Sonos is engaged on a brand new flagship speaker that might be fairly a departure from its current fashions, in response to The Verge. The publication studies that it has seen early pictures of a brand new high-end speaker with the codename Optimo 2. If its present design sticks, the system shall be encased in a dual-angled shell and can be capable of hearth sound in practically all instructions, together with upwards. Its work-in-progress pictures apparently make it appear to be as large because the Sonos Five, an previous flagship launched in 2015 that went by an improve final yr. And when it comes out, will probably be accessible in black and white. 

Sources instructed The Verge that Optimo 2 could have twice the RAM and as a lot as eight instances extra flash reminiscence than earlier audio system, which might point out that Sonos plans to help it with updates for a prolonged time frame. It could have each WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, the latter solely being current within the firm’s moveable audio system for the time being. Sonos is reportedly additionally contemplating including help for USB-C line-in playback. While Five additionally has line-in playback functionality, it helps sound enter by way of a 3.5mm jack, not a USB-C port. 

Based on the options it’s going to supposedly have, the Optimo 2 might be Five’s successor. The publication says it is simply one in every of a trio of latest audio system Sonos is at the moment creating, although, the others being the Optimo 1 and 1 SL. These two different fashions will doubtless be smaller audio system, and the “SL” within the latter’s title stands for “speechless,” which suggests it would not include microphones and would not help voice management. Sonos has but to verify that any of those fashions are in growth, however we have reached out to the corporate and can replace this publish after we hear again.