Sonos Roam Portable Speaker: Features, Price, and Availability

Sonos has a new addition to its diverse family of stereos. It is Roam, a portable speaker that sits in the catalog with several interesting features, including a convincing price, below 200 euros. This is the new offspring of the brand.

The portable speaker, a niche on the rise

Portable speakers remain undoubtedly one of the star elements in the sound sector, especially as the good weather approaches. And it is that with this we move more, we participate in more activities of all kinds and many of these situations are accompanied much better with music.

Sonos Roam Portable Speaker

Models and alternatives, of course there are many (more and more) and although Sonos already has wireless proposals in its family, it still did not have one as light and easy to transport as Roam, a very compact, resistant equipment that does not lose a a pinch of elegance, while offering a sound at the level of a brand like that of the Santa Bárbara firm.

Sonos Roam design

Roam has a very particular appearance in the shape of a triangular tube (you can use it both vertically and horizontally), which thanks to its compact size goes quite unnoticed, so it is discreet to carry around -at least for what we can judge on your official pictures.

Available in two colors, Shadow Black (black) or Lunar White (white), it of course guarantees high resistance , offering a totally waterproof body, which copes without problems with dust and boasts IP67 protection. It will also come out unscathed from many falls, thanks to the fact that it includes silicone at the ends to protect it in case of blows.

Sonos Roam

Its base / wireless charger (Qi technology support) has also been taken care of, it is very thin and can be placed anywhere. Unfortunately, yes, it is an “extra accessory” that is purchased separately, so that in the box you will only find a USB-C cable with which it is also possible to connect the device.

Main features

Getting fully into its technical qualities, it should be noted that this Roam enjoys simultaneous connection via WiFi and Bluetooth . When you use it at home, Roam is thus connected to the system via WiFi and if you take it and go outside, it automatically switches to Bluetooth to connect to your mobile device, without you having to do anything else.

Also enjoy a new function, called Sound Swap, which allows you to pass the sound of the Roam to another Sonos speaker you have at home, or vice versa. To do this, you just have to press and hold the play / pause button on the speaker and the playback will begin to sound in the closest speaker of the system – with the mobile app you can group / associate the speakers you have with Roam and configure it however you want.

It offers up to ten hours of autonomy in continuous playback with a single charge and up to ten days when not in use – in fact, it automatically goes into “sleep” mode every time you stop the music, to better manage its resources, as explained to us Sonos.