Even if you have all S2 compatible products, you can still choose not to upgrade you'll be able to carry on using your Sonos speakers as you always have.

Sonos S1 is basically Sonos as it is was. The first signs of this are the Dolby Atmos skills of the new Sonos Arc and we've now seen Amazon Music Ultra HD work with Sonos too. The app looks pretty swanky, truth be told, and there are some slick new software features for upgraders, such as preset groupings that you can use for speakers at certain times of day, or for events - think 'Downstairs', 'Partytime' and the like.īut the biggest deal is perhaps that Sonos S2 enables higher resolution audio technologies for music and home theater. Sonos S2 is not only the name of the newer app, with an orange color icon, it's also a new OS (via a firmware update), for your non-legacy Sonos speakers. The hardware surely gets to a point where it can't just keep up with the software it's expected to handle seamlessly? Given that some of those devices date back to the early 2000s (although some were sold as recently as 2015) it's hardly surprising that Sonos had to cut the chord at some point. This list included original Zone Players, first-gen Connect and Connect:Amp, the first-generation Play:5, the CR200 and the Sonos Bridge. Read on for everything you need to know about Sonos S2 and S1 and how to update your multi-room speaker system.Īt the start of 2020 Sonos announced it would stop updating 'legacy products'. What it means for you, and your Sonos system, depends on what speakers you have in your house and their compatibility with the S2 system and app.

However, you may not be: at the same time Sonos S2 went live, the original Sonos app was rebranded as Sonos S1. The Sonos S2 app is hardly new anymore it arrived in mid-2020 and the chances are that you're already using it.

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