The Sonos Roam is a popular portable Bluetooth speaker that you can also connect via WiFi. Sonos announces the newer version of the Roam 2, which has a number of areas for improvement, including Bluetooth.
Although Sonos took almost all the attention with the Sonos Ace headphones review, Sonos also announced a new version of its popular portable speaker Roam: the Roam 2. This portable Roam has been further improved with easier operation and faster installation. Here are the most important news:
– Bluetooth out of the box: Once you take Roam 2 out of the box, you can connect it to a device via Bluetooth. Later you can connect Roam 2 at home via WiFi and add it to the rest of your system.
– Renewed design with extra BT button: an extra button for Bluetooth on the back of Roam 2 makes Roam 2 even easier to use; In addition, the Sonos logo is now in the same color as Roam.
Roam 2 also offers the same qualities of the ‘regular’ Roam:
* nice sound for the compact size
* automatic Trueplay ensures the best sound in any environment
* 10 hours battery life, enough for a day outdoors
*IP67 rating makes Roam 2 waterproof and dust resistant
* 5 distinctive colors: an updated black and white shade in addition to Olive, Sunset and Wave
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Price and availability
The Roam 2 is available on sonos.com for a suggested retail price of €199.