Sonos Arc Ultra pre-order leaks give us a release date that’s real soon – and our best pictures of it yet
Belgian retailers may have spilled the few remaining beans about Sonos' next soundbar
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TheSonos Arc Ultrais truly the worst-kept secret in tech right now, with the new soundbar leaking everything like water from a paper bucket. Only a few days ago,Best Buy seemed to reveal that it would have a price of $999, and now more retailers may have given us the release date.
Spotted by Redditors, Belgian retailers Fnac, Vandenborre, and MediaMarkt apparently had pre-order pages visible for theSonosArc Ultra and the Sonos Sub 4, promising a release date of 29 October 2024 for both.
The pre-orders offer a price of €999 for the soundbar, and €899 for the Sonos Sub 4 – all of which are in line with expectations.
October 29 is coming up fast, so we may get official information about the new soundbar imminently – early next week will be two weeks from that launch date, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see something arrive then.
On top of this release date revelation, a load more images that are claimed to be of the Arc Ultra have leaked on Reddit, too. There’s a combination of product shots and lifestyle images, and they appear to confirm that the soundbar will work with theSonos Ace headphones(not that anyone had any doubt about that, especiallysince they were updated to work with the Beam and Ray soundbars).
The Sonos Arc Ultra is exciting because it’s claimed to be the first product with a new kind of speaker tech, whichSonos appears to be calling ‘Sound Motion’ based on previous leaks, but was previously known as Mayht Heart Motion before Sonos bought the company.
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These drivers are much smaller than traditional speaker designs, but can apparently deliver the same power and depth. They’re said to be used here, though we don’t know in exactly what form yet – the likelihood is that they’ll provide much more bass and mid-range power from the bar.
The originalSonos Arcstill rates among thebest soundbarsyou can buy today, and I’ve written beforewhy I think the Arc’s successor could be one of the best tech releases of the year. And if Sonos cankeep its improved app on its positive track by adding features and fixing the reliability, we could be onto a real winner here. Looks like we’ll find out one way or the other soon.
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Matt is TechRadar’s Managing Editor for Entertainment, meaning he’s in charge of persuading our team of writers and reviewers to watch the latest TV shows and movies on gorgeous TVs and listen to fantastic speakers and headphones. It’s a tough task, as you can imagine. Matt has over a decade of experience in tech publishing, and previously ran the TV & audio coverage for our colleagues at T3.com, and before that he edited T3 magazine. During his career, he’s also contributed to places as varied as Creative Bloq, PC Gamer, PetsRadar, MacLife, and Edge. TV and movie nerdism is his speciality, and he goes to the cinema three times a week. He’s always happy to explain the virtues of Dolby Vision over a drink, but he might need to use props, like he’s explaining the offside rule.
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