In addition to launching three new colors for roam, SONOS launched a new entry soundbar called ray on Wednesday And confirm that our voice assistant will be online on June 1 SONOS ray is a price friendly soundbar, which supports Dolby Digital audio and is connected to TV through optical cable. It contains two tweeters for high frequencies and two mid bass speakers.
SONOS said that ray can provide good sound performance wherever it is placed. It can also be integrated into a larger surround sound system by using pairs of SONOS speakers. SONOS ray retails for $279 and will go on sale in the United States, Canada and other countries on June 7.
In addition to SONOS ray, the speaker manufacturer also launched its portable SONOS roam Bluetooth speaker for the first time, with three new colors to choose from: red, green and blue. Like other SONOS roam speakers, they retail for $179.
In addition to the new audio hardware, SONOS also confirmed that it will release its privacy focused voice assistant in June. Users will be able to play music, skip tracks, adjust the volume, and send audio to other SONOS speakers using the "Hey SONOS" command.
The voice assistant will be added to all existing speakers in the company through software update. It will support Apple Music, Pandora, deezer, Amazon music and SONOS radio at launch.