That Sonos is synonymous with quality is something that we cannot tell you because you probably already know. However, the number of devices of this style (wireless speakers) with a fundamental feature, the voice assistant, is growing. The new Sonos One is the alternative with voice assistant that Sonos has put on the market for the most demanding with audio, and we present it to you.
This is how this new device is dressed that comes to directly rival the speakers that Google, Apple and Amazon have launched with the excuse of populating our homes with their assistants. The reality is that Sonos has always focused on quality audio, and it is something that they have not forgotten in this edition, stay with us and discover the characteristics of this product in our review today.
The HomePod is not the rival to beat, the smart speaker from the Cupertino company reaches a market for smart devices that offer high quality sound where there is already a clear leader to beat, Sonos, which has been around for quite some time. high-quality audio market for users who demand design, without further delay let's start with the analysis.
Materials and design: less is more, simplicity and quality
We have an upper and lower polycarbonate base, with a multimedia touch control with LED indicator lights located at the top where we can handle everything and more (including future voice assistant). Here Sonos has not wanted to fall into stridency, we find exactly the same measurements as the Sonos Play: 1, We have 161,45 x 119,7 x 119,7 millimeters, with a total weight of 1,85 Kg. It is not light, Sonos products are not, perhaps something has to do with the quality of the materials it houses inside, and the fact that no vibration can be allowed.
Unlike your younger brother, this speaker will be totally white, being the same materials, metal grill and upper and lower part of plastic material. Unlike the model with which we compare it, now the controls will be fully tactile and by gestures, the LED next to the microphone symbol turning on to indicate that we have the voice assistant activated. Once again Sonos opts to create a device that goes unnoticed, which will look good almost anywhere as you can see in the photos.
Technical characteristics: Sonos does not hesitate, the audio by flag
We cannot access too much information of a technical level, what they do assure us in the Press Release and on the website is that It has an active dual-way monitor (mid and treble), with two built-in class “D” digital amplifiers, As in the aforementioned Sonos, all of this will give us the opportunity to play AAC, AIFF, Apple Lossless, FLAC, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WAV and WMA content.
At the connection level, we will have absolutely no physical input beyond the 10/100 Ethernet connection (more than enough for streaming audio). We once again have Wi-Fi at 802.11b / g at 2,4 GHz, and here a little slap on the Sonos, since it can be understood that in the Sonos Play: 1 we can understand by age the fact that they count with Wi-Fi only 2,4 GHz, but at the time when Wi-Fi has become popular in the 5 GHz band, we cannot understand why it was not included. But of course, here the focus is on the voice assistant, for this Sonos invests in six long-range microphones that will be able to capture our dictations to work with the most common voice assistants such as Alexa and Google Assistant (possibly with Siri via AirPlay 2).
Unlike the HomePod, we have a standard power cable but adapted to the Sonos design to be able to integrate into the chassis with 100-240 V and a frequency of 50-60 Hz.
Voice assistant, but not in Spanish
The voice assistant will be available in the future, as Sonos warns. The loudspeaker has it all, but right now in Spain or Latin America it is nothing more than a medium-term purchase. This wizard will arrive in the form of a software update, but unfortunately you don't speak Spanish yet. Not only that, we have changed the region and the language of our iPhone and we have not been able to make it work either, it seems that the Sonos One knows very well where it is.
We will have to "settle" for the sheer number of streaming music services that Sonos offers in a fully integrated way. on our Sonos. We leave you a summary in the photograph below.
This is how this device from the North American company loses a bit of points, but the reality is that in Spain rather it becomes a medium-term alternativeor, not far from the rest of the assistants such as the HomePod or Alexa, who are not present either.
Editor's opinion on the Sonos One
- Editor's rating
- 5 star rating
- Spectacular
- We analyze the Sonos One, the Sonos alternative with voice assistant
- Review of: Miguel Hernández
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Sonos One sounds just as good at low volume as at maximum power, and we have been able to verify this in Actualidad Gadget, what Sonos calls Ultra Sound. And it is that the sound quality is a determining point in this Sonos One, designed for the most demanding, without a doubt, the finest ear users will be totally satisfied as soon as this Sonos One starts working.
Regarding connectivity, although the absence of Bluetooth It shows, Sonos intends to make AirPlay 2 compatible with all its devices soon through updates, we have the beta of iOS 11.3 and we have not managed to make it work either, but in the not too distant future Any iOS user is not going to miss Bluetooth precisely because it will be compatible with AirPlay 2.
Pros
- Materials and design
- Audio quality
- Voice assistant
Cons
- Not available in Spain
- No bluetooth
The price is high, about fifty euros below the HomePod, which is not sold in Spain, but justified on all four sides thanks to its quality. You can get him Sonos One in his web page from €229.
