You want to play something another thing I've enjoyed about the Sonos Rome is it has both Wi-Fi.

The Sonos wireless multi-room system helped revolutionise the way many of us listen to music at home. It made a whole home music system a convenient and affordable reality, delivering music to every room in your house – whether playing in unison, or separately in different zones.

Sonos' Roam is the portable smart speaker for listening adventures, letting you take superb Sonos sound with you. Enjoy music, voice control and the ability for multi-room listening with other Sonos speakers over your Wi-Fi at home.

With an IP67 rating, Roam is fully waterproof* and dustproof, and its silicone end caps protect the speaker from drops and turbulence in transit. *Can be submerged 1 m for up to 30 minutes.

Does the Sonos Roam require Wi-Fi? Technically, no. You could use the Sonos Roam as a purely Bluetooth speaker, but you won't have access to any smart features if you do. However, the Roam must be set up via Wi-Fi before it will function as a Bluetooth device, according to Sonos.

There is no physical audio connection, let alone HDMI, so you'd be connecting it to your TV via Bluetooth. That wouldn't be the end of the world, as the Roam boasts Bluetooth 5.0, but you aren't going to get anything approaching the sound or features of a dedicated soundbar such as the Beam or Arc.

The best thing about Sonos is how easy it is to integrate into your home. My dedicated home-theater system sounds much better, but I can't just say “play NPR” and have it start up. I love to listen to music and watch movies on that theater system, but I still use the Sonos more because it's so easy.

The difference between Sonos and Bose is generally that Sonos is the better company in terms of their software and installation, as it's very easy to build your own multiroom setup. However, Bose still has the edge on Sonos when it comes to sound quality.

Put the speaker in pairing mode by pressing and holding the power button on the back of the speaker until the LED light flashes blue. When you hear a chime from the speaker, release the button. Go to Bluetooth settings on your TV to see the Sonos Roam or Roam SL in the list of nearby devices and select it.

The difference between Sonos and Bose is generally that Sonos is the better company in terms of their software and installation, as it's very easy to build your own multiroom setup. However, Bose still has the edge on Sonos when it comes to sound quality.

Does the Sonos Roam require Wi-Fi? Technically, no. You could use the Sonos Roam as a purely Bluetooth speaker, but you won't have access to any smart features if you do. However, the Roam must be set up via Wi-Fi before it will function as a Bluetooth device, according to Sonos.

And honestly, if you need a device to act as phone speaker/mic more than you need it to connect with the rest of your Sonos system, then Roam is not for you.

Follow these steps to pair a device to Roam via Bluetooth: Press and hold the power button on the back of Roam for two seconds, then release. You will hear the pairing tone and the status LED on the front will start flashing blue. Go to your device's Bluetooth settings and select Roam from the device list.

Does the Sonos Roam require Wi-Fi? Technically, no. You could use the Sonos Roam as a purely Bluetooth speaker, but you won't have access to any smart features if you do. However, the Roam must be set up via Wi-Fi before it will function as a Bluetooth device, according to Sonos.