According to a Monday report from The Verge, Sonos will be releasing a new flagship speaker “within the next few months.” The publication says it’s called the Era 300 and that Sonos is prioritizing the spatial audio capabilities of the device.
Verge claimed that Sonos aims to make the Era 300 the most accurate speaker ever. It showed an emphasis on making Dolby Atmos content stand out and using spatial audio to improve music. According to The Verge, the Era 300 is a “multidirectional speaker built to make the most of spatial audio” with a “completely reimagined acoustic design.”
There is no detailed information such as specs and price. However, Wi-Fi 6 and a USB-C port are clearly ‘likely’, and Bluetooth support is also possible. According to The Verge, Sonos is considering including at least all of these features in the Era 300.
The Verge began its first report in August on the Era 300, codenamed Optimo 2. This week, we identified further evidence of the speaker’s development in the form of his two recent documents from TV mount maker Sanus dubbed the Era 300.
Citing “early work-in-progress images,” The Verge said in August that Sonos’ upcoming flagship speakers would include “drivers, including several firing from under the shell between the front and shell in different directions. The arsenal of Speaker grill and backplate. It also suggested a more beefed-up offering with twice the RAM and eight times more flash memory than the current top-spec Sonos speaker.
The Verge claimed this week that Sonos is working on a lower-priced Era 100 that could include support for Dolby Atmos and serve as a follow-up to the Sonos One, which has an MSRP of $179 at the time of writing. suggests.
If the Era 300 truly debuts soon, it will face competition from Apple’s recent $299 full-size HomePod revival. You can give shoppers points for playing better on non-Apple devices, like beating out Wi-Fi 4 support in Apple speakers.
