Sonos announced its first-ever headphones — the Sonos Ace — yesterday. It comes with everything you’d expect from premium Bluetooth headphones from the foam-cushioned headband to top-notch active noise cancellation. But the one feature that stands out from competitors is a TV audio swap feature. Basically, one can — at the press of a button on the Ace — swap the audio from a compatible Sonos soundbar to the headphones for private listening.
But some limitations at launch may dampen its adoption. For starters, the TV audio swap currently works only with the Sonos Arc (support for Beam 2, Beam and Ray soundbars at a later date), and the audio goes only to a single pair of Sonos Ace headphones. This feature is also restricted — for now — to the iOS version of the Sonos app, so Android users are left with just an expensive pair of Bluetooth headphones, albeit one that can do lossless audio with a compatible device or through USB-C.
Another feature that’s mentioned, but not im…
