What is Sonos Flex, what do the subscriptions offer and how much do they cost?

(Pocket-lint) - Sonos Flex is simply a subscription work offered by the multi-room talker institution that allows users to rent Sonos speakers connected a monthly basis. It means you tin capable your location with Sonos speakers, without having to bargain the speakers outright.

This is everything you request to cognize astir Sonos Flex, including wherever the work is available, what subscription packages determination are, however overmuch they outgo and what the Flex programme offers. 

What are the Sonos Flex subscription options?

There are 3 subscription options wrong the Sonos Flex program.

The cheapest allows you to rent 2 Sonos One speakers. The Sonos One is 1 of the company's astute speakers, offering built-in Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, arsenic good arsenic Apple AirPlay 2.

The 2nd gives you a Sonos Beam - the compact astute dependable barroom - on with 2 Sonos One speakers. You should beryllium capable to prime the 2nd procreation Sonos Beam with enactment for virtual Dolby Atmos if you privation to.

The 3rd subscription option offers the Playbar, Sonos Sub and 2 Sonos One speakers, offering a large location theatre setup. There is besides escaped installation with this package. As with the 2nd subscription, you should beryllium capable to prime the Sonos Arc soundbar implicit the Playbar with this subsciption.

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How overmuch bash the Sonos Flex subscriptions cost?

The archetypal Sonos Flex subscription with the 2 Sonos One speakers costs €15 a month. To bargain 2 Sonos One speakers outright, you would wage £400.

The 2nd subscription with the 2 Sonos One speakers and the Sonos Beam costs €25 a month. To bargain this setup outright, you would wage £800.

The 3rd subscription with the 2 Sonos One speakers, Playbar and Sonos Sub costs €50 a month. To bargain this setup outright, you would wage £1800.

What bash you get with Sonos Flex subscriptions?

All subscription options connected the Sonos Flex programme connection escaped app updates that immoderate Sonos idiosyncratic would get, delivering entree to the latest features, similar Google Assistant dependable power and Apple AirPlay 2 compatibility. 

Users connected the Flex programme volition ever get entree to the latest speakers excessively though. For example, Sonos updated the Playbar with the Arc dependable bar, truthful we would presume subscribers to the location theatre bundle get the enactment of the newer speaker. You tin opt to instrumentality with your existent setup excessively though.

Can you cancel your Sonos Flex subscription?

The Sonos Flex subscription packages tin beryllium cancelled astatine anytime. There is nary yearly contract, but determination is simply a three-month minimum contract, aft which you tin cancel. You wage for your subscription per period and you tin set it astatine immoderate time.

Where is Sonos Flex available?

At the moment, the Sonos Flex subscription work is lone disposable successful the Netherlands and the escaped installation is lone disposable to residents successful Amsterdam.

Sonos has not said if the work volition beryllium coming to different countries but we volition support you posted if we perceive more.

Want to cognize more?

You tin find retired much accusation connected the Sonos Flex website, arsenic good arsenic motion up to the service, if it is disposable successful your country.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 8 October 2019.