Sonos

Sonos released an app update adding Presets for quick room-volume playback, swipe gestures on the Now Playing screen, rearrangeable favorites and iOS System Health support. The company will open a US waitlist on November 6 for early access to its Sonos 27 AI voice assistant, with access starting November 12, enabling natural-language commands for playback, speaker grouping and more. The features aim to recover user experience after the 2024 app redesign and follow Sonos’s September launch of the Sonos 27 app OS and custom AI agent support. » More on theverge.com

Sonos is expected to hold its financial conference on November 10, 2026, and will report results for the quarter ended September 30, 2026. Analysts on average forecast a loss of $0.18 per share and an 18.21% revenue increase to $340.3 million year‑over‑year. For the just‑ended fiscal year, analysts expect a mean earnings per share of $0.64 and revenue of about $1.54 billion, after previously a loss of $0.51 per share and $1.44 billion in revenue. » More on finanzen.net

Sonos released the Ace Ultra at $449, upgrading drivers, adaptive EQ, improved ANC, and a 35‑hour battery. They add Wi‑Fi headphone linking to move audio between Sonos speakers and the headphones, but that feature is in early access and currently uses a lossy stream. The Ace Ultra support lossless over USB‑C and aptX Lossless over Bluetooth, but cannot be grouped with speakers and their ANC and midrange clarity still trail top competitors. The headphones are most valuable to existing Sonos system users. » More on theverge.com