The Sonos One (Gen 2) is a smart speaker, and a pretty good one at that. With both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa built-in, it's almost guaranteed to satisfy anyone's preferences. The speaker has great, app-adjustable sound, and you can also connect it to your home Sonos ecosystem for multiroom audio. The speaker is a bit pricier than other smart speakers we've reviewed, but it may make up for it with its nice design and good sound.

The Sonos One (Gen 2) comes wrapped in a protective sock and is fairly compact at 16.2cm tall. A metal grille wraps around the speaker with a matte black surface on the top and backside. Touch control icons are etched into the speaker’s touch control panel, which accumulates a lot of fingerprints. Otherwise, the Sonos One (Gen 2) has a cute rectangular design without harsh corners, and its bottom has silicone feet to ensure a soft landing.

Features

• Enjoy the music your love in one place: The Sonos app works with 80 streaming services, including Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Amazon Music and YouTube Music to make listening to music as simple as possible.
• Brilliant clear sound in any room: With Sonos, you can create a wireless multiroom audio system with simple control and wide functionality. Pair two speakers in the same room for stereo separation and more detailed sound.
• Manage your sound system from any device: The Sonos app is compatible with iOS, Android, Mac, or Windows devices.
• Smart speaker with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant: Allows you to start and control your music with your voice.
• Make your life easier with Alexa and Google skills: You can check traffic, find a recipe for dinner, play games, or make announcements for a whole home.
• Wireless connection: Connects to your home Wi-Fi network with any 802.11b/g, 2.4GHz broadcast-capable router for uninterrupted wireless streaming.
• Apple AirPlay support: With AirPlay, stream directly from your Apple devices or ask Siri to play your favorites from Apple Music throughout your home.
• Two Class-D digital amplifiers: Tuned to match the speaker drivers and acoustic architecture.
• Compact speaker combines woofer and tweeter: Ensures rich sound with high-frequency response, faithful playback of mid-range vocal frequencies and deep bass.
• Four far-field microphones: Provide advanced beamforming and echo cancellation.
• Convenient top panel: Use capacitive touch controls for volume up/down, previous/next track, play/pause, microphone mute. The LED indicates the status, mute status, and voice feedback.
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