Apple HomePod (2nd generation) vs Sonos Era 300

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HomePod (2nd generation) compared with Era 300

	AppleHomePod (2nd generation)	SonosEra 300
Overview
Released
Released	February 2023	March 2023
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	Yes	Yes
Drivers
Drivers	4-inch high-excursion woofer and an array of five horn-loaded tweeters, each with its own neodymium magnet	Four tweeters (a forward-firing mid tweeter, two side-firing mid tweeters and an upward-firing tweeter in a horn) and two woofers angled left and right
Amplifiers
Amplifiers	–	Six class-D digital amplifiers
Audio formats
Audio formats	Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos for music and video	Dolby Atmos Music
Room tuning
Room tuning	Room sensing; computational audio with system sensing for real-time tuning; internal low-frequency calibration microphone for automatic bass correction	Trueplay (iOS and Android); bass, treble and loudness adjustable in the Sonos app
Connections
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	No	Yes
AirPlay
AirPlay	Yes	Yes
Voice assistants
Voice assistants	Siri	Alexa and Sonos Voice Control
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	802.11n Wi-Fi; Thread; Ultra Wideband chip for device proximity	Wi-Fi 6 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0 (RTINGS found no Bluetooth audio playback)	Bluetooth 5.3
Ports
Ports	Power only	USB-C for line-in (with the Sonos Line-In Adapter) or Ethernet (with the Sonos Combo Adapter); adapters sold separately
Streaming
Streaming	AirPlay from iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac; Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, third-party music services, TuneIn and UK radio stations by voice	Apple AirPlay 2; direct control from apps such as Spotify and TIDAL; Sonos Radio
Multi-room
Multi-room	Multi-room audio with AirPlay; stereo pair with a second HomePod (2nd generation)	Groups with other Sonos products over Wi-Fi; two make a stereo pair or Dolby Atmos rear surrounds for a Sonos soundbar
App
App	Home app on iPhone or iPad	Sonos app (iOS and Android)
Design
Weight
Weight	2.3 kg (better)	4.47 kg
Controls
Controls	Backlit touch surface (tap to play or pause, double-tap to skip, triple-tap to skip back, touch and hold for Siri, + and – for volume)	Capacitive touch controls (play, pause, skip, replay, volume, voice mute, grouping); Bluetooth button; microphone switch
Microphones
Microphones	Four-microphone design for far-field Siri; Sound Recognition, temperature and humidity sensors and an accelerometer	Far-field microphone array with beamforming and multichannel echo cancellation; switch cuts power to the microphones
Mounting
Mounting	–	Wall mount and stand sold separately
Size
Size	168 mm high, 142 mm wide	185 × 260 × 160 mm (H × W × D)
Colours
Colours	Midnight, White	Black, White
In the box
In the box	HomePod, power cable, documentation	Era 300, power cable (2 m), documentation