Apple Music could be the best music service for mobile devices ever created if it lives up to the hype Eddy Cue danced into it during today’s keynote, but it won’t play nice with Internet connected speaker systems like Sonos.
Sonos speaker lovers won’t be able to jam out on their favorite tunes through Apple Music, the company revealed in a statement today. While Sonos has been a supporter of Beats Music since 2014, the company confirmed says Apple’s not ready to focus on home listening yet:
“Sonos will not have Apple Music on it at launch but we fully expect to support them when they’re ready to focus on the home listening experience,” a Sonos spokesperson told Variety. Right now they’re fully focused on mobile .”
You’ll still be able to listen to Beats Music on Sonos speakers, however, Beats is expected to shut down shortly after the launch of Apple Music. Playlists and other data will be transferred automatically to your new Apple Music account, but that Sonos capability won’t.
Apple Music launches on June 30th with subscriptions starting at $10 per month, or $15 per month on the Family plan that includes six connections. Even though Sonos speakers aren’t supported you’ll still be able to wireless stream music to AirPlay-certified speakers.
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
11 responses to “Sorry Sonos lovers, Apple Music won’t play on your speakers”
:(
Assuming you have a Sonos hooked up to a TV with Apple TV attached. You will be able to stream the new Apple Music.
Vendor lockin complete.
This is great news for Spotify.
and Google Music
Well if they don’t sort this out by the end of the three month trial i won’t be subscribing to them
Well, I have a Somos system and subscribe to Rhapsody and have Spotify as well on all my IOS devices, and cannot see what Apple’s entry into streaming music would make me want to switch.
That’s not good. I’m currently a Beats Music subscriber. My Sonos streams Beats Music, Pandora, and SiriusXM to a Play:1 in my home office and a Connect on my home theater. I was looking forward to a smooth transition to Apple Music. Seems this is not going to be the case. That means I won’t be transitioning over to Apple Music immediately. They’re gonna need to resolve this soon in order for me to buy in. Otherwise I may return to Spotify.
I have everything you have with the exception of two Play 1s setup in stereo on the patio. As soon as Beats dies so does my subscription. My grown up kids won’t be happy that I won’t be paying for their family plan. But if I can’t use it on Sonos there is no reason for me to pay for it. Back to Rhapsody or maybe I try Spotify.
Need Sonos support before signing up – untill then it’s Spotify.
I think the title should read more like “Sorry Apple, Sonos does not support your music service”. In my household we have ios, Android, Sonos and Samsung DTV. We would never sign up to a music service that is only accessible on one of those platforms.