We think it is a good move that instead of optical audio input, Sonos is made for HDMI ARC input, they included optical to HDMI dongle with the Beam soundbar, so you have the freedom to switch between HDMI and Optical Audio. But, it couldn’t discover playlists we have on Apple Music or Spotify. You can pause/play, and jump to your favorite tracks. All of Google Assistant’s fundamental voice controls work with the Beam, for example, checking the climate, lining up the music, shows, and controlling smart home gadgets.Īlexa comes in handy for controlling music through the Sonos application. The Beam supports Google Assistant (post a free May 2019 update), Siri and Alexa voice control support.īut, you do need to switch between Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant, so you can’t openly converse with either virtual assistant at once, which makes sense. You can control the volume by using your voice control or by TV remote and handle all the settings of Beam with its Sonos application. The Beam gives the output a black and white screensaver because some TV requires a video signal to open the HDMI connection. The Beam worked flawlessly over ARC with our 2016 LG B6 OLED TV. But to be fair, if your TV is 10 years old, it’s worth upgrading the TV before you want to work on the sound. In testing by using our old Pioneer Kuro, the optical connection worked fine, yet we were unable to adjust the audio sync - the Beam was constantly a little bit delayed. You can control it with your TV remote if your TV supports ARC-CEC HDMI, you can also control it with voice commands using Amazon Alexa. The Beam does not come with a remote like other Sonos soundbars. Our only issue with the Beam’s general design is the enormous Sonos logo on its front, just saying that it could be a little smaller or discreet. On the back of this soundbar, you’ll discover HDMI, Power, and Ethernet ports and another side it has a ‘connect’ button, and on the top, you’ll see a button for microphone, volume control, power status LED and microphone LED that can be turned off. It has four woofers and one tweeter, which makes it produce room-filling sounds. Don’t let its humble size get to you because there’s plenty of features going on inside this soundbar unit. Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa ControlĮthernet Connectivity, Wireless IEEE802.3Ĥ X elliptical mid-woofer and 1 x tweeterįormed like a smooth, extended pill, having the dimensions – 25.6” x 2.7” x 3.9” and weighing just 6.35 lbs, Beam is smaller than most soundbars.
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