can try it out here!
  • Virtual Volume Knob - Easily control the volume of your current room or group with a two-finger tap-and-rotate gesture on any screen. (iOS)
  • Reorder Music Services - Added ability to rearrange your list of connected services. (iOS)
  • Delete Recently Played - Added ability to delete items from Recently Played. (iOS)
  • Swipe-based queue actions when browsing - Easily add items to the current queue with a swipe-right gesture. (iOS)
  • Updated iPad layout - Additional iPad layout improvements to make better use of larger screen sizes. (iOS)
  • Easily refresh the Sonos app - Pull down to refresh content on the Home tab. (iOS)
  • Home Theater improvements for iOS App Intents - Additional iOS Shortcuts actions, now supporting Night Sound and Speech Enhancement for home theater products. (iOS)
  • Album and artist info - Easily access Artist and Album pages by tapping on Now Playing content metadata.
  • Saved Groups - Added ability to reorder your Groups at the top of the grouping menu.
  • Portable Surrounds - Use a pair of compatible portable speakers as dynamic rear surrounds for supported soundbars.
 
Minstadave said:
Portable surrounds is cool but still no front L+R.

Pricing on the Beam Ultra is mental.
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I'd love front L+R and side channels. I'm sure the damn software can support it too.

But at this stage I'm kind of sick of waiting and thinking of just getting the Sonos headphones and getting rid of my rear speakers to save space or using them only for music elsewhere in the house and just keeping the Arc soundbar for general TV viewing and switching to the headphones for surround sound and playing games at night

If I get the headphones I can also get rid of my pc speakers and sub woofer and save a ton of space that way - I would just permanently send all audio to the Arc from my PC, TV and game consoles and then transfer the audio to the headphones when I'm gaming on the PC
 
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There is some software which enables you to have front audio speakers with Sonos. I have forgotten the name of it but I'm sure someone in here will remember the name or maybe try Googling.
 
I've been looking at these lately, I can see me getting rid of my wired surround sound and going wireless, it was only having the soundbar up front that put me off. I'll have to look up this software to be able to get some front speakers working
 
Ordered a Beam Ultra yesterday to upgrade my Beam 2. Already got a DPD shipping notice so looks like I'll get it on Monday or Tuesday.

Annoying that it doesn't have a LAN port now but I guess WiFi should be fine.
 
Got my Sonos Beam Ultra now, definitely seems to go fair bit louder than the Beam 2. Need to give it some more testing after work but so far I'm pretty impressed with it, and the 15% trade in discount for an old Play:1 was decent.
 
TellyTel said:
I’ve had a Sonos arc and now Sonos arc ultra since it’s release and WiFi on these is rock solid.
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Would you say worth the upgade ? Im not a a bass freak so much but it's going to be an expensive purcchse for me. An Arc Ultra and 2X Era 300's are going to run me £1897 direct from sonus although i get 15% off for a Blue Light card.
 
Bald-Eagle22 said:
Would you say worth the upgade ? Im not a a bass freak so much but it's going to be an expensive purcchse for me. An Arc Ultra and 2X Era 300's are going to run me £1897 direct from sonus although i get 15% off for a Blue Light card.
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I’d be looking richersounds or similar 7 year warranty as opposed to 2 from Sonos. Also richer sounds etc do bundle deals.
 
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