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The Sonos Roam 2 fixes the original speaker’s confusing button setup

Sonos refreshed its cheapest portable speaker, the Roam. The Roam 2 has the same audio as its 2021 predecessor but adds more streamlined controls and a quicker setup.

The previous model required you to set up the speaker over Wi-Fi, so you couldn’t quickly connect to Bluetooth until you’d gone through the (potentially cumbersome) process of pairing with a home network. The Roam 2 lets you quickly connect your phone or other device over Bluetooth, so you don’t have to mess with the much lengthier Wi-Fi setup until it’s time to pair it with a Sonos home system. It’s still rated for a solid 10 hours of battery life, has IP67 dust and water resistance and supports automatic Trueplay tuning to adjust its sound to any room’s acoustics.

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