TechAudioSpeakersSonos Move 2 release date revealed, and the spec boosts sound amazingThe Sonos Move 2 is expected to arrive in September 2023 with some significant hardware improvementsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechAudioSpeakersSonos Move 2 release date revealed, and the spec boosts sound amazingThe Sonos Move 2 is expected to arrive in September 2023 with some significant hardware improvementsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
The Sonos Move 2 is expected to arrive in September 2023 with some significant hardware improvements
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: WinFuture)
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We really rate theSonos Move, the firm’s portable – if hefty – smart speaker. But it’s getting on a bit, and a replacement is due. A new report says that the second generation model, theSonosMove 2, is planned for a September 2023 launch – and that there are some significant improvements to the spec.
The Sonos Move was one of thebest smart speakerswhen it launched back in 2019, but this is a fiercely competitive market and it’s even more crowded than it was back then. So Sonos has taken some key features from the newSonos Era 100 and 300speakers to freshen up the Move. It has also upgraded some key bits of the spec and should sound considerably better too.
What’s new in the Sonos Move 2?
According toThe Verge, the Sonos Move 2 gets the same redesigned controls that we’ve already seen on the Era 100 and 300 speakers. Its USB-C port supports line-in audio for extra flexibility, and you can also use it to charge your phone.
The new Move won’t be significantly lighter – it’s definitely more transportable than portable – but according to the report Sonos has made it sound significantly better, and the battery life has been improved dramatically.
The second generation Move will deliver true stereo audio thanks to dual angled tweeters (the current generation only has one) and as with the current model there’s a woofer to handle the low end and Automatic Trueplay to adjust the sound to the speaker’s current location.
Battery life is up from 10 hours to a whopping 24, and the report also says that the Move 2 uses less energy when you’re not playing tunes or podcasts. And like theSonos Roam, the Move 2 will be able to play Bluetooth audio to the rest of your Sonos speakers: the current Move can’t use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth simultaneously, but the second-gen can.
The Move 2 follows the lead of the Era speakers in another way: it’s dropped support forGoogleAssistant, althoughAlexaand Sonos Voice Control are still there.
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If the Move 2 sounds as good as reports suggest, Sonos could be onto a real winner here: we described the current Move as a “truly excellent speaker”, and the upgrades in the second generation make it even more attractive.
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