What’s Fast Tune? The Sonos Trueplay characteristic defined

You might have seen by now that Sonos has launched its new period of audio system within the Period 100 and Period 300, however what you might need been as aware of is that there’s a tweaked model of the corporate’s Trueplay that’s additionally inbound.

This new model, or variant, of Trueplay is ready to broaden the variety of gadgets that may help in getting the Period audio system on top of things in your house. Right here is a proof of Sonos’ Fast Tune Trueplay characteristic.

What’s Sonos’ Fast Tune Trueplay?

First issues first, this isn’t a brand new model of Trueplay that can substitute what comes earlier than. Secondly, this model launches with the Period audio system after they go on sale.

Fast Tune is a model of Trueplay that doesn’t require an iPhone to start the method. It makes use of the microphones contained in the speaker to measure the areas round it, calibrating the sound to what it may possibly detect. This course of will not be robotically carried each time the speaker is turned on or moved, it needs to be initiated manually by way of the Sonos app.

And the massive benefit of Fast Tune is that, as a result of the calibration is finished onboard the speaker, all that’s required from the person is a faucet within the app to set it up, and after 15-20 seconds the method could have accomplished. As a result of it doesn’t want an iPhone (which Sonos prefers to different smartphone OEMs due to its accuracy and consistency), this Fast Tune model of Trueplay can now be carried out on Android gadgets, bringing the characteristic to extra customers.

What different variations of Trueplay are there?

Consider Trueplay as now coming in several tiers to go well with totally different audio system and it’ll make extra sense. There may be the usual, basic Trueplay that includes a “room dance” or what Sonos refers to as its microphone spatial common.

Utilizing an iPhone (and solely an iPhone), it’ll hearken to sounds emitted from the speaker as you wave the smartphone across the room, calibrating its efficiency to the acoustic surfaces round it. All of Sonos’ wi-fi audio system and soundbars up till now have supported this model, such because the Sonos One speaker, Arc and Beam Gen 2 soundbars.

Then there’s Auto Trueplay, and that is solely obtainable on the moveable audio system Sonos affords, such because the Roam and the Transfer. With its built-in microphones, Auto Trueplay robotically sense the orientation and placement of the speaker, and optimises its efficiency accordingly in real-time.

You’ll be able to learn extra about Sonos Trueplay in our major explainer.