Sonos will begin to sell a streaming box in the “coming months”, according to GraveField Bloomberg Mark Gurman said that the company worked on a streaming device, under the code name “Pinewood” back in 2023. He said that he would cost from 150 to 200 dollars, but sources told the publication that instead she would install buyers from 200 to 400 dollars. To note Year of stream costs $ 130, and Apple TV 4K Wi-Fi costs $ 129.
During the call of earnings last year, Sonos said that he was planning to launch two new products in the fourth quarter of 2024, but had to Push off their liberation While his application has not been fixed. The SONOS application broke after the company launched a large redesign in April last year, which was supposed to facilitate the search and reproduction of various types of content. But the application was Extremely buggy And he did not grab the main functions, such as sleep timers and anxiety. It is not clear whether one of the delays in the products of the streaming box, but with a box, Grave He says, “deep in development.”
According to the streaming device, it will have an interface that can combine content from several services, including Netflix, Max and Disney Plus, in one unified software experience. It will include the integrated voice control of SONOS, but will also be delivered with a physical remote control with labels for popular applications. For those who have an extensive setting up a home theater, the box, according to the visible, will have several HDMI ports with the possibility of transmission, which allows users to connect other devices that they want to connect with their TVs, such as game consoles.
Sonos also reported, developed Pinewood to be able to wirelessly transmit television sound to his sound panels and other audio devices without a lag. In addition, this will allow users to create their own district system to watch television. Users will be able to prescribe two separate speakers as the front left and right canal, for example. To connect to the Internet, Grave He says that he will have both a gigabit port of Ethernet and Wi-Fi 7.
After catastrophic months after its failure overhaul of the SONOS application set out the plan To return customer trust. One of the things that he promised was to introduce “ambitious quality indicators” at the beginning of the product development cycle. It also said that he would not produce products before compliance with these standards, which, according to the visible, means that pine is a thorough testing before it becomes affordable.