{"id":427,"date":"2022-03-02T14:40:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/sonos-roam-sl-drops-the-mics\/"},"modified":"2022-03-02T14:40:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T14:40:46","slug":"sonos-roam-sl-drops-the-mics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/03\/02\/sonos-roam-sl-drops-the-mics\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonos\u2019 Roam SL drops the mics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/3\/1\/22956293\/sonos-roam-sl-chip-shortage-portable-bluetooth-speaker<\/a>
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Last year the Sonos Roam<\/a> arrived as a portable smart speaker option that not only provided quality sound you could take with you, but also access to assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. It was initially<\/a> priced at $169, but Sonos cited the global chip shortage as a reason<\/a> for bumping the price up to $179 last fall. If you were interested in the product but want to save a few bucks, Sonos is now introducing the Roam SL, a mic-less version that costs $159, and mimics the similarly mic-less One SL<\/a> it released two years ago.<\/p>\n

According to the FAQ, losing the microphone doesn\u2019t just cut out support for either voice assistant. It also means no automated Trueplay sound tuning<\/a>, and living without the Sound Swap feature that lets you pass off audio from the Roam to a nearby Sonos speaker by holding down the play button.<\/p>\n