The Sonos Ace Ultra are the headphones Sonos should have made the first time

<figure> <img alt="Sonos Ace Ultra headphones in Agave on a wooden tabletop." data-caption="The Ace Ultra look like the Ace, but they’re better on the inside." data-portal-copyright="" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/268780_Sonos_Ace_Ultra_P_JHiggins_6.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> The Ace Ultra look like the Ace, but they’re better on the inside. </figcaption> </figure> <p class="has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph">The <a href="https://www.theverge.com/24169086/sonos-ace-headphones-review">original Sonos Ace</a> headphones <em>should</em> have been a triumphant entry into a new product category. Instead, they were overshadowed by Sonos's <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/22/24162168/sonos-ceo-patrick-spence-new-app-design-interview">disastrous app redesign</a>. And while the original Ace are well built, sound good, and are incredibly comfortable, they weren't good <em>Sonos</em> headphones: Their flagship feature let you reroute audio from a Sonos soundbar to the Ace headphones so you could listen to your TV audio without disturbing anyone. But it was glitchy, and at launch it only worked with the $1,000 Arc soundbar, and only with one pair of Ace headphones at a time (Both of those have now been fixed). It also couldn't connect to the rest of …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1002122/sonos-ace-ultra-headphones-review">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>