Sonos Preparing AirPods Max Rival With Voice Assistant Support
Sonos Preparing AirPods Max Rival With Voice Assistant SupportTuesday August 11, 2026 3:53 pm PDT by Juli CloverSonos is working on an upgraded version of its Ace headphones that will support AI, reports Bloomberg. The Sonos Ace Ultra showed up in an FCC filing earlier this week, with the product likely set to debut in September. Sonos debuted the original Sonos Ace in 2024.
- ▪Sonos Preparing AirPods Max Rival With Voice Assistant SupportTuesday August 11, 2026 3:53 pm PDT by Juli CloverSonos is working on an upgraded version of its Ace headphones that will support AI, reports Bloomberg.
- ▪The Sonos Ace Ultra showed up in an FCC filing earlier this week, with the product likely set to debut in September.
- ▪Sonos debuted the original Sonos Ace in 2024.
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Sonos Preparing AirPods Max Rival With Voice Assistant SupportTuesday August 11, 2026 3:53 pm PDT by Juli CloverSonos is working on an upgraded version of its Ace headphones that will support AI, reports Bloomberg. The Sonos Ace Ultra showed up in an FCC filing earlier this week, with the product likely set to debut in September. Sonos debuted the original Sonos Ace in 2024. Reviews praised the sound quality and active noise cancellation, but the headphone market is crowded, and Sonos' product launched shortly after its disastrous app redesign. The headphones also didn't fully integrate with the rest of the Sonos ecosystem, making them unappealing to Sonos users. Sonos ended up selling around 200,000 units, well below the internal one-million target it set.
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