Sonos launches the £449 Ace Ultra headphones, introducing speaker-to-headphone streaming and enhanced noise cancellation, reinforcing its home-audio ecosystem and raising the bar for multi-room sound experience.
Sonos has introduced the Ace Ultra, a new £449 pair of over-ear headphones that keeps the same price as the first Ace model while pushing much deeper into the company’s home-audio ecosystem. The main change is not cosmetic but functional: Sonos is positioning the headphones as a way to move sound between speakers and personal listening with minimal friction. Pre-orders are open, with shipping due to begin on 29 September. According to Sonos, the launch is aimed squarely at owners already invested in its speaker range.
The key feature is called Headphone Linking. Sonos says it lets users transfer whatever is playing on a compatible speaker directly into the headphones over Wi-Fi, then send it back to the speakers with another press. In practice, that means music or other audio can move around the home without a phone acting as the bridge. Sonos support material says the feature works through the Sonos app and requires compatible products on the same local wireless network.
Sonos is also retaining TV Audio Swap, which sends sound from a compatible Sonos soundbar to the headphones for private viewing. The company’s support documentation says the feature works with Sonos home theatre speakers and includes options such as spatial audio and dynamic head tracking, with up to two Sonos headphones able to participate in a single session. That keeps the Ace Ultra tied closely to the living-room setup, rather than treating it as a conventional standalone wireless headphone.
Under the shell, Sonos says the Ace Ultra uses a redesigned driver system, a new processor and two additional microphones, bringing the total to ten. The company claims active noise cancellation is twice as effective as before, while battery life rises to as much as 35 hours with noise cancellation enabled. It also adds Wi-Fi alongside Bluetooth, and keeps wired options through USB-C and a standard headphone jack. The design remains close to the original Ace, but the finish options expand to black, white, sand and agave, giving the model a broader appeal even as its real selling point remains ecosystem integration.
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