SONOS ROAM PORTABLE
SONOS ROAM BLUETOOTH

The Sonos app will become useless, for example, and Google Assistant/Alexa will go mute.

SONOS ROAM BLUETOOTH

Switching to 'just' Bluetooth mode, on either speaker, means that some features stop working. When using the Wi-Fi, both the Roam and Move become part of your regular Sonos system and will show up in the Sonos S2 app, just as a non-portable Sonos speaker would. However, you might not even need Bluetooth with the Move as Sonos has given it a really good Wi-Fi range, so there's a chance you'll be able to take it into the backyard and still run it on your Wi-Fi. That's not a feature that's available (at the moment, at least) for the Move, where you have to make a choice between Bluetooth or Wi-Fi mode. You can, therefore, use any music app on your phone to send to the Roam, and then group the Roam with other Sonos speakers. However, it actually trumps the Move on the Bluetooth front as it can use both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi at the same time.Д«ecause of that, it can share a Bluetooth tune around your other Sonos speakers, when you're in range of them.

You can take the speaker out and about, and expect 10 hours of playback use before needing to recharge it.

SONOS ROAM PORTABLE

You can take the speaker out and about, and expect 10 hours of playback use before needing to recharge it.ДЄnd now, to repeat ourselves, the Sonos Roam is also a portable Bluetooth speaker and Wi-Fi smart speaker in one. The Sonos Move is a portable Bluetooth speaker and Wi-Fi smart speaker in one. Sonos Roam v Sonos Move: Playback options In comparison, the Roam actually has physical buttons, shaped as per the function they perform play/pause, volume up and down and microphone muting. The Move also has a power button and Bluetooth button on its rear, to let you turn the speaker on and off, or connect it to a new source while on the go. The Move has the familiar Sonos touch buttons up top, giving control over volume and the microphones, as well as play and pause. The Roam can sit vertically when you've got a nice even surface for it but it can also be used horizontally as well, for when it's going to lie on something a bit less sturdy. The Move's back button area is recessed into the speaker, creating a handle you can use to pick the Move up and carry it around. The Move also has a rubber bottom to give it a sturdier base for standing on whatever surface is available, and that's particularly useful for outside where it might be placed on grass, mud, or any other dirty or uneven surface. The Move has a slightly inferior IP65 water and dust resistance, but anything short of a full-on water dunking should pose no problem. However, the Roam is, again, slightly the better choice if that's your objective as it is IP67 rated, which means it's fully dustproof and waterproof in up to a meter of water for up to 30 minutes so a bit of splash from a shower shouldn't do it any harm. The Move is a perfect speaker for the garden where you might want big sound, but don't necessarily have the wiring in place.Д«oth speakers are also great options to get a Sonos in the bathroom, where you might not be able to wire in a Sonos One, for example. However, don't be writing the Move off as a portable option just yet - that size allows it to pack in that all-important battery and a much better sound than the Roam although we'll come to that in more detail in a bit. Therefore, if you're looking for a speaker to take out to places then there's only really one option and it's the Roam. In comparison, the Sonos Move is 10-inches tall and weighs more than 6x what the Roam does at 6.6lbs. It measures just 6.61 x 2.44 x 2.36-inches.ДЄnother contender: Sonos Move v Sonos One The Roam is a curved triangular speaker that weighs less than a pound. Sure, both speakers are portable in the fact that they can be powered by a battery for wire-free music out and about but, just look at them side by side: there's only one that's really going to fit into your bag for a trip to the park, beach, gym. The Sonos Move is a lot, lot bigger than the Roam. Sonos Move v Sonos Roam: Design and build Read on for a head-to-head of the Sonos Move and the Sonos Roam. The Sonos Move, which went on sale a couple of years back, was actually the first Sonos speaker to pack Bluetooth and battery capabilities.Д«ut how does the new option compare to the original? The Roam is a Bluetooth, portable, Sonos speaker - but it isn't the multiroom audio speakers first model that fits that description. Sonos has just taken off the covers of its cheapest, smallest speaker yet - the Sonos Roam.

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