Sonos mocks, both in emails and in instagram.com/p/C7JuZ-WuvQL/?hl=en”>social media, that its “most requested product ever” “will arrive soon” on May 21 (this Tuesday). This, of course, is almost certainly the Sonos Ace, its first wireless headphones.
Sonos was expected to release the Ace in June, but given the company's “most requested” tagline here and the fact that the headphones recently appeared on sale from authorized reseller Schuurman, it looks like they'll arrive sooner.
A launch this week could help Sonos with some of the anger that came with the launch of its new app earlier this month. The app was apparently created in part to support the Sonos Ace, but is missing key features like a sleep timer or those related to local library management. And getting those features back into the app can take months.
Roam and Ace aside, there's not much else the company is likely to announce this week. Sonos is rumored to be preparing to launch a TV streaming device, but not until later this year at the earliest. The same goes for its rumored Sonos Arc soundbar. And it seems quite likely that their “most requested product so far” will be the upcoming Sonos Sub or the business-oriented Era 100. Headphones make more sense and would kick off the first of four new product categories the company is supposed to enter. .
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