Sonos Roam Lowdown: Everything You Need To Know In 5 Minutes

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[@666JGNotts]

Whilst the Roam is a very good little speaker for my use (occasional use in the bathroom - maybe once a week), a lot of people on Sonos forums are very unhappy with the battery life when in standby. I power my speaker off completely after every use so it only loses about 1% per day so is acceptable. It then uses about 10% per hour of steaming tunein radio via wifi so again that is what the figures say I should get. The sound is a lot bigger than you'd think for such a small speaker and I had to take the bass down a few notches on mine to make it suitable for my ears, but that's easy to do in the app. What is unacceptable in my opinion is the battery drain people are experiencing in standby mode. I suspect it gets woken up every time one of the other speakers in the house are used and so doesn't remain in sleep mode. Sonos should also try and put a button in the app where you can tell the Roam to turn off completely because the button on the back of the Roam to do this can be a bit fiddly and I worry about the long term life of it with me using this button twice every time I use the Roam.

[@ketowolf]

Okay, this idea to have a shorter review is a brilliant idea. It can be a drag when a review is too long or short, and it’s great to have a review of both lengths! Good review too!

[@smarthomesounds]

Thanks for the feedback it really helps.

[@driver288]

I live in Sweden 🇸🇪 but really enjoy your channel with sound reviews of SONOS products. You are thorough, calm and objective even though you do make money from selling these products. And you all are very clear and easy to understand for me as a non-native English speaker. I have been looking for a guide to pairing options though and I think you should make a video on this. What products can be paired with what as stereo pairs, as surrounds, add Sub to and possibly more useful combinations. Can you connect sub to a Roam stereo pair for instance? Does a pair of Ones + sub sound better than a pair of fives? I miss a comprehensive guide to this. And if anyone is suited to make one it’s you guys! Keep up the good work!

[@sphinx5151]

Great video as always... sharing with friends as they are looking for quality speaker to carry on hikes.

[@prisol]

Great video. Mine is currently permanetly plugged into the mains, would that be detremental to the battery life if used remotely?

[@coops1221]

Ordered a roam off you guys last week. Have to say the ordering experience was excellent by far the best tech buying journey I've had. And the roam has no right to sound as good as it does for its size !!

[@smarthomesounds]

That's great to hear! Thanks so much! Hope you enjoy it :)

[@redsrollingnow1]

Very informative and well presented - clear and succinct . . . . don't know what it means but it sounds cool! Thank you! 😎👍😎

[@ShadowSun922]

Absolutely love it! I got this speaker as a gift and I love it! This review was absolutely helpful! Really helpful with the amount of detail about it!! Thank you!

[@bornraisedproductions9675]

Great video! Is there anyway to have S1 and S2 working? I'll use the different apps for the different products but at the moment they're blocking each other. Thanks!

[@mohnster4000]

The roam has good sound. Had trouble with Google Assistant saying cannot connect to the network. Factory reset and seems ok so far

[@CWJY68]

Can you do a sound comparison with the sonos move?

[@maumentum]

I’m waiting on a MOVE gen 2 with all these new ROAM features 😁 love my ROAM

[@gingerredwine6326]

Very helpful!!! Sold!

[@johor-01]

Awesome Jonathan !

[@jasoncrook1]

Can you tell me why my two move speakers won’t lip sync when watching films through airplay on my iPad Pro ?

[@michaelmathes1991]

Here in the U,S, love your videos

[@lawrencegatt4515]

Love 💕 your wonderful video’s from Oz 💗🇦🇺

[@smarthomesounds]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@ObsessedGarbageDotCon]

If I hooked up a device with a Bluetooth transmitter would I be able to to connect it to the roam or the move?

[@souchiet122]

This product cost 300 dollar in Malaysia along with the wireless charger. Best part is it took more than 10 hours to get it fully charged with their original wireless charger.

[@jackham9326]

Can I use it for conference calls and zoom meetings?

[@linford1752]

just ordered one :)

[@zainichia]

I tried setting two Sonos Roam in a stereo pair, and the sound was really amazing. On a desk, the soundstage was awesome, for both movies and music. I would say it was quite “magical”…for the 10-15 minutes it lasted. It was so unreliable that I had to unpair them as it was not workable at all. Anyone experienced anything similar…?

[@texdawg7715]

Can it be paried with the move?

[@srkgv]

How’s the stereo pairing mode?

[@Vic-Valentine]

its great, enough said

[@snicholas2895]

My real question is that. Can you use also as a TV. Is it sounds really loud surround like Dolby?

[@eby61mss]

Why can’t the Roams become surround sounds to say a Beam plus Sub setup?

[@12ixp91]

Great video! Can you link the move and roam together on Bluetooth?

[@Sam-re8rr]

No

[@TheMhayden123]

The only downside I've found so far, is that there's no Bluetooth stereo pairing. Learned that the hard way when I brought both of mine on a trip. But these things get loud for their size

[@user-mic21-11]

Is better than Marshall Stokwell 2 ?

[@bryadbel7969]

I NEED HELP My sonos roam pauses briefly while playing, I have it connected to my Sonos aRc

[@noolaiphx8189]

Why is the Sonos Roam hard to turn on even if it's lights are on? I am finding this frustrating. Can anyone please give me a solution?

[@ajpiazza01]

Great video! I have two roams and neither will charge using a qi wireless charger. I have tried 5 different charging pads with quality high output USB power brick. Is this happening to others? It begins charging at first, but in a few hours of idle mode, the speaker actually loses charge.

[@smarthomesounds]

Hi Andrew, that seems very strange as we have had no issues in our testing or heard of this issue from our customers. I would proceed with a system diagnostics & send it to Sonos for more info but hope you get it sorted.

[@scottinoaklandcakoblitz8681]

@@smarthomesounds We purchased the Roam and brought it on vacation intending to use my Apple charger to charge the speaker, No Bueno, no music, no idea why, and the speaker sat unused for months and truthfully some negative thoughts about Sonos during that time for a faulty product. I own a Bar, beam, 2 Ones, 2 Fives, and a Sub so I'm a fan of their products. We eventually called customer service ( which has always been excellent ) and determined that the Apple charger doesn't have sufficient power to charge this speaker. It was dead due to no charge even though it sat on the Apple Cube charger ( overnight +) for MANY hours. I saw this review and you said basically to plug it into any charger. That is not true. Try using the Apple Cube and see what i mean. So, a better, more powerful charger was a inexpensive, easy fix it should be mentioned that it is an issue. do you know how many watts your charger puts out? I didn't.

[@MrHubb1]

I just got mine and I'm disappointed. There are parts of songs that I can't hear. I'm not sure whats wrong if it's a problem in the settings but it's like listening to a song with only one speaker. If it can't be resolved it's getting returned

[@andyblackpool]

Bought mine for my car as my car stereo/speaker is rubbish. Gutted however that I can't use it as a handsfree speakerphone, hopefully Sonos might make an update for this as its a wide new open market in my opinion.

[@smarthomesounds]

That would be a nice feature. Fingers crossed for a future update.

[@kevinmontague1984]

Can you select to play via Bluetooth even if in the house with WiFi connection available? Some radio stations such as 181.fm I can only access via Bluetooth (no longer on tunein).

[@smarthomesounds]

Hi Kevin, yes you can change from WiFi to Bluetooth by using the button on the back of the Roam. Hope this helps!

[@kevinmontague1984]

@@smarthomesounds Thanks. Is it possible to play music through sonos app (playlists etc) via Bluetooth?

[@royeastham5277]

Roam White would be great for apartment aesthetics!

[@royeastham5277]

Maybe if Roam 2 will be 5.3 like Tribit Stormbox Micro 2….hmm.

[@tassosvogs8762]

I try to find a review where someone plays music on it but no one does

[@Michael-wq7kx]

I returned mine! Bad connectivity and pretty ordinary sound! Bought KEF Muo...simply heads and hands down so much better.

[@P0TT5Y147]

Can it be paired with the Sonos port, to play music from my vinyl player into the garden?

[@aidanm5194]

Yep any Sonos product

[@aidanm5194]

If you have WiFi in the yard

[@P0TT5Y147]

@@aidanm5194 nice, thanks man 👍

[@alftjin8477]

Can the true-play option of the Roam replace using the iPhone with true-play?

[@smarthomesounds]

Yes this does as it uses the speakers microphones. We are hoping this comes to all future Sonos products.

[@nriley0906]

When will you have the white version back in stock?

[@smarthomesounds]

Hi Nick, good timing as we should have these back in-stock later today. Hope this helps.

[@maryetdave]

Can it play music wired to your computer through USB

[@smarthomesounds]

Hi there, unfortunately the only way to play music from your computer would be via Bluetooth. Hope this helps.

[@MrN0115]

How about it compare to Emberton

[@smarthomesounds]

That video is coming soon (or already up depending on when you see this)! :)

[@frozengamer3030]

I was reading that the battery life is a con.

[@Davey_01]

Hi Guys, I recently just purchased a Sonos Roam and today I found a track that makes the amps kick in. Could you play millionaire by Kelis and tell me what happens your Sonos Roam. I thought mine was defective because this never happened me on any of my Sonos speakers. Look forward to seeing if it is just my device. And play it at full volume 👍🏻

[@ProDoucher]

Amazing speaker. Too bad the battery is trash

[@tooheyparmar3757]

Why can I pair 2 roams to sonos arc for surround ?

[@mkemp1605]

Is it as good as the JBL Flip 5?

[@aidanm5194]

Well this is different It’s a WiFi speaker and Bluetooth If you have Sonos already then yep it’s better but if you don’t have a Sonos ecosystem then it’s the same

[@mkemp1605]

@@aidanm5194 yea I have Sonos. But I mean in terms of sound. I currently use a flip 5 as my throw anywhere speaker and was thinking of getting this. But only if the sound quality is better.

[@pietervanlange453]

I have the roam and the sonos one and I think the sonos one sound quality is just a little bit better than that of the roam

[@aggaviriyo790]

@@mkemp1605 JBL Flip 5 is louder, has more bass, more rugged, cheaper What you're getting from Sonos Roam is slightly better treble, cleanet looks, and the Sonos eCoSyStEm

[@jb7753]

Can I ask an off video topic question...... it you have an arc, 2 x one SL'a and sub, and the sonslos app says your putting out 7.1.... is that true 7.1 due to the arc functionality or still not true as you should have 2 more one SL's???

[@grigorischaralampopoulos4999]

I think the arc is 5.0.2 by itself. So adding the two one sls you have 7.0.2 and plus the sub you have 7.1.2 the 2 are the upfiring when play Dolby atmos movies.

[@jb7753]

I only just saw this reply. Thanks for the feedback, I'm thinking that I'd the case also. Cheers mate.

[@RoxieLoxie]

Thanks for not saying Alexa 😂

[@petercooper3612]

Bought and returned the Roam. On/off/bluetooth button is much too difficult to operate. The standby battery life is totally unacceptable. Sonos - go back to the drawing boards! One should never buy a brand new product until it has been tested in the field. Wait for it to be updated to fix any issues.

[@YesItsMeDes]

If you could just get on with it, we could have a review in about 3 minutes

[@clemt1456]

I’ve literally not been able to use it ONCE without troubleshooting some BS.

[@bassman108]

Don't waste your money on this tiny speaker. They should have made it bigger as the sound is not that good. Its very glichy as well. I have the Sonos arc and 2 ones speakers i use for my home theater plus one of the Ikea Sonos speakers in another room. They all sound great! I bought the roam and added it to my group. It worked fine till i was using it outside and the battery died. Major problem getting it to join my Sonos app again. They want you to reboot your rougher to get it to work again. I'm not going through all that to get this thing to work again. I did get it to work again kind of. The blue tooth works fine but it was cutting in and out on wifi and i was 5 feet from my rougher. I put it back in the box and returned it. To many problems I'm not interested in fixing with this.

[@mrgold3591]

I have 2 Roams to replace my 2 +5 year old Bose Soundlink Micro. Sound quality is very similar and I found the Roam easier to add to Sonos ecosystem for whole house for extra sound in another room or for our two Beam 5.1.2 systems. None of the issues you experienced with your Roam. I found the Roam was very good for home use; but, the Bose worked better overall because of its smaller footprint, connected easier to any bluetooth device, big sound from small speaker, and built-in strap.

[@straelboraaaa]

You are quite nuts comparing Arc (with double Ones) with the Roam , look at the price tag dude. I think it is a excellet speakers for bathroom, garden or just moving around the house.

[@kurtb.hansen378]

floppy distorted bass

[@hunterfrederick2731]

Why?! Why can’t these be surround speakers for the tv? That’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard in so long. They are probably the absolute best option for pairing with the beam. The size makes them a great buy for the price and for that purpose… please forward the hate to Sonos so that they can learn from it.

[@lukeyp8271]

Had nothing but connectivity problems since mine arrived, hopefully a software update will sort it out otherwise it’s getting returned 👎🏻

[@aidanm5194]

Oof on WiFi or Bluetooth?

[@lukeyp8271]

@@aidanm5194 WiFi. Factory reset all my devices, reset my router, created a new account, tried everything. Got it to work/connect 3 times in the last 7 days 😒

[@nickbailey202]

Same here. I'd click the error message on the app and it would launch a website describing a long list of potential issues. None of which were helpful.

[@aggaviriyo790]

@@lukeyp8271 bruh that's literally the problem I'm having now😫

[@smarthomesounds]

Sorry you are having issues Luke, I would generate a diagnostics number from within the Sonos App and send this to Sonos as they will be able to see what's happening on your system / network as it will be a network related. In our testing we've had no issues but of course there are multiple routers we haven't tested. Hope you get it sorted soon.

[@mydevices768]

Mandatory WiFi for setup? No thanks! And what private data are they collecting from me and my local network??

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

Dead after a year and 5 months. Solid orange light.

[@smarthomesounds]

Please get in touch with our service team as they will get it replaced asap. You’ve got the 6 year warranty for piece of mind so please don’t worry.

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

@@smarthomesounds I appreciate the reply. Unfortunately I didn't know about your business until after I found this video. Mine was ordered from Crutchfield.

[@drkskyef]

The Battery in standby mode ( sleep mode) for only ten hours returned this price of sh***t!!!!

[@Whowhatwherewhy]

It’s overpriced, overhyped crap. There saved ya 5 minutes. Don’t forget to hit the like button.

[@aggaviriyo790]

This shit is so overpriced compared to the competition. What you're buying is literally the Sonos name slapped on it

[@midnightprophet]

That’s because you’re comparing it to Bluetooth only speakers, when taken alongside something similar like the JBL link portable the price is quite close

[@Largeone1968]

Zero sales to S1 customers. All that processing power yet not backwardly compatible. Fail

[@cristianj.9623]

That is why they are offering a discount to upgrade your non s2 compatible to the new gen. I believe they offer 30% for very old products.