Dolby Atmos in your living room isn’t as easy as it sounds. Whether you’re dealing with a component A/V system or a soundbar, your speakers must be carefully positioned and calibrated to create that immersive Atmos experience—and if your furniture is in the way, you’ll just need to move it.

But with its new FlexConnect technology, Dolby is looking to make its Atmos audio technology more home decor-friendly, and it’s teaming up with TCL for the hardware.

First announced earlier this year and on sale starting today, the TCL Z100 is a smart and “panoramic” wireless speaker that can pair with a Dolby Atmos FlexConnect-enabled QD-Mini LED TV—specifically, TCL’s QM8K, QM7K, or QM6K series TVs.

Unlike the speakers used in other Dolby Atmos systems, TCL’s cylindrical Z100 speaker can be placed

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