Sonos is shipping a Sonos 27 app update this week that adds home-screen Presets and opens early access to its 27voice assistant in the United States^1,2.

The Verge, citing Sonos support pages, said U.S. users can join a waitlist on Nov. 6, with access starting Nov. 12¹. Engadget reported that testers must request access inside the app and be approved, and that Sonos is using a smaller group before a full 2027 release².

Presets let users save music and playback settings — such as a specific album at a set volume in one room — and start them from the home screen or a device^1,2. The same update adds swipe-to-skip on the Now Playing screen and an iOS-only System Health view that flags speaker connection and Wi-Fi issues^1,2.

Sonos says 27voice can start music, move playback between rooms, group speakers and set timers, and that it can handle natural-language requests such as identifying an album by its cover art^1,2. Engadget added that it can answer broader questions, report weather and work with supported smart-home accessories².

Engadget said early access is limited to English in the United States, and that Sonos 27 itself runs only on S2 hardware². Both outlets tied the rollout to Sonos 27, introduced in September with support for third-party AI agents, and to the company’s recovery from its 2024 app redesign^1,2.

What remains unclear is how large the early-access cohort will be and whether The Verge’s Nov. 12 access date and Engadget’s Nov. 6 in-app request describe the same step or two stages of the beta^1,2.