The Sonos One wasn’t broken, but that doesn’t mean the company’s is above fixing it. Over two generations and a few variants, the compact speaker has become one of the company’s most popular. Really, it’s been a big win for a firm whose portfolio can give off a whiff of inaccessibility, compared to other connected home speakers.
It sounds great at a $179 price point, and has accordingly become a popular choice for home sound systems, restaurants and retail stores. But six years after the original Sonos One release, the company is effectively calling an end of life to the product to make way for the Era 100. The older model will stick around for a bit, however, because — much like the new HomePods — the new speaker isn’t backward compatible with its predecessor, in terms of making a stereo pair.
Like Apple, Sonos says differences in hardware ma...
