Exclusive: this is the new budget soundbar from Sonos

3D product render by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge

You are looking at a new entry-level soundbar that is coming from Sonos. The new device is called model S36 and will join the company's lineup beneath the flagship $899 Arc.

I can reveal that the new product is expected to sell for around $249, and that it appears that Sonos is not willing to cede the lower-cost soundbar market to other competitors. That is substantially less expensive than any of the others. It will be released a few weeks from now on June 7th.

I have seen genuine photos of the new soundbar, and The Verge has used them to create 3D renders for this article. It isn't an exact match but more than enough to give you the information. The budget soundbar will be available in both black and white.

3D product render by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge

The device is even more compact than the one from Sonos.

• Sonos model S36 “Fury”: 550mm (width) x 69mm (depth) x 100mm (height)
• Sonos Beam (gen 2): 651mm (width) x 68.6mm (depth) x 100mm (height)

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The new Sonos soundbar won't have built-in mics for voice assistant functions, and it won't have a built-in speaker. The smarts will be left to its pricier siblings because of the positioning of this as a soundbar for TV and music. There is only an optical cable in the box, and internal specifications suggest there isn't even an HDMI port on this product. The new soundbar can only be used with the Dolby Digital surround sound. You can expand it to a 5.1 system if you own compatible speakers.

The new soundbar will be used by a fair number of customers with the high-end Sonos Arc. For that reason, the company has created a wall mount that will allow Fury, but I am not sure of its final branding.

The upcoming soundbar from Sonos has not yet been announced. I'm more than happy to do so for them, but I think we'll all be hearing more about model S36 and the company's home theater ambitions in the weeks. The company has been reached out to.

The company's long-rumored wireless headphones are one of the products that remain under development. Since it expanded into portable speakers with the Move and Roam, the latter will bring in a new product category for the first time.