Sonos' 2023 battery-powered speaker doubles the original Move's battery life to 24 hours and works as both a Wi-Fi multiroom and Bluetooth speaker. It sounds big, but at 3kg it mostly moves room to room, and its long-term experience is tied to the Sonos app, whose 2024 overhaul and ongoing glitches have frustrated owners.
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It depends on how you will use it. 60% would buy it again, which means roughly 40% would not. The 2024 app overhaul removed features and damaged owner trust.
Sound and battery satisfy, but the weight means most owners treat it as a room-to-room speaker, and day-to-day happiness depends on how well the Sonos app and home Wi-Fi behave.
The 2024 app overhaul removed features and damaged owner trust. Occasional malfunctions that need resets. Owners feel the premium price isn't matched by reliability.
Worth it for: Existing sonos households; Patio and backyard listening; Moving music between rooms. Think twice if: Hikers and travelers; Bluetooth-only users; People wary of app-dependent gear.
Our reading of how sentiment moves across an ownership period, drawn from the sources below. It is an editorial estimate, not tracked longitudinal data.
| At purchase | 8.0 / 10 |
|---|---|
| First week | 7.5 / 10 |
| One month | 7.0 / 10 |
| Six months | 6.7 / 10 |
| One year | 6.6 / 10 |
| Two years or more | 6.6 / 10 |
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A September 2023 review praising clearer sound, streaming features and doubled battery life, but calling it expensive and too heavy to be truly portable.
A September 2023 review that found the 24-hour battery claim accurate and the sound powerful, with weight and price as the main drawbacks.
An overview recording the May 2024 app redesign backlash, the CEO's apology and later resignation, and related layoffs.
A September 2026 thread where an owner describes system-wide dropouts including a Move 2 that misbehaved until reset, with replies pointing to Wi-Fi issues.