Sonos confirms rumours with a launch of a successor to the Playbar and Playbase soundbars-- the Beam, a miniature soundbar equipped with the Amazon Alexa providing voice-controlled smarts.
The Beam is smaller than previous Sonos soundbars, even if it features similarly minimalist fabric-coated stylings in either black or white finishes. It is wall-mountable, and offers just one HDMI-ARC port and an ethernet jack in terms of connectivity. HDMI-ARC allows compatible TVs to send audio straight to the soundbar with one cable, regardless of source. In case customers lack a media source with ARC capability an optical audio adapter is included.