Sonos Controller for Android Now Available on Android Market

Sonos Controller for Android Now Available on Android Market

Sonos Gives Android Fans Amazing Sound, Unlimited Music and Incredible Wireless Control in Every Room of the Home

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --Sonos, the leading developer of wireless multi-room music systems for the home, today announced that the Sonos Controller for Android(TM) is now available for download as a free app on Android Market(TM). Sonos Controller for Android transforms most Android(TM) smartphones into a wireless music controller for the award-winning Sonos Multi-Room Music System. To see a video of how you can use an Android smartphone to control music all over the home with Sonos, please visit www.sonos.com/android.

"We're pleased to deliver a great new way for music lovers to tap into all the music on earth," said John MacFarlane, founder and CEO, Sonos, Inc. "Now Android owners can pull out their phones and bring music home with Sonos."

With the award-winning Sonos S5 in any room and an Android smartphone in hand, music fans can now enjoy an unmatched wireless music experience in the home. Access and play all the music on earth--from the Internet and your personal music library--throughout the home, wirelessly. Play the same song in every room of the house - perfectly synchronized. Or mix it up and play different songs in different rooms. Use the free Sonos Controller for Android to control all your music and rooms, all from the palm of your hand.

Search for songs and stations by typing or speaking, thanks to the new Sonos music voice search feature. Also, turn the hard buttons on your Android smartphone into volume control. And because your Android phone is controlling the music--not the source of it--when a text comes in or you need to make a phone call, the music doesn't stop.

The Sonos Controller for Android works on any Android smartphonerunning Android 2.1+ with a screen size of HVGA 320 x 480, WVGA 480 x 800 or WVGA 480 x 854. Sonos Controller for Android joins the family of Sonos Controllers which includes free apps for iPhone and iPad, a dedicated touchscreen controller, the Sonos Controller 200, and free software for your Mac or PC, which is included with every ZonePlayer. All controllers work together seamlessly.

In conjunction with today's Sonos Controller for Android availability, Sonos has released Sonos System Software v3.4 which features support for Apple AirPlay music sources, iOS multi-tasking and more. For more details, see additional press release or visit http://sonos.com/support/software_update.aspx

For high resolution photography and additional media information, please visit http://pr.sonos.com. For more information about Sonos or to locate an authorized Sonos dealer in your area, please visit www.sonos.com or call 877.80.SONOS.

About Sonos, Inc.

Sonos® 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 iheartradio, Last.fm, Napster®, Pandora®, RadioTime, Rdio, Rhapsody®, SIRIUSXM Internet Radio, Spotify, Wolfgang's Vault, 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, Shenzen, China and Penang, Malaysia.

© 2004-2011 by Sonos, Inc. All rights reserved. Sonos is a registered trademark of Sonos, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries with pending trademark registrations worldwide.SonosNet, ZonePlayer, ZoneBridge and all Sonos logos are trademarks of Sonos, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other products and services may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. Android and Android Market are trademarks of Google, Inc.

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CONTACT: Thomas Meyer of Sonos, Inc., +1-949-212-6201, Thomas.Meyer@sonos.com, Twitter @Sonos

Web Site: http://www.sonos.com

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