The Sonos Era 300 and Era 100 smart speakers were unveiled this month, and though we only had a very brief hands-on session with the two, we can’t wait to get them into our testing rooms. Highlights include completely reworked speaker designs, which Sonos claims will lead to big audio quality improvements across the board, as well as the addition of Bluetooth and USB-C connectivity to both speakers. The larger, more expensive Sonos Era 300 even has spatial audio support, which makes it a direct rival to the Apple HomePod 2 – one of the best smart speakers we have reviewed.
But while we are excited about testing the new Era speakers, the What Hi-Fi? team has already started speculating about what could be next in the pipeline from Sonos. Specifically, whether a new, currently unconfirmed, speaker to succeed Sonos’s most premium offering, the Sonos Five, might be on the cards. If the ‘Era 500’ becomes a thing, here are five things we would like to see added…