Sonos has offered iOS — and more recently Android — apps for its music systems for some time now. The rise in popularity of smartphones and inexpensive tablets has seen the company formally announce that it’s discontinuing its standalone controller, although locally we won’t see the discontinued controllers dropping in price.
Sonos has been loved by network audio streaming freaks for years. But its products have generally lived outside the realm of the more casual buyer. Now Sonos is updating its branding and introducing the Play:3, a smaller unit that still packs plenty of punch. At $419 RRP it’s also in the right place to steal a lot of attention from the iPhone docking market.
Sonos owners received a bit of a bonus overnight, with the company launching two new digital radio services to its customers around the world, including us here in Australia.
After being teased for some time, wireless multi-room music extraordinaire Sonos has finally put out their Sonos Controller app for Android. Which means if you have a Sonos, you’ll be able to control your whole home setup with your Android phone (or tablet).
When it comes to all you can eat music subscription services, Australia is a relative wasteland compared to the UK and the US. But Sony seems to be trying to fight that, backing up their launch of Music Unlimited with a service called anubis.fm, a partnership with Sonos that lets Sonos users access millions of tracks from their Sonos device.
Wireless multi-room music lovers, listen up! Sonos just announced an app for Android and it’s even better than Sonos Controller on iOS. Why? Because on Android you can use your phone’s hardware buttons (volume rocker, search, etc) to control your Sonos system and, better yet, you can do voice search from your phone too. Only thing is you’ll have to wait until late March to download, though.
