Sonos 27 Audio Operating System | Planetworld

Sonos expands its open platform with AI control, introduces new ways to move sound around the home, and welcomes Beam Ultra and Sonos Ace Ultra to the system portfolio

The brand introduced Sonos 27, the latest version of the audio operating system the company has spent more than two decades building. Sonos 27 audio operating system brings a new set of features that expand its open platform and adaptability: AI control through multiple assistants and agents, new ways to move sound around the home, and a more intuitive app experience. The new system, along with the latest products, is available through Planetworld. Sonos also welcomes two new flagship products, Sonos Beam Ultra and Sonos Ace Ultra.

Twenty years ago, Sonos made a bet that the rest of the industry is only now arriving at – a home deserves an audio operating system made just for it. The company built its system around a shared love of music and the belief that nothing sets the mood like great sound. Sonos 27 takes that further, bringing acoustic engineering, adaptable software, intelligence and design together in a way only Sonos can. The company sees this as just the start of what its audio operating system can do.

An open approach to AI

Sonos 27 gives listeners the option to control their system using any AI they prefer. This a natural progression of the company’s open platform philosophy. Sonos is introducing Sonos 27voice, the company’s own assistant built for music and mood curation, and Sonos 27mcp, which lets users connect any outside AI assistant or agent to their system, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

With this Sonos integration, people can ask ChatGPT to play music anywhere in their home from their phone or computer, without leaving the conversation they’re having. According to Atty Eleti, product lead for ChatGPT Voice at OpenAI, the integration offers a simple way to stay in the moment, and the company is excited to bring it to Sonos listeners around the world.

Sonos also previewed where its open platform goes next with Sonos Custom Agents, which will let people create their own agents through the system, each with its own model, persona and voice.

According to Nick Millington, Chief Innovation Officer, the smartest home is not run by one do-everything assistant, but by giving people the ability to pick – or create – the right agent for each job. This is what Sonos’ open platform gives users.

Sonos Fabric, moving sound in new ways

Sonos Fabric is the system capability that enables Sonos products to sense each other and adapt to the moment. This autumn, it powers two new features that show what a system built for adaptability can do.

Headphone linking connects Sonos Ace Ultra directly to the Sonos system as an Early Access feature, giving listeners the ability to push and pull sound between nearby speakers and their ears.

Sonos Positioning Technology uses high-frequency sound to sense a speaker’s location and change its role within the system based on that. This enables the new portable surrounds feature, which lets Move 2 or Sonos Play become rear surrounds the instant they are moved into position.

Enhanced navigation on Sonos 27app

Sonos is also rolling out new features and improvements to its Sonos 27app, making it easier and more intuitive to navigate. Shaped and tested by the Sonos community, Sonos 27app is one of many ways listeners can control their Sonos system, alongside Sonos 27voice and Sonos 27web.

Two new additions to the Sonos system

Alongside Sonos 27, Sonos is introducing two new products designed to take advantage of the expanding capabilities of its system.

● Beam Ultra is a mid-size soundbar delivering true 7.1.2 Dolby Atmos, bringing a more immersive home theatre sound to a smaller form factor.

● Sonos Ace Ultra builds on Sonos’ headphone portfolio with hardware designed to enable deeper integration with the Sonos system, including headphone linking, launching in Early Access.

Together, Sonos 27, Beam Ultra and Sonos Ace Ultra represent the next stage of Sonos’ evolution from a collection of connected audio products into an increasingly intelligent and adaptable Sonos 27 audio operating system for the home.

Available through Planetworld.