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Sonos One SL

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Wireless speaker | £149 | whf.cm/OneSL

In the rapidly evolving realm of wireless speakers, packing as much into each fabric-jacketed box as possible – drivers, streaming-service support, features – has long been the route to success. More has definitely always been more.

So why has Sonos released a product that looks identical to its latest five-star smart speaker, the Sonos One, but left out the smart aspects, including those little microphone dots around the top, and the built-in voice assistant?

Our review of the Sonos One described it as “essentially a

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