These are the upcoming Sonos Ace wireless headphones

There’s a lot going for Sonos’ first pair of wireless headphones; CEO Patrick Spence said he was confident the new product category would be a huge revenue generator for his company after Sonos faced a slowdown in demand for its speakers. The headphones are expected to ship next month, but today we got our first look at the hardware design – and now we know what they’ll be called.

You are looking at the Sonos Ace headphones. These images were prematurely released by Schuurman, an authorized Sonos parts dealer. The main image reveals a few buttons on both earbuds, a toggle switch, and a premium version that appears to fit the earbuds estimated to be priced around $450. The Schuurman website lists the price as €403.58, which equates to just over $430 USD, so the advertised cost seems fair.

The name Ace is visible on this page. And as further confirmation, the Sonos subreddit discovered an early mention of it on the company’s own website, which displays a message in the search bar about pre-ordering the as-yet-unannounced product. (Nice catch, Rogueoner29.) Want more proof? The sonosace.com URL currently redirects to the Sonos homepage. And Bloomberg reported that “Duke,” seen in the product description, is the code name for the headphones. In short, there is very little reason to doubt that these images are real.

Sonos Ace headphones will offer tight integration with the company’s whole-home audio system; owners of Sonos soundbars will, for example, be able to listen to television sound with their headphones. Leveraging this ecosystem will be a key differentiator, but big questions remain. Can Sonos really compete with Apple, Sony, Sennheiser, and other premium headphone makers when it comes to overall sound quality and features like active noise cancellation?

The Schuurman website also lists a Sonos Roam 2, another new product the company is expected to launch in the coming months. The original Roam was the first truly portable, take-anywhere speaker, but some consumers have complained of battery issues during long-term use since its release in 2021. There’s not much to take from this image, since the design of the Roam 2 is basically identical to the first generation speaker.