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The Verge
2 days ago
- The Verge
Sonos is finally updating its Ace headphones with a long-delayed feature
Sonos has released a major software update for its Ace wireless headphones bringing performance improvements and a feature that was supposed to originally be available late last year. TrueCinema mode, which adapts the headphone's spatial audio to your space and makes the virtual surround sound effect more convincing, is finally available, as spotted by What Hi-Fi? The feature is similar to Sonos' TruePlay that optimizes the sound of the company's speakers by measuring the acoustics in a room using a smartphone that listens to how sounds reflect off walls and surfaces. With TrueCinema, a Sonos sound bar measures a room's acoustics while the mics on the Ace headphones determine your exact listening location and adapt the 3D spatial audio so it sounds like there's speakers all around you. The new software update is also expanding the headphones' TV Audio Swap feature which lets you send the audio from a supported Sonos soundbar to the Ace for private listening. The feature was originally limited to the Sonos Arc soundbar and needed to be activated with an iPhone or iPad. Last August, Sonos expanded the TV Audio Swap's compatibility to include its more affordable Beam and Ray soundbars, and Android devices. Sonos' update further expands TV Audio Swap's capabilities so that it now works with two sets of Ace headphones simultaneously, allowing two people to watch TV together without disturbing others. Sonos says the Ace will also benefit from enhanced active noise cancellation that adapts to how the headphones fit on your head. The ANC will now compensate in real-time for sound leakage caused by hair, glasses, or hats preventing the Ace from making a tight acoustic seal around your ears. The headphones will now also use high resolution audio during phone calls and a new feature called SideTone will add a bit of your voice to the audio when ANC is turned on so calls sound more natural.
Engadget
2 days ago
- Engadget
Sonos Ace headphones get long-awaited TrueCinema sound and more in big update
Sonos has announced a major software update for its flagship Sonos Ace headphones that brings some new features to the premium wireless cans. Chief among them is the long-awaited TrueCinema feature, which was first promised as upcoming when the headphones launched in 2024. TrueCinema uses a compatible Sonos soundbar to measure the acoustic dynamics of the room you're sitting in. It then uses that data to increase the accuracy of the spatial sound in your headphones, in the same fashion as Trueplay on Sonos speakers . The idea is for the audio the user hears to mimic that of a well-balanced surround sound system thats sits right in the room you're listening in. TV Audio Swap is also getting an update and will now support two sets of Sonos Ace headphones synced to the same compatible soundbar, where it previously supported just one set. This feature allows users to seamlessly transfer the audio from their soundbar to their headphones. The update also improves the headphones Active Noise Cancellation by leveraging on-board sensors to adapt to a user's hair, glasses or hats in real time. Using the sensors, the Sonos Ace will then compensate for sound leaks. Some improvements to call quality are also coming to Sonos Ace with the addition of SideTone, a feature that plays a user's voice back to them at low volume while on a call. The audio fidelity on phone calls has also received a bump through this update, though details on what bitrate or exactly how it was improved are not available. Jason White, head of software at Sonos, said the company's goal has been to share meaningful software updates that deliver new enhancements to existing products. 'Our goal has always been to create products that earn their place in people's lives for years, and this Sonos Ace update is a great example of that. It proves that your best tech investment doesn't need to be your newest, it just has to be built right,' White said. This update launches globally today and is available through the Sonos app. If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission.
Bloomberg
2 days ago
- Bloomberg
Sonos Upgrades Ace Headphones as Part of Software Turnaround
Sonos Inc. released a major software update for its Ace wireless headphones on Tuesday, as it works to rebuild its reputation following a disastrous app overhaul last year. The update adds support for a long-delayed feature that the company calls TrueCinema, which is meant to make it sound as though surround audio is coming from actual speakers placed throughout the room instead of from the headphones.
