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    Sonos Beam

    Oct 14, 2020 4 minutes

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    £399

    • Inputs HDMI ARC, Optical
    • eARC No
    • Wi-fi Yes
    • Voice assistants Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant
    • Ethernet Yes
    • Dimensions (hwd) 6.8 x 65.1 x 10cm
    • Weight 2.8kg

    Hot on the heels of the Sonos One smart speaker, the Sonos Beam is a smaller, cheaper TV speaker, with a few additions to its spec sheet, including an HDMI connection and voice control via Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant. So can the Beam deliver the goods?

    Touch controls on top of the soundbar allow you to alter volume, play, pause and skip tracks and mute the microphone, while an LED indicates the soundbar’s status and voice feedback. Around the back, you’ll find the HDMI connection, ethernet port,

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