In the end, Sonos has unveiled its first-ever pair of headphones, however the Ace will get higher over time and right here’s why.
The Sonos Ace headphones primarily work with the audio agency’s flagship soundbar, the Arc. You possibly can switch the audio from one to the opposite to seamlessly change to a private listening expertise.
Nonetheless, it’s a unique story in the case of different soundbars and audio system within the Sonos household. In spite of everything, not everybody can afford the Arc.
Sonos says that assist for the Beam, Beam 2 and Ray will likely be added later down the road. I used to be advised “quickly after launch” however nothing extra particular.
The identical is true for Android because the headphones solely include iOS assist at launch.
Even after these issues are made out there, Sonos advised me it has no plans to make the Ace headphones suitable with different audio system within the vary such because the Roam or Period 100 stating that the consumer expertise wouldn’t be adequate.
You don’t want any Sonos audio system to make use of the Ace headphones as they’ve Bluetooth and can work identical to rivals from Sony and Bose however these further options will likely be an enormous promoting level.
One other one you’ll have to attend for known as TrueCinema, a characteristic that makes use of know-how much like True Play to map your front room utilizing each the soundbar and headphones to supply a encompass sound expertise.
When it arrives ‘later this 12 months’, TrueCinema will likely be restricted to the Arc soundbar with others being added afterwards.
The Sonos Ace headphones go on sale 5 June priced at £449/$449/€499.
The information comes simply weeks after Sonos launched a revamped app.