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As early as August 11, the Internet speaker brand Sonos submitted a new device certification application to the US Federal Communications Commission FCC.

Two new products, codenamed S17 and S23, appear in the certification file, of which S23 may be Sonos Connect, the next-generation wireless connectivity kit from Sonos.

This kit can be used to connect some devices without wireless connection (such as vinyl record players, old CD players, etc.) to the entire Sonos wireless audio system. In this way, users can listen to streaming media through Sonos, and listen to music on other carriers such as vinyl and CD.

If the S23 is an updated version of Sonos Connect, then the S17 should be the next new Sonos wireless speaker. According to Before Fan’s previous report, S17 is Sonos’ first portable sound that supports Bluetooth connectivity.Sound equipment.

Recently, German Media WinFuture Exposure has a new look at this codenamed S17. As you can see from the picture, the S17 is a wireless speaker with a USB-C port. Three buttons are provided at the position above the USB-C port, corresponding to the machine switch, Bluetooth control, and an unknown function key.

The bottom edge of the speaker under the USB-C port is equipped with an interface that allows the speaker to be connected to a ring base for charging or other functions.

Media SlashGear revealed, Sonos this The new speaker, called Sonos Move, is a product that is positioned in the field of “portable speakers.” The body comes with a battery, canTo charge through the USB-C port charging base, Sonos should use this Sonos Move to break the original “home audio experience service” image and make a portable audio equipment product line.

But it can be seen from the photo of the speaker embedded in the pedestal that the Sonos Move is much larger than the portable Bluetooth speaker of the Sony XB series, Anker Soundcore Flare, and Bose SoundLink Mini. It’s still a bit difficult to carry this model with you. It’s more reasonable to define a “portable” wireless speaker that is larger than the Sonos One and Play:1.

Also, SlashGear also says Sonos There are also 6 microphones on the Move body. With these 6 microphones, Sonos Move can accept voice commands and become a smart speaker when connected to the Internet.

But in addition to receiving voice commands, WinFuture and SlashGear did not reveal other features of this set of microphones.

If Sonos Move has features like HomePod, you can use these microphones and speakers to determine your position and adjust the sound output to improve your sense of hearing.

The function of the speakers, the two media did not reveal too much.

But they say that Sonos Move has different counterparts in Bluetooth mode and Wi-Fi connected mode. If the user connects to the mobile phone through Bluetooth mode, it is not much different from other ordinary Bluetooth speakers, and the speaker can only implement the basic audio playback function.

After switching to the Wi-Fi connection mode, Sonos Move becomes a regular Sonos speaker that can be controlled by Sonos’ own app to play streaming music.

But after switching to Wi-Fi mode, Sonos Move can be part of the Sonos living room stereo as before, or it can implement AirPlay 2 and Auto Trueplay, so you won’t know until the new product is released.