With Sony and JBL hot on its tail, Sonos needs to up its small soundbar game sooner rather than later

A white Sonos Beam Gen 2 soundbar photographed on a white desk in front of an OLED TV.

It takes something special for a piece of AV kit to win a What Hi-Fi? Award, let alone keep its title for five years running. But the Sonos Beam Gen 2 has managed such a feat, holding strong in its position as a soundbar to be reckoned with.

And to be fair, there's a good reason for its longevity. It features a quintet of front-facing drivers configured into five separate arrays, with two dedicated to reproducing overhead and surround sounds with Atmos content.