- Bluesound Pulse Flex: brand new version with a significant overhaul
- WiiM Sound: the first WiiM smart speaker with multiroom capability
- Aggressively priced: £279/€299 and £299/€349 respectively
It’s a big day for the best wireless speakers with not one but two pretty exciting product launches. WiiM is launching WiiM Sound, its very first smart speaker which had already been revealed but without a release date or price. And Bluesound has remade its popular all-in-one, the Pulse Flex.
These are two premium smart speakers with multi-room capabilities and are attractively priced, falling between the Sonos Era 100 and Sonos Era 300.
Bluesound Pulse Flex 2025: key features and pricing
The Bluesound Pulse Flex has been around for a while now – it launched in 2018 – and this new generation is getting a significant redesign that makes it look much sleeker. There are three colors – White Tan, Black Charcoal and White Pebble Gray – and the new design is a big improvement on the rather boxy original: from above it’s teardrop-shaped, while from the front it’s become more vertical than before.
Of course, it’s what it looks like that matters most. It’s powered by a SmartDSP amplifier and features a four-inch woofer and a three-quarter-inch tweeter, producing 50W of total power. It supports high-resolution audio up to 24-bit/192kHz and offers both MQA decoding and DSD256 playback. And as you’d expect from Bluesound, it runs the BluOS streaming platform with over 20 streamers included, including all the big names.
The new Pulse Flex features dual-band Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet, and Bluetooth with aptX HD, as well as multiple wired inputs, including USB-C and optical/analog. It can be used alone, in a stereo pair or as a surround back for a system including other Bluesound products. It can also be used as part of a multi-room audio system.
The Pulse Flex will be available from December 16, 2025, with a suggested price of £279 / €299. That’s around $372 / AU$572.
WiiM Sound: key features and prices
WiiM Sound was originally introduced in May 2025 and will launch as planned this month (October 2025). It delivers 100W of power through its 4-inch long-throw woofer and dual tweeters, angled slightly left and right (which is the same configuration as the Sonos Era 100, interestingly), and it supports high-resolution audio at 24-bit/192kHz.
WiiM Sound comes in a familiar cylindrical design punctuated by its 1.8-inch circular touchscreen, which lets you adjust playback, EQ, and inputs while you’re away from your phone or the included voice remote. And it runs on WiiM’s streaming platform which, like BluOS, features all the major streamers.
The WiiM Sound also features automatic room correction and, like the Bluesound Pulse Flex, it can be used alone or in stereo. It can also be used as a center or surround speaker in a Dolby 5.1 setup and in a WiiM multiroom system, which could naturally include WiiM amps and streaming boxes.
Connectivity is impressive and includes Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 with LE Audio, Ethernet, and a 3.5mm Aux input.
The WiiM Sound is available starting this month, October 2025, for £299 / €349 / $299 (around AU$459).
The Sonos Era 100, in comparison, officially costs $219 / £199 / AU$319, although at the time of writing it’s offering some nice discounts – in the UK it’s just £159, which is fantastic value for money. The more powerful and detailed Sonos Era 300 costs $479 / £449 / AU$749.
Will these hi-res compatible wireless speakers deliver more sound fidelity so that they’re worth the higher price tag than the Sonos Era 100, but without the bulk and cost of the Era 300? We have big plans to discover and compare them all soon…
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