Sonos Move: What Sonos Didn't Tell You (in-depth review)
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
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In this video, we'll take a closer look at the features and capabilities of the Sonos Move. From its WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity to its built-in voice Assistants, this speaker makes it easy to stream your favorite content from any device, anywhere.
00:00 Intro
00:58 Where does the Move fit in the Sonos line-up
01:36 Sonos Move design
03:28 Charging the Sonos Move
04:30 Battery test
07:16 Weatherproof test
07:58 Durability test
08:41 Sound test
10:37 Wireless extender test
11:34 Auto trueplay test
13:32 Bluetooth test
14:38 Voice control test
15:36 Common FAQs
16:55 Is it worth £399?
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00:58 Where does the Move fit in the Sonos line-up
01:36 Sonos Move design
03:28 Charging the Sonos Move
04:30 Battery test
07:16 Weatherproof test
07:58 Durability test
08:41 Sound test
10:37 Wireless extender test
11:34 Auto trueplay test
13:32 Bluetooth test
14:38 Voice control test
15:36 Common FAQs
16:55 Is it worth £399?
im new! do u have a video of the sonos beam? should i buy ?
Thanks!
Interesting to here you did not find a noticeable difference in Move battery life between Bluetooth and WiFi. I returned my first Move when I was initially testing Move battery on WiFI giving approx 6hrs at 50%. The same thing happened on my second move. But then I thought, I wonder if it’s different on Bluetooth. So I tried that and then I got a good 10hrs. The best advice I got from Sonos was that WiFi does consume more power than Bluetooth. Given that my first and second Move performed in more or less the same way I just kept the second Move. Perhaps different WiFi routers/environments and shorter distance between WiFi router and Move would give my Move better battery performance. Regardless, from a sound point of view I think the Move is very good. Much better handling bass and volume than the “One” speaker and has very impressive portable sound out in the garden. Personally I would have preferred Sonos to let people use the Move in the same way as any other “fixed” speaker. With a sub and in any config they wished. Let the customer be responsible for how they want to use their own speaker. They could have easily auto shut off a paired sub when the speaker is removed from the charging ring. If there was greater flexibility I would use multiple Moves instead of multiple Ones in some rooms.
1111italia1111 Yes!!
did someone know why i can’t connect to my library on youtube it keep telling me access denied. suddenly it was working perfect and suddenly stop working. i can’t connect any music from my youtube library
like the features, setup was difficult for some of my devices (August Door lock, ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxhB5YOMNj04GuoAosExygP4cH-dKeb4aB Bose speaker)... but all switches and outlets (5), thermostat, tankless water heater. Unfortunately all I can do is turn on/off Bose. It doesn't support volume or changing channels, but I believe that is due to the particular speaker I have.... Worth getting if you already have other devices to use it with... I don't sit around and ask Alexa questions much so that doesn't really matter to me....
Another excellent review and I especially liked how you approach the price; great explanations and easy to digest. Very nicely done
By far one of the best reviews I’ve seen, not just for the Move, but also of the general category of review videos.
This is a valuable review for those doing their research. Thanks for going the depth you did on this product.
Thank you very much for your outstanding and in depth review. My move is arriving next week and this review has been so helpful and informative. Have a lovely weekend.
Thank you for this clear and complete overview !
A very well done review, really appreciate how clear and comprehensive it was.
Well done presentation really help me to decide what I wanted to get👍🏽
Great review! Love it. No BS, right to the point well organized and precise explanations! Will follow the channel! Thanks!
"right to the point" video didn't even start for a full minute
Really thorough review, the best I've seen
Thank you for the much needed in-depth review 👍🏼
Great, thorough review thanks.
Best review Ive seen on this product, thanks
A very useful and well presented review, thank you. The points you covered really helped me understand features & benefits and the justification of the price. :)
Very good review, thanks for the eloquence and objectivity
Excellent review. It is great to see a review that is independent and gives both the up and downs of the kit. Just subscribed.
Great review. Thank you for this
Brilliant professional review. Well done!
Surprised that you forgot to mention another feature of this brilliant little speaker.
Let me explain......I have been a Sonos user for over 5 years now. Prior to me purchasing the Sonos move I already had
2 x Play1’s
2 x Play 5’s
1 x Play Base
PlayBase and the play1’s are used for a complete surround sound system for the TV
And the two play 5’s are in an (undercover) outdoor entertainment area.
Here in Australia the summers can be hot and sweaty!,so I do tend to spend a fair bit of time down the back of the house where the 2 x Play5’s are located. Whilst I have never had and complaints about the sound quality of any of these speakers it was (until recently) frustrating that I couldn’t play any audio via my IPad (IE from UA-cam, Podcasts etc) to the Play5’s unless the audio stream was recognised and compatible with the Sonos App. But that’s not a problem anymore since purchasing the Sonos MOVE!
Because the new Sonos Move has built in Airplay2 ability, I can now stream ANY audio source on the iPad via Airplay2 to the Move and THEN...I just group my older style Play5’s (which Don’t have Airplay2 ability) to the MOVE. Thus giving the ability to stream audio form UA-cam to any other grouped Sonos speaker and it doesn’t matter if some of your older don’t have Airplay2 ability.
One thing I did have problems with initially was that I kept loosing the group connection between the Move and the older Play5’s. After researching a bit I found out that I needed to upgrade my old Sonos Bridge to the new Sonos Boost which now has ...well boosted....the connection between all speakers.
Sonos here in Australia gave me a 30% discount off the price of a new Boost as I was a previously registered owner of the Sonos bridge
Discount code was emailed to me automatically once Sonos knew that I had added a MOVE to my system.
Total cost of new BOOST, direct from Sonos Australia $104.30 AU with free postage.
So in summary, if you want to be able to stream Any Audio! From an Apple device (that is capable of Airplay2) to any and all of your older non Airplay2 compatible Sonos Speakers. Get the new Sonos Move! But be prepared that you may also need to upgrade an old Sonos Bridge device to the new Sonos Boost.
Thanks for reading my rave ...I have always been happy with Sonos and now I’m VERY happy!
Sean B - Thank you! This will be super helpful, as I have the following speakers: 4 Play 1’s , 1 Sound bar and just picked up the Move a few months ago 👍🏼😀
Hi, seems like you have been in the Sonos system for a while now, I just purchased my first set of Sonos One Gen 2 about 6 months ago. I went back and forth with support trying to get Alexa to work on them but no luck at all, I gave up communicating with them which I shouldn't have but I truly felt they did have the solution. I CAN NOT GET ALEXA TO WORK WITH THE SPEAKERS . I am able to have Alexa respond through it like asking for the time, but it is un able to play any music, turn on any smart devices or anything. I could in the otherhand connect google assistant to it and that works perfectly. Have you connected alexa to a Sonos one device before and got it working perfectly?
@@kevinesparza3020 I had an issue with connecting alexa for months!! Took me hours of time and trying to reset the speaker, searching online ect. Then I finally worked out what was wrong with my speaker. I was logged into different spotify accounts through the alexa app and my sonos app and then suddenly everything worked! That even fixed the radio somehow.
Let me know if this helps!
Sean B ... wow ! That’s utterly brilliant.
Your description of the airplay-Sonos functionality is spot on.
Thanks for posting. You put it much more clearly than I could have.
Ps I live in the Algarve and have a similar (outdoor) set up.
Great review, it really helped me understand how it is and if I want it or not (I do want it now :)). Thanks!
Brilliant review! Well produced, delivered and full of useful, informed advice - Thank you!
Glad it was helpful, and thanks for watching :-)
I purchased 2 Moves about 4 weeks back and I absolutely love them. In the past I would use two of my play ones and everyone probably understands what I had to do each time I put them outside. I use one on my deck and one in my garage. So easy now. Just pick up and go, I love them. Don't have play 5's yet but 2 of them are in my future. I have been a sonos user for over 5 years and I own 9 speakers so far. I have play 1's and play 3's and now the moves. I also use a boost for greater range. One or two in every room, almost! 💟 sonos
Such a helpful and clear review - thanks!
I bought a Sonos move a couple of weeks ago mainly to take away in my caravan as the fitted audio is so unbelievably bad and I wanted something that would work with Bluetooth. I've got several other Sonos products so it will complement them whilst at home. It's a great product and in my view lives up to everything it claims. Sound quality is brilliant. However be warned. I bought it just before we went away for a couple of weeks and intentionally didn't take the dock as it could be charged with a usb charger. I managed to get a couple of days out of it but now I can't use it as it won't charge. Sonos say you need at least a 36 watt charger. I was trying to charge it with an Anker 24 watt 12 volt car charger and it won't charge. So either make sure you always use the dock or have a powerful enough usb charger.
So it cant work anymore?
@@makeupbykatherine21 yes it will charge on its own dock or if you have a usb charger that is powerful enough but it won't charge with a low power usb charger.
@@paul756uk2 What about a car USB Port ? Thank you, Mike
@@michaelmurphy5444 yes it was an Anker USB charger but the current capacity wasn't enough. It's odd as you would expect a lower current to just take longer to charge but in this case it wouldn't charge at all. If it was a 3 amp USB it would've been ok. Cheers
Terrific and very comprehensive review. Thanks
Great review of the Sonos Move 👍🏻 recently just purchased it & it sounds great 😎
A good video. I just got my Move and I think Sonos has nailed it. They could have gone 2 ways on portable as you implied at the end of the video - either a smaller lighter speaker more suitable for travelling but that would have involved some compromises on sound quality or what they actually delivered with the Move. To me the clue is in the name, the Move is not designed to be a particularly portable speaker to throw in a backpack when travelling, it’s a moveable speaker that can be moved (carried) to somewhere else in the house, very probably the garden or patio, and give really good sound quality instead of having to put up with some tinny little bluetooth speaker with no real bass. That’s exactly the use case I bought mine for and the Sonos Move really delivers; I would have begrudged any compromises on the sound quality had Sonos gone smaller and lighter. I definitely think the Move is worth the money.
Another Apple sucker but what more could I expect but to praise Apple for all of their ingenious (sarcasm) yet deplorable product design tactics LOL praise be lord Apple please take our money and spit in our faces while laughing at our mass stupidity. One, brand loyalty is a joke and only strengthens companies BS money grubbing tactics and Two, every single decision made by Sonos (Apple) and I mean EVERY revolves around ways to take and even better yet, continually (subscriptions) take your money! Because it's not enough to charge overpriced amounts for very over-rated and limiting products. Unfortunately it doesn't end at paying a premium amount for a product oh no you then have to keep paying to actually be able to use your premium device you plebs 🤣🤌 literally can not use without subscription services mind you that is just the tip of the iceberg and people will praise them for it 🥳 bravo Sonos or should I say Apple and a bigger Bravo for also acquiring/ruining Bose 👏👏 (how is that not anti competitive behaviour or conflict of interest)
Jonathan, awesome review. Wife and I pulled the trigger on the Sonos Move based on your review. Many thanks.
Awesome review. Super thorough and informative. Thank you!
I work in a gatehouse so I'm listening to music or a podcast all the time. This thing is perfect for me it fills the outside and the gate house I love it!
The Move is a great speaker. Nice job guys!
Excellent review, it really did help.
Cheers😊
What a throughly review. Thank you very much.
Thanks , I wasn’t going to buy it for £400, I got it from Sonos direct for £320 . I have a play one in conservatory , Alexa play in kitchen and take the move into the garden , a large garden . All playing as a group is incredible , different sound levels . But the move on its own is without doubt worth even the £400 , the features of Alexa and Bluetooth, battery lasts forever , the base and sound quality is just immense . Heard all the Bose , this destroys it and all your ultimate ears , can’t tell you how pleased I am
Great video and very informative!
Thanks for the fantastic review!...Well done!
Got mine last week - Luv it !!!!
Very well presented and informed review. Thanks.
Great review. This speaker is a nice addition to my existing system.
Excellent review, one of the best I have listened to
Now this is what you call a complete review
Trank you for this Perfect explanation! As a German I especially like your very understandable English.
Thank you for a great review. How clear are the voices when using the Move (podcasts etc)?
awesome and detail testing. great job.
Good job, you convinced me to buy one of these babies.
Great review, thank you!
Brilliant! All I needed to know 👍
Excellent review! Thanks!
Thank you. That was the most thorough review of the Move that I have seen. I regret to say that I won’t be getting it if it can’t work in either a 5.1 or 2.1 setup.
You had a very good point about the 5 GHz May support HiRes Audio. I also think the new WIFI 6 standard may enable routers that will support HIRes Audio upto 24 Bit 192KHz along with Atmos. I think that Sonos definitely needs to support Atmos by Next year.
It does work in a 2.1 setup. They can be stereo paired and you can add a sub.
@@kyle2034 nah, you can't use this as 2.1, you can't add sonos sub in stereo move
@@kyle2034 Did you watch the video??? Doesn't work with the sub. Pay attention.
Apologies, the others are correct that it doesn't work with a sub. They can be stereo paired, though. And they do have really good bass.
Great review. Very thorough and informative. Just ordered a Move to add to my family of Sonos speakers 🥰
Glad we could help James.
good comprehensive review :-)
This was a great explanation!
excellent review as ever. thank you.
Very nice review. Thank you.
Solid review, subscribed.
This is a fine video - well done.
Thanks for the review
Well damn even in 2022 this video is still relevant. This is an awesome review and I love the ending bit when answering questions.
Excellent review. So good I've just ordered one from you.
Awesome, thank you!
I was happy to see that you addressed the question whether this can pair with Bluetooth turntables. I have the same turntable as in the video, but my Sonos Move speaker will not pair with it. Very disappointed as this is the reason I got the speaker in the first place.
Really great review!
Jonathan! Utterly brilliant. (Why do the Americans fill up you tube with verbose crap ? ) What we want is precise and concise content like this. Just perfect. Thanks
Very good review.
Awesome review. Thanks!
Terrific review.
well put together !
Excellent review! Thank you. I'm a huge Sonos fan.
Lucid Dreaming by Velee is the sound test song.
Excellent review!
Great review! Just what I was looking for as I own multiple Sono's speakers in 2 homes. This is very helpful. Bottom line, unless one needs the portability we should stick to the Play 5. Better overall sound for $100 extra.
But what if you want stereo?
@@wilssantos2 You can sync 2 Play 5's for stereo sound.
@@treydrier3169 I know. But you'd have to pay double for it. And he didn't review it in stereo, if I recall.
Magnificent Review!! Appreciate it !
Great review thank you. Trying to setup the whole house and backward. So many choices.... for each room. Need whole house and 5.1 for two rooms. Thank you
Get in touch if you need any assistance, our customer service team would be happy to help :)
I already own a move, but found your review excellent and bang on point
can i use the move with spotify free version? Like when i say "hey google play music on spotify" does that work? with free version?
I dont have any Sonos products to integrate with the move, would it still be beneficial to me? I mostly listen to music from either my computer or my iPhone via iTunes. I have about 300 gigs of music on both my iphone and computer in mp3 form. I dont enjoy any streaming services.
Great review 👍👍👍👍
A clip of how to change the battery would be splendid mate
I own one. I concur with everything he said in his review.
This or the five for music?
@@polanialmoni6274 The difference is this is portable. The five plugs in, if that is what you are asking.
Great video. I wish Smart Home Sounds was in my neighborhood, I'd have you guys get my stereo out of the dark ages.
Maybe one day! And thanks for the positive feedback 👍
Excellent review! I agree with your view I’d a smaller battery speaker. I would like one for the shower and bathrooms that connected to the rest of the house system .
Thank you, very informative video! Wondering if you leave the speaker plugged into a battery source/docked will the speaker just use that power source versus using the battery?
Love the sound
Great review
This review is gold.
Great review! Where you using regular wifi or Sonosnet during "wirelss extender test"? If not, will Sonosnet provide the same range?
Excellent! Thanks!
This was very well done and informative. I am trying to decide whether to install a Sonos Five (or pair of Solo Five's) on the patio outside my house for music outside or get a Sonos Move and enjoy its portability.
Hi Gary, it's a question we do get quite a lot.The Fives are more of a studio quality speaker so will definitely give you more audio quality and being a stereo speaker, more width too. However, it's not a weatherproof speaker so you'd have to take it indoors when not in use (plus it requires a mains power connection at all times). The Move still offers great sound quality but it's a lot more convenient on the portability side so perfect for outdoors. My advice would be to start with a Move if it's specifically going to be for the patio, see if the sound quality is enough for you, then look to a more permanent outdoor solution if it's not going to be right for you. Hope that helps!
@@smarthomesounds that was super helpful! Thank you
This is a great review. Thank you and lovely accent!
This is legitimately solid content. Thank you :)
Nice review! Tx!
And Neck Beard!
@@TonePatrón Can't argue! 🤭🤭🤭
Very nice, 'no bull' review,
Hey love all the in depth information and quick skips. How does the play 5 compare to JBL’s boombox or the ue hyperboom for hifi, loudness, battery life? Thanks !
I own two play3 speakers and find it very strange sonos cancelled those. For my living room the play5 was too much and the play1 was too weak.
The sonos move is pricey and doesn't really appeal to me in any way. A JBL charge, UE boom, or even a JBL boombox seem like the better choices.
Great video by the way!
Can you list what songs you used, mate? Great review btw!!
Well done
For me, setting it up was a total PITA...Hope I get it working...It does look nice, though. I have high hopes. Thanks for the good video
Hi thanks for a great review, but I still have 1 question:
I can't seem to connect to my Sonos move with my Android via Bluetooth. Right now I can only use the Move in the Sonos app, which is limiting the usage. Can you help me out?
Great review from Jeremy from Peep Show's brother ;)
I received a Move for a Christmas gift a couple years ago. I leave this on the charger base in my workout area. In the summer it is taken out to the patio on the deck often. The volume level and sound quality is very good. Love the Alexa feature, not needing anything else to play my music but a request to Alexa. I take it around the yard while working on outdoor projects in my 1/2 acre property.
Looks really good, a bit of a worry the comment about the battery maybe needing replacing after 3 years. I guess that depends how much you use it though
Could you use your phone as a wifi hotspot to check the battery level?
Looking at using this to replace an old connect that was driving some outdoor speakers. I want to leave it plugged in, in a pool house that isn’t weather protected for temperature. Then we would pull it out when needed near the pool area. How would it stand up to outdoor weather in Richmond VA? Would it be able to handle being outside year around? Wouldn’t get snowed on or anything, temp would be the biggest concern.
Great review. My question is when you were seeing how far it stayed connected on wifi, were you on 2.4 or 5 GHz? My guess is 2.4.
Hi Richard, you're right the router used was 2.4 GHz. The Moves 4 internal wifi cards made a massive difference to the range but it would be interesting to test the 5 GHz range also. Thanks for watching :-)
I'm guessing the move has a larger buffer as it's meant to be portable so the wifi test might not be a true test.. perhaps it lost signal much sooner and was playing off a buffer