![]() The Sonos S2 app – the puppet-master of the Sonos system – could also step in as a useful means of headphones control. Would they have support for surround sound decoding (including Dolby Atmos, as supported by the Arc) or perhaps a proprietary pseudo-surround sound feature comparable to Apple’s spatial audio? They could be part of your ‘TV’ zone, for example, alongside your Sonos Beam or Arc, to be used simultaneously or as an alternative. ![]() This is almost essential to connect to your phone, tablet or portable music player while you're out and about, but including wi-fi connectivity as well could open the gateway to further Sonos-centric functionality.įor one, it’d open up the possibility of including the headphones in a ‘zone’ in your Sonos system. Now, Sonos is hardly going to launch a pair of wireless headphones without Bluetooth connectivity. This Sonos system integration brings up the matter of a wi-fi network, which is how the Sonos system connects together. It would be a neat asset (albeit, alone, not a huge selling point) that would no doubt appeal to existing Sonos users. Maybe the user could set the headphones to automatically send music to a particular Sonos 'zone' when they detect your home network when you step in the door. We imagine a similar process would work between a pair of Sonos headphones and Sonos speaker, but perhaps the headphones could even sport a button or touch gesture to initiate this. It sounds similar to how iPhones can ‘hand-off’ music to a HomePod or HomePod mini (and vice versa) by simply putting the devices close to one another, but this would mark the first implementation of this kind of feature in a pair of headphones. The patent reads: "For example, if a particular piece of content play is currently playing on the wireless headphone, a swap changes the playback to play that piece of content on one or more other playback devices on the local network." In the approved patent is mention of a ‘swap’ feature, which would let owners simply and easily pass the music playing on their Sonos headphones to one (or more) of their Sonos speakers. Sonos users will undoubtedly want a Sonos-savvy pair of headphones – otherwise, what’s the point? – and Sonos appears to be on the same wavelength. Sonos products are all about working together, so it’s impossible to imagine a beatnik Sonos outsider that sits on the edge rather than properly inside the ecosystem. Apple recently managed to separate its AirPods Max from Sony, Bose and Sennheiser rivals with Apple-centric features and a significantly higher price tag (which we found to be justified thanks to their superior sound quality). But in a wireless headphones market awash with excellent pairs, Sonos needs a unique selling point or two, not to mention competitive sound quality. The prospect of this inevitable Sonos expansion excites us, anyway. The question is, does the world want them? Wherever they appear on our timeline, Sonos wireless headphones are almost certainly coming. Alternatively, the Sonos headphones could arrive later in the year as the company's second new product promised for 2021. They could be officially unveiled as soon as next month – Sonos is hosting a product launch on 16th March for, as suggested by the event’s invite, a ‘portable’ product, although behind the curtain could just as likely be a smaller version of the Move Bluetooth speaker (also heavily rumoured).
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