Credit: The Verge Just as predicted by earlier leaks, the Sonos Roam is a more compact Bluetooth speaker than the Sonos Move — the type of speaker you might keep in a backpack. It’s also a lot cheaper, coming in at $169, rather than the $399 of the Sonos Move (as good as that speaker may be). Here are the other details we learn from the report: And that’s about it. The Wi-Fi connectivity should help differentiate it from most other Bluetooth speakers, as it can readily integrate with existing Sonos-equipped households. Sonos also has a reputation for sound quality that I hope it maintains with the Roam. Credit: The Verge What I’m curious to see is whether Sonos leverages the Wi-Fi connectivity for other home applications. Although this speaker is positively tiny compared to Sonos’ other offerings, it could theoretically be used as a cheap surround or Atmos speaker in a small home theater setup. To be clear, the report doesn’t claim this functionality, but it would be an interesting edge for Sonos that could help pull potential buyers into its ecosystem. Whether that’s actually feasible will depend on how loud and good the speaker actually ends up being — I guess we’ll see soon enough.
