Sonos 27 Ties New Beam Ultra and Ace Ultra to AI Agents
Sonos 27 opens the speaker system to outside AI agents through an MCP API, extending the company's app-based aggregation approach to voice control.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Sonos announced Sonos 27, a new audio operating system, on September 2, alongside two compatible products. The Beam Ultra soundbar ships October 9 for 99,800 yen and the Ace Ultra headphones ship October 30 for 69,800 yen. Sonos 27 adds AI voice control, currently English only, and an early-access API called Sonos 27mcp that lets AI agents such as ChatGPT drive the system. A positioning feature reassigns speaker roles based on location.
The Beam Ultra is a mid-size bar with nine custom drivers in a 7.1.2ch layout, adding up-firing speakers and four more drivers than the current Beam Gen 2. It connects over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and HDMI eARC, and pairs with Sonos Play or Move 2 units as surrounds.
The Ace Ultra carries 40mm dynamic drivers, ten microphones that Sonos says double noise-canceling performance, and Bluetooth 6.0 with aptX Adaptive. A Headphone Linking feature lets the headphones join a Wi-Fi network directly and act as a Sonos system device.
Sonos 27 adds positioning technology that detects a speaker's location by high-frequency sound and reassigns its role, so a Play unit moved into a soundbar room becomes a rear surround. The 27mcp early access opens September 8 and exposes an API for AI agents.
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