In a live Q&A video, Sonos’ Adib Mehrabi and Cameron MacLeod offered a more specific timeframe for when the Ace’s signature feature will expand to the company’s other soundbars. Sonos is targeting late summer / early fall.
That’s also when Android users will be able to set up TV Audio Swap in the first place.
iFixit has completed its teardown of the Sonos Ace headphones, and it’s always interesting to see how a company’s first product in a new category differs from what’s come before.
The battery seems easy enough to swap for a new one. However, Sonos has warned there’s “a pretty important acoustic seal” that you risk damaging if you get it wrong.
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The first headphones from Sonos deliver on comfort, sound, and more — with a unique TV Audio Swap feature that’s very convenient (when it works). But the ongoing app fiasco casts a cloud over the company’s big moment.
He stands behind the new app, which underwent months of testing, but acknowledges that Sonos should’ve warned its (very) passionate customers about missing features.
The company’s app redesign fumble threatens to steal the thunder from what otherwise looks (and feels) like a strong debut in a new category.
The company is sending emails out that say its “most requested product” is coming on May 21st. Could the release be its rumored Sonos Ace wireless headphones?
Sonos’ long-rumored wireless headphones will finally see the light of day in 2024, and the company has a loaded product pipeline in development beyond that.
Today, Sonos posted a video to its social media channels and wrote “there’s a lot of noise about the next Sonos launch.” It also launched this website where customers can “hear from the source” about new hardware. (The video used in the clip already appeared in a prior teaser for the Sub Mini, so I wouldn’t read into that much.)
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