Spotify Now Available in Any Room of the Home With Sonos
By Sonos, PRNETuesday, September 28, 2010
Free Sonos Software Update Gives Music Lovers Instant Access to Unlimited Music from Spotify
HILVERSUM, Netherlands, September 29, 2010 - Sonos today announced Sonos System Software 3.3, a free software update
that features Spotify for Sonos customers in Finland, France, the
Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK. Spotify on Sonos gives music
lovers instant access to more than ten million songs and all of their Spotify
playlists in any room of the home.
"Spotify on Sonos provides music lovers with an extraordinary music
experience for any room in the home," said John MacFarlane, CEO, Sonos, Inc.
"By offering free software updates to our customers, we can continually
enhance the music experience at home - even after they have purchased Sonos."
To enjoy Spotify in any room of the home, all you need is a Sonos
ZonePlayer, such as the Sonos S5 all-in-one wireless music system, a Sonos
Controller, like the free Sonos Controller for iPhone or iPad and a Spotify
Premium account. Now you can find and play any track you like, anytime you
like, in any room you like. Search for any artist, album or track from
Spotify's ten-million song library, right from your iPhone or iPad. Browse
and play all your Spotify playlists - including your starred tracks,
collaborative and subscribed-to lists. Play your music in every room and
experience superior, room-filling sound with the high-performance S5 and
Spotify Premium's high quality streams. Spotify on Sonos requires a Spotify
Premium subscription (9.99 pounds Sterling per month). For more information
about Spotify on Sonos, please visit www.sonos.com/spotify.
Sonos System Software 3.3 also includes support for AAC radio stations -
in addition to more than 100,000 radio stations, shows and podcasts you can
already stream directly on Sonos. For more information about Sonos 3.3,
please visit www.sonos.com/support/software_update.aspx.
In conjunction with Sonos 3.3, Sonos today also released the Sonos
Controller for iPad. Please see additional press release for more details or
visit www.sonos.com/iPad.
Additional Resources - Sonos press kit, images: pr.sonos.com - Spotify press kit, images: www.spotify.com/about/press/ - View and embed Sonos demo videos: www.sonos.com/spotify and www.youtube.com/sonos
About Spotify
Spotify is an innovative digital music platform created with the vision
of offering music fans a legal and superior quality user alternative to music
piracy. Spotify provides instant access to whatever music you want, whenever
and wherever you want it, through a simple, clean and quick to use platform
whilst supporting the music industry via ad-supported and paid subscription
models. With access to millions of songs in high quality audio through your
computer, on your mobile and beyond, Spotify makes it easier than ever to
play and share music legally. www.spotify.com
About Sonos
Sonos(R) is the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems
for the home. The Sonos Multi-Room Music System is the first, wireless
multi-room music system that lets you play all the music you want all over
your house - and control it all from the palm of your hand. Sonos liberates
the music stored on a computer so it can be enjoyed all over the house. In
addition, by partnering with audio services like Audible.com(R), Deezer,
iheartradio, Last.fm, Napster(R), Pandora(R), RadioTime, Rhapsody(R),
SIRIUS(R), Spotify, Wolfgang's Vault, Internet Radio, and more, Sonos gives
music lovers instant, computer-free access to millions of songs, thousands of
radio stations, audiobooks, and more. The award-winning Sonos Multi-Room
Music System is available at more than 6200 retailers in over 65 countries
worldwide; or direct from Sonos at www.sonos.com. Sonos is a
privately-held company, headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA with offices in
Cambridge, MA, Hilversum, Netherlands and Penang, Malaysia.
(c) 2004-2010 by Sonos Inc. All rights reserved. Sonos is a registered
trademark of Sonos, Inc. in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom,
Benelux (Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands), Japan, Mexico, Germany,
Russia and Australia, and a trademark of Sonos, Inc. in other countries.
SonosNet, ZonePlayer, ZoneBridge and all Sonos logos are trademarks of Sonos
Inc. in the United States and other countries. iPod and iTunes are trademarks
of Apple Inc. registered in the U.S. and other countries. iPhone is a
trademark of Apple Inc. All other products and services may be trademarks or
service marks of their respective owners.
Fiede Schillmoeller of Sonos Europe, +31-6-525-89-043, fiede.schillmoeller at sonos.com; or Jim Butcher, Head of Communications of Spotify, press at spotify.com; or Weber Shandwick, +44-20-7067-0151, SonosUKPR at webershandwick.com, for Sonos
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