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Most notably, the gen-two Beam supports Dolby Atmos, for movies, TV and music (the latter in a limited fashion, for now). What’s different is that the new processor inside the Beam is 40 percent faster, which opens up a lot of new audio formats. It also has the same speaker components inside: a center tweeter, four woofers, and three passive bass radiators. The new Beam looks nearly identical to its predecessor, aside from a new perforated polycarbonate grille instead of the cloth front found on the original. We’ll have to review it before we can really say if it’s worth the extra $50, but there are a number of notable new features here.
The good news is that the new Beam is more capable than its predecessor in a number of ways. That’s $50 more than before, in line with the other price increases Sonos announced last week. The new, second-generation Beam goes on sale today for $449 and will be available on October 5th. Today, the Beam is getting a major upgrade. And 2020’s new flagship, the Sonos Arc, was the company’s first soundbar capable of Dolby Atmos playback. It started with the Sonos Beam, a smaller and more affordable version of the flagship Playbar soundbar.
Sonos has sold home theater products for a long time, but the company has made the living room even more of a priority in recent years. Nathan Ingraham is the deputy managing editor at Engadget.