Seven Sonos Speakers: Three Run on Battery, One Does Atmos

Sonos sells seven speakers in the US besides its soundbars, and they split first on power: the Roam 2, Sonos Play and Move 2 have batteries, and the Era 100 SL, Era 100, Era 300 and Five plug in. The Era 300 (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab) is the one with Dolby Atmos, from a tweeter that fires at the ceiling. All seven can be stereo paired with a second speaker of the same model.

Prices are Sonos’s US list prices on 23 October 2026. That day Sonos discounted several sets but none of the speakers alone. Black Friday is 27 November; these are the figures to measure a deal against. The soundbars are in our Sonos soundbar explainer, and are not repeated here.

The three on battery

	Roam 2	Sonos Play	Move 2
Sonos US store, 23 Oct 2026	$179	$299	$499
Battery, as Sonos rates it	Up to 10 h, moderate volume	Up to 24 h	Up to 24 h, moderate volume on Wi-Fi
Water and dust rating	IP67	IP67	IP56
Weight	0.95 lb	2.87 lb	6.61 lb
Drivers	1 tweeter, 1 midwoofer	2 tweeters, 1 midwoofer	2 tweeters, 1 midwoofer
Bluetooth	5.2	5.3	5.3
Wi-Fi	802.11a/b/g/n/ac	Wi-Fi 6	Wi-Fi 6
Charges a phone	Not listed	Yes, over USB-C	Yes, over USB-C
Group over Bluetooth, away from Wi-Fi	Not listed	Up to four, with Play or Move 2	Up to four, with Play or Move 2
Line-in and Ethernet	None listed	USB-C adapters, sold separately	USB-C adapters, sold separately
Charging in the box	USB-C cable; no power adapter	Charging base; no power adapter	Charging base and 45W adapter

All three list microphones for Sonos Voice Control and Amazon Alexa, AirPlay 2 over Wi-Fi, and what Sonos calls Automatic Trueplay, which retunes the sound for where the speaker is.

Roam 2 (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab) to Sonos Play: battery and a power bank. The Sonos Play is rated up to 24 hours against the Roam 2’s 10, adds a second tweeter, and can charge a phone from its USB-C port; Sonos’s Roam 2 page gives that port only a power rating. It weighs 2.87 lb to the Roam 2’s 0.95. Its battery is replaceable, and Sonos sells the kit. Sonos introduced it, with the Era 100 SL, on 10 March 2026.

Sonos Play to Move 2: size, with the same rated battery. The Move 2 is also rated up to 24 hours, with the same tweeter and midwoofer count, but weighs 6.61 lb and is 9.49 inches tall. Its rating is IP56, which Sonos describes as protected from dust and “high-pressure water streams”; the Sonos Play and Roam 2 are IP67, which Sonos says survives 30 minutes under 1 m of water. The Move 2 is the one of the three with a power adapter in the box. Sonos rates the Roam 2’s 10 hours at moderate volume and the Move 2’s 24 on Wi-Fi at moderate volume, and gives no condition for the Sonos Play’s 24, so the three battery figures may not be measured alike.

Sonos’s support page says up to four Sonos Play and Move 2 speakers can play together over Bluetooth when away from Wi-Fi, and names those two models only.

The four that plug in

	Era 100 SL	Era 100	Era 300	Five
Sonos US store, 23 Oct 2026	$189	$219	$499	$599
Drivers	2 tweeters, 1 midwoofer	2 tweeters, 1 midwoofer	4 tweeters (1 upward-firing), 2 woofers	3 tweeters, 3 midwoofers
Amplifiers	3	3	6	6
Dolby Atmos	Not listed	Not listed	Yes	Not listed
Microphones and voice	None listed	Sonos Voice Control, Alexa	Sonos Voice Control, Alexa	None listed
Bluetooth	5.3	5.3	5.3	None listed
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6	Wi-Fi 6	Wi-Fi 6	802.11a/b/g/n
Line-in	USB-C adapter, sold separately	USB-C adapter, sold separately	USB-C adapter, sold separately	Built-in 3.5 mm
Ethernet	USB-C adapter, sold separately	USB-C adapter, sold separately	USB-C adapter, sold separately	Built-in 10/100 port
Trueplay room tuning	iOS only	iOS and Android	iOS and Android	iOS only
Weight	4.3 lb	4.45 lb	9.85 lb	13.89 lb
Height × width × depth	7.19 × 4.72 × 5.14 in	7.19 × 4.72 × 5.14 in	7.28 × 10.24 × 6.30 in	7.99 × 14.33 × 6.06 in

Specs are from each speaker’s Tech Specs tabs on Sonos’s shop pages. Sonos says the USB-C line-in on the Era models “is not intended for TV”.

Era 100 SL to Era 100: microphones. Sonos lists the same drivers, size and Bluetooth for both. The Era 100 adds a far-field microphone array, which gives it voice control with Sonos Voice Control or Alexa, and lets it run Trueplay tuning from an Android phone as well as an iPhone. The Era 100 SL has no microphones, and its Trueplay needs an iOS device.

Era 100 to Era 300: Atmos. The Era 300 has an upward-firing tweeter which, Sonos says, “reflects sound off the ceiling when playing Dolby Atmos content.” It doubles the amplifiers to six, with four tweeters and two woofers, and is more than twice as wide. Sonos says it streams Dolby Atmos music over Wi-Fi from supported services, and its support page lists it for Atmos from a TV “as surrounds” beside a Sonos soundbar. Because the height comes off the ceiling, what Dolby asks of the ceiling for up-firing drivers applies here as it does to a bar.

The Five (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab): wired inputs, no wireless extras. The Five is the widest and heaviest of the seven, with six amplifiers driving three tweeters and three midwoofers in what Sonos calls a sealed cabinet. It is the one with a 3.5 mm line-in and an Ethernet port built in rather than through an adapter. Its page lists no Bluetooth and no microphones, its Wi-Fi is the older 802.11a/b/g/n, and its Trueplay needs an iOS device.

Pairing and mixing

Sonos says only two speakers of the same model can be stereo paired, and lists all seven here. The exception is a model with microphones and its SL version: an Era 100 and an Era 100 SL can pair with each other. A Roam 2 cannot pair with a Move 2, and an Era 100 cannot pair with an Era 300. Any of them can still be grouped to play the same music in different rooms over Wi-Fi.

Who each one suits, by the specs

• Travel and the smallest bag: the Roam 2, at 0.95 lb and rated IP67, with the shortest rated battery of the three portables.
• A speaker that moves between home and garden, and can top up a phone: the Sonos Play or Move 2, both rated up to 24 hours and able to group over Bluetooth away from Wi-Fi; the Sonos Play is the lighter and the one rated IP67.
• A room without voice assistants listening: the Era 100 SL or the Five, which list no microphones. The Era 100, Era 300, Move 2 and Sonos Play have a switch that cuts power to theirs.
• Atmos music without a soundbar: the Era 300 is the one of the seven Sonos builds for it.
• A turntable, CD player or wired network without adapters: the Five, with its built-in line-in and Ethernet port.

How the Roam 2 scores against JBL and Bose in published reviews is on our portable speaker shortlist, where reviewers split on it; none of the other six is on it. JBL’s five portable lines are set side by side on JBL’s own figures in our JBL lineup explainer.

Questions people ask

What is the difference between the Sonos Era 100 and Era 300?

Atmos and size. The Era 300 has four tweeters, one of them firing upward for Dolby Atmos, and two woofers, and weighs 9.85 lb. The Era 100 has two tweeters and a midwoofer and weighs 4.45 lb. Both list Bluetooth 5.3, Wi-Fi 6, microphones for voice and Trueplay on iOS and Android.

What is the difference between the Sonos Era 100 and Era 100 SL?

Microphones. The Era 100 SL has the same drivers and dimensions but lists no microphones, so no voice control, and its Trueplay tuning needs an iOS device. Sonos says the two can be stereo paired with each other.

Which Sonos speakers are portable?

Three have batteries: the Roam 2, rated up to 10 hours, and the Sonos Play and Move 2, rated up to 24 hours each. The Era 100, Era 100 SL, Era 300 and Five run on mains power.

Does the Sonos Five have Bluetooth?

Sonos lists none. The Five’s connection tab gives Wi-Fi, a 3.5 mm line-in, an Ethernet port and AirPlay 2, while the other six speakers’ pages each list Bluetooth. It also lists no microphones.

Which Sonos speaker supports Dolby Atmos?

The Era 300, which has an upward-firing tweeter that Sonos says reflects sound off the ceiling. It plays Atmos music from supported services over Wi-Fi, and Atmos from a TV when used as surrounds with a Sonos soundbar.

Can you stereo pair a Sonos Roam 2 with a Move 2?

No. Sonos says only speakers of the same model can be stereo paired, so a Roam 2 pairs with another Roam 2. The exception is a model and its SL version, such as Era 100 and Era 100 SL.

Is the Sonos Play the same as the Move 2?

No. Both are rated up to 24 hours and can group over Bluetooth, but the Sonos Play weighs 2.87 lb and is rated IP67, against the Move 2’s 6.61 lb and IP56. Sonos introduced the Sonos Play in March 2026.