In the world of mains-powered wireless speakers for the home, Apple returns in 2024 with the HomePod Mini and HomePod 2 pair ...

Some of Sonos’ speakers can double as voice assistant-powered smart speakers. As you can see in the list above (denoted with an *), the Sonos Roam 2, Era 100, Era 300, Move 2, Beam Gen 2 ...

Apple's smart home audio is two whole products — rather than the impressive ecosystem that Sonos has built over many years of innovation. The question then becomes what would happen to Sonos.

He lives in New York City where he writes about TVs and home entertainment ... HomePod and Sonos Era that run on Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa or through Apple’s ecosystem.

If you are interested in spatial audio, stream the majority of your music (and from Apple Music or Amazon Music Unlimited, ideally) or need a smaller speaker with big ambitions, the Sonos Era 300 ...

Apple HomePod 2 out of the water in terms of audio quality. It's certainly pricey, but a discount of around £50 is really helping to rectify that somewhat. For more info and the latest deals available ...