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Reviews of Sonos One smart speaker

Testseek.co.uk 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.
Award: Most Awarded October 2017
October 2017
 
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211 Reviews
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The editors liked

  • Great sound quality
  • Easy to use
  • Amazon Alexa support
  • Google Assistant coming in 2018
  • 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
  • Full-bodied
  • Rich sound
  • Combines best of Alexa and Sonos
  • Plays music while Alexa is muted
  • Great design
  • Excellent sound quality
  • Brilliant Alexa integration with Google Assistant coming soon too
  • Voice control
  • Seamless multi-room audio
  • Compatible with over 80+ music services
  • Easy setup
  • Decent price
  • Hard-wired microphone LED
  • Fully modular
  • Great sound
  • Alexa
  • Can hear you over noise
  • Excellent app
  • Plenty of choice of music service
  • Compact
  • Potential for Google Assistant
  • Can be used to create stereo pair
  • Ethernet
  • Can be wall mounted
  • Brilliant Alexa and Google Assistant integration
  • Compatible with over 100+ music services
  • Stylish and unobtrusive
  • Solid
  • Sophisticated sound
  • Alexa and Google Assistant
  • AirPlay 2
  • Still the best user experience
  • Good service support
  • Nice
  • Compact design
  • Alexa and Google Assistant built-in
  • Lots of streaming options
  • Sound quality
  • Good price
  • Stylish design
  • Rich
  • Full and strong sounds
  • Lots of streaming services
  • Superb sound quality
  • Dead-simple setup
  • Super easy to use
  • Excellent Alexa integration
  • Priced well
  • You can customise the sound of the speaker to suit your room thanks to the Trueplay feature using the microphone on your iPad
  • Trueplay (available in the Sonos app) analyses how sound reflects off walls
  • Furnishings
  • Glass and other surfaces in a room
  • Ad

The editors didn't like

  • Won't pair with Play
  • 1
  • No speaker mount options
  • 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
  • Voice controls don't support Spotify
  • Google Assistant is MIA until 2018
  • Spotify voice control not as comprehensive as Amazon Music yet
  • Expensive compared to other smart speakers
  • No Alexa calling compatibility
  • Smart speaker voice recognition still generally dodgy
  • No Bluetooth or analogue audio input
  • Full voice control limited to Amazon Music
  • Spotify and TuneIn
  • No option for 360degree sound
  • Voice control for some music services not as comprehensive as Amazon Music
  • Apple Music or Spotify
  • Voice control for many music services like Apple Music not as comprehensive as Amazon Music or Spotify yet
  • No hi-res audio
  • Individual speakers can be trumped for sound
  • No hi-res support
  • Bass could be deeper
  • No Bluetooth
  • No support in a 5.1 or stereo system
  • Voice recognition not as good as Amazon's
  • It won't suit rooms on the larger size
  • Alexa isn't as integrated as we'd like
  • Occasionally fiddly Sonos app
  • Rating
  • No threaded insert for mounting
  • No Bluetooth streaming
  • It's expensive for a speaker of its size
  • At present
  • Alexa can't play songs from Spotify
  • There's no 3.5mm socket on the speaker that lets you connect devices that don't have wifi to the speaker

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  Published: 2021-12-16, Author: Matthew , review by: T3.com

  • Excellent sound quality,Nice, compact design,Alexa and Google Assistant built-in,Lots of streaming options,
  • Bass could be deeper, No Bluetooth,
  • The Sonos One is a small speaker with refined and crowd-pleasing audio quality, in a nicely designed shell. That it's also one of the most versatile smart speakers on the planet is the icing on the cake, especially with all the other great streaming suppo...

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  Published: 2019-05-14, Author: What , review by: whathifi.com

  • Still the best user experience, Good service support,
  • Individual speakers can be trumped for sound, No hi-res support,
  • While we still hope that Sonos has a change of heart and adds hi-res support in the near future, we don't believe its absence is a deal-breaker.But if you do, you should look at what Bluesound offers. Those looking for a simpler, cheaper and better-soundi...

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  Published: 2019-04-19, Author: Caleb , review by: Digitaltrends.com

  • Superb sound quality, Dead-simple setup, Super easy to use, Excellent Alexa integration, Priced well
  • No threaded insert for mounting, No Bluetooth streaming
  • Yes. If you want all the convenience of Alexa (and Google Assistant coming soon), along with Sonos' intuitive system and excellent sound quality, the Sonos One remains one of the best you can get...

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  Published: 2019-01-23, Author: Britta , review by: pocket-lint.com

  • Great design, Excellent sound quality, Brilliant Alexa integration with Google Assistant coming soon too, Voice control, Seamless multi-room audio, Compatible with over 80+ music services, Easy setup
  • Voice control for many music services like Apple Music not as comprehensive as Amazon Music or Spotify yet, Expensive compared to other smart speakers, No Alexa calling compatibility
  • The Sonos One is a small but mighty little speaker. It delivers a premium, solid design, just as you would expect from a Sonos device, but it couples its good looks with smarts too, living up to that "smart speaker for music lovers" tagline.It has some se...

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  Published: 2018-10-12, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Sonos' apps are available on iOS and Android and there's also desktop software available for Windows and OS X. There are also third-party alternatives if you want an app that works across Windows 10 on desktops and mobile devices. You can use either Phono...

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  Published: 2018-04-03, Author: Roland , review by: Theinquirer.net

  • Rich, full and strong sounds, lots of streaming services, compact design
  • It won't suit rooms on the larger size, Alexa isn't as integrated as we'd like, occasionally fiddly Sonos app, Rating:
  • Well priced, a rich sound and the promise to get smarter, the Sonos One is our best smart speaker bet and one you won't regret splurging some cash on...

 
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  Published: 2018-02-15, Author: Samuel , review by: theguardian.com

  • great sound, Alexa, can hear you over noise, excellent app, plenty of choice of music service, compact, potential for Google Assistant, can be used to create stereo pair, ethernet, can be wall mounted
  • no Bluetooth or analogue audio input, full voice control limited to Amazon Music, Spotify and TuneIn, no option for 360degree sound
  • The Sonos One takes an already great wireless speaker in the form of the Play:1 and puts most of what's great about Amazon's Alexa in the top. The result is the best all-round music-focused smart speaker available in the UK.It sounds brilliant on its own...

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  Published: 2018-01-29, Author: Sasha , review by: alphr.com

  • Despite all the minor niggles and frustrations, the Sonos One has become an integral part of my Sonos system. Alexa's various minor talents such as setting alarms and reminders, or quickly converting ounces to grams while my hands are covered in flour are...

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  Published: 2018-01-02, review by: expertreviews.co.uk

  • Abstract:  Unlike Bluetooth or wireless speakers that need to be controlled via a smartphone or tablet, a smart speaker is a far more versatile choice. Whether you're lying on the sofa or cooking in the kitchen, you're in control: you can pause and play your music...

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  Published: 2017-12-21, Author: Matt , review by: wired.co.uk

  • Sound quality, good price, stylish design
  • No support in a 5.1 or stereo system, voice recognition not as good as Amazon's

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