Apple Music to start streaming on Sonos speakers tomorrow

Sonos started testing out Apple Music streaming in December last year. Now, the two companies are ready to introduce the full support starting tomorrow, February 10. Sonos speaker systems around the world will be able to access all Apple Music features and stream your entire catalog through these speakers.

To stream Apple Music on Sonos, all you have to do is select "Add Music Services" from any Sonos controller app and look for the Apple Music icon and then enter login credentials.

Apple Music on Sonos was tested by hundreds of thousands of listeners through a successful beta program that started in early December. To stream Apple Music on Sonos, customers simply select “Add Music Services” from any Sonos controller app, scroll down to the Apple Music icon, and login.

“The feedback from Apple Music members on Sonos during the beta period has been great,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “Sonos plus Apple Music provides an amazing listening experience at home – and we’re excited to offer it to all Sonos customers starting tomorrow.” 

“This partnership has been an excellent example of two companies that truly care about music coming together to deliver a great listening experience,” said John MacFarlane, Sonos chief executive officer. “Working with Apple gives us the opportunity to share Apple Music throughout people’s homes in a way that’s easy, intuitive, and sounds great.”

Source: Sonos

Apple Music support rolling out to Sonos users signed up to beta program today

Owners of Sonos speaker systems who are also Apple Music subscribers (and who signed up for the beta earlier this month) will start receiving the long awaited ability to stream Apple Music via Wi-Fi directly to their speakers. The feature, for those who have it, will be available in the Sonos Controller App and is slated for wider release earlier next year. 

Source: 9to5Mac

Apple Music coming to Sonos, beta out on December 15

 “We’re thrilled to be working with Sonos to provide the Apple Music experience in even more places fans enjoy music.” - Eddie Cue, Apple's SVP for Internet Software and Services.

Sonos has just announced that Apple Music will soon be accessible and compatible with Sonos speakers and networks.  The power of Sonos is that it can access and play back music from a variety of sources including Beats Music and Spotify as well as DRM-free local music on iPhones and Macs.

Sonos users will soon be able to stream anything from the Apple Music collection to single or multiple connected speakers simultaneously. This puts Apple Music within reach of thousands of Sonos users who have been clamouring for Apple's streaming music service and live radio service that is still being offered as a three month free subscription for new users. In other news Beats Music, which was compatible with Sonos before Apple purchased Beats, has shut down today.

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Sonos launches new flagship PLAY:5 speakers for $549

Sonos has a new flagship wireless speaker, the PLAY:5 which, in addition to horizontal orientation as a standalone speaker, two SONOS PLAY:5s paired together vertically can deliver top-of-the-line stereo sound with a focused and intense sweet spot. Paired horizontally, they create a larger stereo image for an immersive, room-filling listening experience. The new speaker costs CAD $549 each.

Sonos also released new a speaker-tuning app called Trueplay which allows existing Sonos users to tune their Sonos speakers to optimize the sound no matter where the speaker is placed. 

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