No, Sonos says Trueplay tuning for the Era 100 SL needs an iOS device and is not available to Android users. Room calibration is separate from ordinary playback, app setup and manual EQ.
The Era 100 SL has no microphone, and that single omission is why Sonos Era 100 SL Trueplay on Android is not possible. Trueplay needs a microphone to listen to your room, and on this speaker the only one that can do the job is the iPhone or iPad in your hand.
No. Sonos says Trueplay tuning for the Era 100 SL needs an iOS device and is not available to Android users. Android tuning relies on a microphone inside the speaker, which the SL does not have. Everything else, including app setup, streaming and manual EQ, works fine from Android; the cheapest wireless speaker on our shelf is R299.
Trueplay measures how your room reflects sound, then adjusts the speaker's equalisation to match. On a phone-assisted tune, an iPhone or iPad does the listening. Sonos explains that Android devices need a microphone built into the speaker for the same job, and the Era 100 SL leaves its microphones out on purpose to keep the price down.
The regular Era 100 includes microphones, which is the practical difference between the two.
Android owners are not shut out of the speaker. Use the S2 version of the Sonos app, and these 4 jobs all work:
Manual EQ is not Trueplay. It changes tone but does not measure the room, so treat it as a rough correction.
Without room tuning, position matters more. Keep at least 10 to 15 cm of clear space behind the speaker so bass does not boom off the wall, and avoid pushing it into a bookshelf corner. Raise it off a hard desk or windowsill if you can, because the surface reflects a lot of low frequency.
A student in a res room or digs near Wits or UCT will probably have an Android phone, a tiny desk and walls that sit close to any speaker. That is exactly where Trueplay would help most, and where its absence hurts. A borrowed iPhone from a flatmate can run the tune once; Sonos says it needs an iOS device, so there is no workaround on Android itself.
If you are still choosing, browse our wireless speakers range, the best-selling speakers chart to see what other rooms are using, or the wider speakers category.
No. Sonos says Era 100 SL Trueplay tuning needs an iOS device and is not available to Android users.
The SL has no internal microphones, and Sonos says Android tuning needs a microphone inside the speaker.
No. Streaming, app setup and manual EQ all still work. Only Trueplay room tuning is missing.
Yes, Trueplay needs an iOS device, so any iPhone or iPad running the Sonos app can run the tune.
No. Manual EQ is a tone control; Trueplay measures the room and adjusts to it.
Setting up a speaker in a small room? Browse our wireless speakers and pick a size that suits your desk, shelf and the phone you use every day.
No. Sonos says Era 100 SL Trueplay tuning needs an iOS device and is not available to Android users.
The SL has no internal microphones, and Sonos says Android tuning needs a microphone inside the speaker.
No. Streaming, app setup and manual EQ all still work. Only Trueplay room tuning is missing.
Yes, Trueplay needs an iOS device, so any iPhone or iPad running the Sonos app can run the tune.
No. Manual EQ is a tone control; Trueplay measures the room and adjusts to it.
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