Description
SONOS Beam – TV sound bar/wireless music system with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple AirPlay® 2
Wall-to-wall TV sound and voice control your way
The compact Sonos Beam delivers spacious sound with your TV shows, movies, and music. And it can be part of a Sonos wireless multi-room audio system. Plus, the Beam has Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant built-in. So you can choose which voice command technology you want to use. Each has its advantages, and both let you control your entire Sonos multi-room audio system using voice commands.
Wireless home theater options
The Beam can be paired wirelessly with a Sonos Sub to create a 3.1 home theater system. Add a pair of Sonos One-SL speakers as wireless surrounds, and you’ve got a full 5.1 system for wraparound sound.
The Beam connects to your TV’s HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel) port with an included cable. If your TV doesn’t have this kind of HDMI connection, Sonos has included an adapter cable for connecting to your television’s optical digital output. Either way, you can send sound from your connected TV to other Sonos speakers all around your house.
Voice commands get the music flowing
The Beam has a five-mic array with noise cancellation to ensure it hears your commands. Tell Alexa or Google Assistant to mix and match from Spotify®, Deezer, TuneIn internet radio, and more. You can control even more music features through the Sonos app on your smartphone or tablet.
Beyond music
The Beam lets you access many of the services Alexa and Google Assistant have to offer. The free Amazon Alexa app lets you set up “skills.” These are the services you can direct Alexa to access. It includes information sites, popular smart home brands such as Nest and Wemo, sports sites, and more.
The same is true with the free Google Home app. You can have hands-free voice control over compatible smart home devices from Wemo, Philips Hue, Samsung SmartThings, Nest, and others.
Expand to any (or every) room
Your Beam can be part of a larger multi-room audio system. Place Sonos speakers like the Sonos One or One SL, Play:1, or the larger Play:5, in every room where you want to listen to music. You can set up the players to work on your existing Wi-Fi® network.
Or, you can connect any Sonos speaker to your network router, and Sonos will create its own dedicated wireless network for even better performance. You can also use a Sonos Boost to create this network if you can’t place a speaker near your router.
Compatible with AirPlay 2
The Sonos Beam has AirPlay 2 built in. That means you can stream audio directly from your iPhone®, iPad®, or Mac® computer through your Sonos system. That includes soundtracks from YouTube® videos and Netflix movies.
And if you subscribe to Apple Music®, you can do even more. Use Siri on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple TV 4K to control Apple Music with voice commands. Tell it what selection or playlist to play — and which Sonos speakers you want it to play through.
Trueplay speaker tuning for optimal sound
If you use your Sonos control app on an iPhone®, iPad®, or iPod touch®, you can use it to fine-tune the Sonos Beam with Sonos’s Trueplay feature. It uses the mic built into your device to measure how the sound reflects off your walls and furnishings, and then it adjusts the speaker’s settings for the best possible sound.
Product highlights:
- 3-channel sound bar plays TV sound, music from the web, and digital audio files on your home network
- 5 built-in speakers, each with a Class-D digital amplifier
- 4 full-range woofers
- 1 tweeter
- 3 passive bass radiators
- Connects to your TV’s HDMI ARC port via an included cable
- Accepts Dolby® Digital and 2-channel PCM audio signals
- Optical digital audio adapter included as secondary connection option
- Stream sound from TV shows and movies to other Sonos speakers
- Built-in array of 5 far-field microphones
General voice control functions (common to both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant):
- Select which Sonos speakers to play
- Volume, play, pause, skip and repeat functions
- Get weather reports, news updates, time, sports and stock reports
- Select streaming music services such as Spotify, Pandora, and Deezer (subscriptions required for some services)
- Select radio stations through iHeartRadio or TuneIn Radio
- Control compatible smart home products
- Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant selectable as default voice control for speaker
- Can communicate with in-network Sonos products using other voice control service as default
Amazon Alexa voice control functions:
- Amazon Alexa app control
- Free download from Apple App Store and GooglePlay
- Control Amazon Alexa built-in compatible streaming services such as Amazon Music, Apple Music,and SiriusXM (subscription required for some services)
- Add items to your shopping list (requires Amazon Prime account)
- Access to Alexa skills, such as compatible smart home commands, Audible books, and more (subscriptions required for some services)
Google Assistant functions:
- Google Home app control
- Free download from Apple App Store and GooglePlay
- Set alarms, start timers, and add items to your shopping list
- Control Chromecast built-in-compatible streaming services such as TIDAL, Google Play Music, and YouTube Music (subscription required for some services)
Sonos control app:
- Free download from Apple App Store® and Google Play
- Compatible with Apple® and Android™ smartphones and tablets
- Play the same song on multiple Sonos speakers, or have different music playing on each one
- Trueplay automatically adjusts Sonos speakers to your room for optimum performance
- Trueplay currently works with iOS® devices only
- Plays MP3 and WMA streaming internet radio stations
- Plays MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, ALAC, Ogg Vorbis, and WAV files
- Plays personalized internet radio stations from Pandora
- Plays songs from subscription streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Rhapsody, TIDAL, and more
- Plays music and podcasts directly from Android and iOS mobile devices
Other features:
- Apple AirPlay® 2 lets you stream directly from an iPhone® or iPad® and ask Siri to play Apple Music
- Ethernet port for wired connection to your home network (Ethernet cable included)
- Pair with a Sonos Sub and two Sonos One or One SL speakers for wireless 5.1-channel surround sound
- Wall-mountable (requires Beam Wallmount bracket)
- Requires AC power (adapter included)
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 25-5/8″(650,875mm) x 2-11/16″(68,282mm) x 3-15/16″(100,012mm)
- Weight: 6.2 lbs. (2,812kgs)
