Best for Smart features
Sonos Era 100
5.0 attribute score
Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.
Best Sonos Speakers for Smart features
Smart features Decision Dashboard
Safest pick
Sonos Beam (Gen 1)
4.5 attribute score
Balances the attribute score, supporting reviews, and overall product strength.
Most evidence
Sonos Beam (Gen 2)
6 supporting reviews
Has the broadest review evidence for this attribute.
Best overall product
Sonos Arc Soundbar
4.3 overall score
Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this attribute.
The speaker offers a broad smart-feature mix beyond audio, including voice control, multi-room functions and flexible app-based management.
Pros: Bass performance, Overall sound quality
Cons: Google, Wired input
Smart features were a strength, with reviewers praising Sonos smarts, streaming breadth, and the app as a central media hub.
Pros: Value for money, Dolby Atmos height effects
Cons: Audio format support, Video passthrough support
Smart features were a consistent strength, with reviewers praising the large service ecosystem, assistant flexibility, and smart-home hub role.
Pros: Value for money, Dialogue clarity (for TV/soundbar use)
Cons: Subwoofer, Bluetooth connectivity
Smart features were viewed as broad and useful, especially Sonos ecosystem expansion, voice control, and smart-home integration.
Pros: Frequency response balance, Battery life (if portable)
Cons: Price / value for money, Weight convenience
Smart features were valued for synchronized Sonos playback, voice control and app-based service aggregation, especially inside an existing Sonos home.
Pros: Frequency response balance, Setup simplicity
Cons: Battery life (if portable), App reliability
Smart features were considered broad and useful, combining ecosystem streaming, voice support, app control, and expandable home-audio options.
Pros: Value for money, Dialogue clarity (for TV/soundbar use)
Cons: Video passthrough support, Soundstage height
The speaker combines multiroom, Bluetooth, voice control, and Atmos, but its app and service limitations reduce convenience for some buyers.
Pros: Value for money, Overall sound quality
Cons: Design and aesthetics, Audio format support
Smart features add versatility, but one owner found some functions impractical or inconsistent rather than reliably useful.
Pros: Overall sound quality, Overall satisfaction
Cons: Price / value for money, App reliability