Sonos System 3.4 Adds AirPlay Support

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Posted April 19, 2011 at 12:12pm by iClarified

Sonos today introduced Sonos System Software 3.4, a free software update that adds more music and more features to the Sonos music experience. Sonos 3.4 makes it easy to play Apple AirPlay music sources all over the home, and adds support for Apple iPad and Apple iPhone multitasking and Sonos Controller for Android.

"The cool AirPlay feature for music is sending a song from an iOS device to a speaker or receiver," said John MacFarlane, founder and CEO, Sonos, Inc. "Today Sonos improves the AirPlay experience with party mode so a modern music lover can send a song from his iPhone or iPad to all the rooms in a home with perfect synchronization."

Apple AirPlay Music Sources on Sonos
Now you can stream songs from your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch all over your home on Sonos. Connect an Apple Airport Express via line-in to any Sonos ZonePlayer and enjoy the only true, multi-room Apple AirPlay experience.

● Party Mode: Only on Sonos can you send a song from your iOS device to multiple ZonePlayers throughout your home and enjoy that song in every room, simultaneously.
● Different songs in different rooms, Sonos-style: Only on Sonos can you play different music from your iTunes library in different rooms of the home. And it’s been that way since 2005.

Other Sonos 3.4 features include:
● Faster wireless control on your iPhone and iPad with iOS multitasking support. Find and play your music even faster with multitasking updates available on the free Sonos Controller for iPhone and Sonos Controller for iPad. Both are available for download from the iTunes App Store.
● More control with support for Sonos Controller for Android. Transform your favorite Android smartphone into a full-fledged Sonos Controller with a free app you can download from Android Market today. Sonos Controller for Android features innovative music voice search so you can find any artist, album or track by simply speaking into your phone.

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Kim - April 21, 2011 at 1:20am

Sorry, but this article has some serious errors. CasaTunes uses the same technique to play Airplay music throughout the house as Sonos (i.e., they are not the only ones). AND, CasaTunes has had the ability to play multiple songs from your iTunes library in different rooms at the same time for years! Best of all, you can plug multiple iPods or iPhones into the CasaTunes server at the same time and play different songs from each of them (and multiple songs from any of them) at the same time in different room. Plus, CasaTunes has the ability (and always has) of setting up more than just one party group. You can combine your rooms into as many different room groups as you wish!! Plus, CasaTunes was the first multi-room company with an Android control app and it works on Tablets (Sonos' does not).

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Ali baba - April 19, 2011 at 12:23pm

Go airplay