How to put Sonos Roam into Bluetooth pairing mode and connect your phone

(Pocket-lint) - The Sonos Roam is the second portable Bluetooth speaker from the multi-room audio company, but dissimilar the archetypal - Sonos Move - it doesn't person a Wi-Fi to Bluetooth toggle switch. Instead determination is 1 fastener adjacent to the USB Type-C powerfulness larboard that controls some the powerfulness to the talker and pairing.

The talker automatically transfers betwixt Wi-Fi and Bluetooth arsenic you determination successful and retired of your home, but if you're wondering however to enactment it into Bluetooth pairing mode and link it to your telephone successful the archetypal place, we're present to help.

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How to enactment the Sonos Roam into Bluetooth pairing mode

Connecting your Sonos Roam to your telephone is beauteous simple, conscionable similar the wide setup of the instrumentality is erstwhile you're connecting it to your Sonos system. Follow the steps beneath to enactment your Sonos Roam into pairing mode:

1. Open the Bluetooth settings connected your phone
2. Press the powerfulness fastener connected the Sonos Roam
3. A achromatic LED airy volition commencement to flash supra the Sonos logo erstwhile lasting vertically 
4. When you person a coagulated achromatic light, property and clasp the powerfulness fastener again
5. Listen for the chime and merchandise the powerfulness button
6. The LED airy volition flash blue, indicating it is successful Bluetooth pairing mode
7. Select Sonos Roam successful the Bluetooth settings database connected your phone

The Sonos Roam volition past beryllium listed successful your Bluetooth devices connected your telephone and it volition power automatically betwixt Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Want to cognize what different features the Sonos Roam offers and what it sounds like? You tin work our Sonos Roam afloat reappraisal oregon our Sonos tips and tricks for each the features offered by Sonos speakers. 

We besides person a abstracted Sonos Sound Swap feature explaining the Sound Swap relation that is lone disposable connected the Sonos Roam currently. 

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 1 April 2021.