Sonos

Sonos has revolutionized home speaker systems with affordable Wi-Fi sound systems that can be controlled with just a smartphone. The company also partnered with a Beatles producer to create the Play:5, its latest speaker, which has twice the acoustic power of its predecessor, the Play:1. In 2018, Sonos released the Sonos Beam—the combination of a voice assistant/agnostic smart speaker, a TV soundbar, and a streamer of audio content from more than 100 different services.

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How Sonos’ new voice assistant could take on Alexa and Google Assistant

Instead building an assistant to order pizzas and play trivia games, Sonos is focusing on music.

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Why Sonos and The North Face are putting an Antarctic expedition in your ears

“Never Stop Exploing” on Sonos Radio is a unique brand partnership on adventure audio stories and field recordings from Alaska to Ethiopia, and more.

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These 3 chic backyard speakers will amp up any outdoor occasion—without sacrificing on sound quality

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Sonos’s new Roam speaker has the clever UX you never knew you needed

Sonos’s new Roam speaker is trying to change your relationship with sound and the smart home.

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The secret sauce behind Sonos’s first portable speaker is a triangle

The company known for seamless music at home has made its first portable speaker.

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‘This is disgusting’: Angry Sonos customers are calling for a boycott

After the speaker company said it would stop updating older products—and new ones connected to them—customers expressed their outrage on social media.

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Sonos accuses Google of stealing wireless speaker secrets in scathing patent lawsuit

Sonos is going after Google for “blatantly and knowingly copying our patented technology.”

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Ikea has been good for Sonos’s business

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Ikea spent years developing its first smart speaker. Here’s what it’s like to use it

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The multi-room music system now works with your voice assistant of choice from Amazon or Google—but only one at a time.

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Crank up the Freedom Rock, man.

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Inside the secretive, long-term collaboration between Sonos and Ikea

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Stories about Sonos

How Sonos’ new voice assistant could take on Alexa and Google Assistant

Instead building an assistant to order pizzas and play trivia games, Sonos is focusing on music.

See the Black-centered design motif Nordstrom, Sonos, and The Inside can’t get enough of

Sixteen years ago, Sheila Bridges revamped the iconic toile pattern to celebrate Black culture. Today, you can find it at several major retailers and The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Why Sonos and The North Face are putting an Antarctic expedition in your ears

“Never Stop Exploing” on Sonos Radio is a unique brand partnership on adventure audio stories and field recordings from Alaska to Ethiopia, and more.

These 3 chic backyard speakers will amp up any outdoor occasion—without sacrificing on sound quality

Light up, cool down, and crank up the volume with these smart outdoor speakers.

Sonos’s new Roam speaker has the clever UX you never knew you needed

Sonos’s new Roam speaker is trying to change your relationship with sound and the smart home.

The secret sauce behind Sonos’s first portable speaker is a triangle

The company known for seamless music at home has made its first portable speaker.

Are offices dead? Not yet, but real estate power brokers are betting on a new strategy

Alums of real estate juggernauts Cushman & Wakefield and JLL are betting that the future of commercial real estate lies in not just selling office space, but designing and building it, too.

‘This is disgusting’: Angry Sonos customers are calling for a boycott

After the speaker company said it would stop updating older products—and new ones connected to them—customers expressed their outrage on social media.

Sonos accuses Google of stealing wireless speaker secrets in scathing patent lawsuit

Sonos is going after Google for “blatantly and knowingly copying our patented technology.”

Fast Company’s ultimate gift guide for people with good taste

How to give better gifts, according to science? Rethink what a “good” gift is.

The 12 best Cyber Monday deals on laptops, TVs, phones, and more

How to save on laptops, TVs, and even Adobe Photoshop .

Your Sonos speaker might be the most eco-friendly device you own

Why? It’s actually designed to last between 5 and 10 years, unlike the 1- or 2-year lifespans of many electronic devices.

Why I ditched my TV for an old-school projector—and you should too

Upgrade your entertainment system with this 4K projector.

Ikea’s latest product revives a beloved relic of old-school UX

Who doesn’t love a good jog wheel?

Ikea has been good for Sonos’s business

Revenue in one of Sonos’s sales categories is up 221% thanks to the company’s partnership with Ikea to produce smart speakers.

Ikea spent years developing its first smart speaker. Here’s what it’s like to use it

The Swedish furniture company is betting big on smart homes, and its highly anticipated collaboration with Sonos is finally ready. Was it worth the wait?

The Google Assistant has finally come to Sonos speakers

The multi-room music system now works with your voice assistant of choice from Amazon or Google—but only one at a time.

Listening to music at work can make you more productive

Crank up the Freedom Rock, man.

Inside the secretive, long-term collaboration between Sonos and Ikea

Ikea’s new Symfonisk line, developed with Sonos, is three years in the making. Here’s why it took so long to come to market.

A first look at the hotly anticipated Ikea Sonos speaker

A first peek at one of Ikea’s most anticipated releases of the year.

Tech

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The first CRISPR gene-editing drug is coming—possibly as soon as next year

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News

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