A fresh Sonos product arriving in March. Could likely additionally or no longer it is a ways a smaller Switch?

The Sonos Switch is even handed one of our accepted out of doors audio system, but at a hefty 6.6 pounds, calling it portable is a puny little bit of a stretch; “luggable” is extra admire it. Now comes observe that Sonos is teeing up a brand fresh machine for next month, and there are stable hints that it is going to be a smaller, extra movable Switch.

At some stage in Sonos’ earnings call on Wednesday, CEO Patrick Spence announced that the company’s “most up-to-date product” would advance in March, per The Ambient.

While Spence didn’t waddle into any additional detail about the upcoming machine, a fresh Sonos FCC submitting suggests that the product is also a brand fresh—and sure smaller—portable Bluetooth/Wi-Fi speaker.

As The Verge notes, the FCC submitting describes a brand fresh speaker that helps both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 5, alongside with a wireless charging dock. The submitting also says that the upcoming speaker consumes less vitality than the 2-year-old Switch, which implies a smaller (and hopefully lighter) shell.

Despite the Switch’s daunting size and heft—it’s fitted with a take care of, and feels as heavy as a bowling ball—we serene lavished it with reward in our evaluate, calling it a “noteworthy” portable speaker with “implausible” audio quality, “astonishing” Wi-Fi fluctuate and “lengthy” battery lifestyles. The Switch is difficult, too, with its IP56-certified shell designed to withstand mud and jets of water.

Pointless to claim, there’s one other possibility for Sonos’ next product, and it’s an magnificent one: a pair of headphones.

Sonos fans non-public lengthy puzzled whether the company would unveil wireless headphones, and there’s evidence that Sonos has in any case mulled the speculation. Closing summer, Sonos was once awarded a patent for a pair of over-ear headphones with noise cancellation, touch controls, a line-level input, and a “imaginable” USB-C charging state, Protocol reports.

Attention-grabbing stuff, but how in general non-public we seen patents for merchandise that never advance to fruition? An FCC submitting, on the numerous hand, aspects to a machine that’s terminate to completely baked, and that’s why our money is on a smaller Switch in position of the headphones (for now, anyway). Quit tuned.

Ben has been writing about technology and client electronics for higher than 20 years. A PCWorld contributor since 2014, Ben joined TechHive in 2019, where he covers neat home and residential leisure merchandise.