Testseek.com have collected 211 expert reviews of the Sonos One smart speaker and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Sonos One smart speaker.
October 2017
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211 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
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2234 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Great sound quality for the price and size
Supports stereo pairing for even better sound
Supports a wide range of music streaming services
Simple Sonos app enables music playback in all areas of your home
Built-in microphone and Alexa skill replicates
Great sound
Super easytouse
Stellar price point
Voice control
Superb sound for its size
Alexa works great thanks to a 6 microphone array with noise cancellation Redesigned Sonos app is cleaner and more intuitive to navigate
New touchscreen controls are neat
Support for Siri and Google Assistant is on the way
Sound quality
Easy to get connected
Microphones do good job at picking up voice
Multi-room audio with flexible stereo and surround configurations
Powerful sound for its size
Offers both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant voice assistants
Supports AirPlay
The Sonos One integrates full-fledged Alexa voice control
Just like an Amazon Echo speaker but with better sound quality. It offers most of Alexa's smart home controls and its far-field microphone performs similarly to an Echo. The Sonos One works seamle
Great sound in a compact package
Powerful voice-recognition capabilties
Fantastic Alexa integration
With Google Assistant and Apple AirPlay 2 compatibility promised
Powerful voicerecognition capabilties
Excellent design that looks great in any room
2.5-inch circular screen is bright
Crisp
And doubles as a clock
Camera can be completely disabled
Wit
ZigBee smart home hub onboard
Large
Vibrant
Higher-resolution display
Vastly improved user interface
Alexa and Google Assistant
Multi-room
AirPlay 2 support
Excellent audio quality
Comprehensive Sonos app
Lets you control lots of music sources
Can pair more speakers for whole-house audio
Works with Alexa and Google Assistant
Fits smoothly into an existing Sonos system
Assistant-agnostic means you won't be locked in
Sound quality belies the size and price
Controlling whole-home music by voice is transformational
All the usual Alexa skills
Good voice microphones
Seamless integration with existing Sonos systems
Wide selection of music services to stream from
Impressive sound
Versatile multi-room features
Comprehensive streaming integration
Typical Sonos build and sound quality
Alexa voice control
Excellent audio quality for the price
First Sonos to let you control your music with your voice
Attractive
Inconspicuous design
Works with just about every music service you can use
Alexa integrations works almost exactly the same here as on the Echo
The editors didn't like
Lacks some of the functionality of an Amazon speaker
Sometimes clips the audio response when responding to Alexa commands
Added complexity of multiple systems attempting to work together can lead to frustrating failures
Apple Music can't be started with voice control
No Siri support
Spotify support is not available yet
But it's coming soon
Not all of Alexa's skills are enabled yet but software updates will address this
We would like to see the ability to pair a Sonos One with a PLAY
1 in stereo mode
Convoluted setup process
Bass is a little much
No Spotify/Apple Music voice support at launch
Sound can distort at top volumes
No Bluetooth or wired audio connections
The One costs twice as much as the new Echo. It cannot form a stereo pair with an existing Sonos Play
1. There's no Spotify voice control or Alexa Calling at launch
And Google Assistant and AirPlay 2 support won't arrive until 2018. It doesn't work how y
You can't use voice commands to stream music from your own local server
You can use voice commands with only a handful of the 80+ streaming services Sonos supports
You can't disable the LED that glows when the mic is on
Nor the tone that sounds when yo
You can use voice commands with only a handful of the 80streaming services Sonos supports
Nor the tone that sounds when you
Hefty cord somewhat limits where it can be placed
Videos are truncated in full-screen mode
You can use voice commands with only a handful of the 80+ streaming services Sonos suppor
No Z-Wave support
Not the best smart speaker for music
The power plug can be a little tricky to hide
Lack of visual search can be frustrating
Plays catch-up t
Not cheap
Can't make calls using either Alexa or Google Assistant
Alexa drop-in not supported
Some configuration stumbles
An Echo Dot is cheaper
No Spotify voice control yet
Alexa can't play Spotify at launch
Some music services might never support voice
No Bluetooth or wired inputs
No Bluetooth
No hi-res audio
Voice commands only have full functionality with a few music services
Spotify voice commands not available at launch (but coming later this year)
Published: 2018-04-02, Author: Scott , review by: ausdroid.net
To answer the original question yes, two Sonos Ones are better than one — if you are setting up a multi-room home audio system I highly recommend you check out these speakers as a possible solution. I will be decking my house out with them that's for sure...
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Published: 2018-02-28, Author: Sam , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Abstract: Sonos has been, arguably, the leader when it comes to high quality, multi-room sound. And while a lot of their kit costs a pretty penny, they have always justified their high prices by offering awesome sound quality. But the Sonos One is a new frontier fo...
Published: 2018-02-21, Author: Rae , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Abstract: It seems like every new wireless speaker on the market comes with a voice assistant now. Since 2014, when Amazon announced the Echo, the idea of a smart speaker has taken the gadget world by storm. Apple has finally thrown its hat into the ring with the r...
The Sonos One has a few niggling issues, but overall it offers great audio for its small size, seamless integration with Sonos' other multi-room speakers, and the smarts of Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant, when the latter option becomes available later t...
Abstract: Much like the explosive growth of the smartphone market in the late 2000s, the smart speaker category is now in its own period of rapid expansion. And like the rise of the smartphones, it's not a free-for-all - it's a proxy war.Sure, everyone is in it for...
Published: 2017-10-19, Author: Scott , review by: ausdroid.net
If you are just starting out in multi-room audio then Sonos should be one of the first and possibly the last brand you look at. The Sonos One brings not just a high quality compact speaker to the setup but also, eventually for Australians, smart features...
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Published: 2017-10-19, Author: Adam , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Abstract: Sonos wouldn't like it, but you could call its new smart speaker an "Echo." A high-end, very nice-sounding, but flawed Amazon Echo -- the kind someone who just got a promotion might buy themselves, because unlike the $US50 Dot or new $US100 Echo, this spe...
Abstract: When we attended the Sonos One event in New York we saw a familiar product unveiled and demonstrated. It was a speaker that looked similar to the Play 1 however the biggest different was on top. Sonos One isn't a completely redesigned version of the 2013...
Great sound quality, Seamless setup and usability, Should be supported with software updates for yonks
No official smart speaker functionality at launch in Australia, Voice controls for music are quite limited right now, Microphones can be hit and miss when you're playing music loud
While most smart speakers focus on the "smart" to the detriment of the speaker, the Sonos One delivers genuinely great sound quality and a seamless wireless multiroom experience. Smart functionality is currently missing in Australia, but if you're not in...
The Sonos One integrates full-fledged Alexa voice control, just like an Amazon Echo speaker but with better sound quality. It offers most of Alexa's smart home controls and its far-field microphone performs similarly to an Echo. The Sonos One works seamle
The One costs twice as much as the new Echo. It cannot form a stereo pair with an existing Sonos Play:1. There's no Spotify voice control or Alexa Calling at launch, and Google Assistant and AirPlay 2 support won't arrive until 2018. It doesn't work how y
The Alexa-powered Sonos One is the first smart speaker that actually sounds good with music -- and even more new features will be coming to it in the months ahead...
