

Set up a new Sonos system with Play:1 Open the Sonos app for iOS or Android. The app will guide you through the set up process. Download the Sonos app for iOS or Android. Sonos has helped define a category of speaker that does away with discs and cassettes and instead relies on music streamed from your mobile device, computer or over the Internet via services like Spotify, Pandora and Amazon Music. Before you start Place your Play:1 in your desired location and connect it to power. The new speaker comes with two embedded microphones that aren't functional at launch but could be used in later software updates. The new Play:5 costs $499, which is $100 more than the previous model. The Santa Barbara, California, company also said Tuesday that it is releasing a new Play:5 speaker that is bigger than the previous model, has touch controls that respond to swipes, and responds to being placed horizontally by widening the sweet spot where listeners can hear in stereo.

#Sonos play 1 software upgrade
The upgrade currently only works when the app is used with an Apple iPhone or iPad 2 or newer, by utilizing the device's microphone. The software feature, called Trueplay, will work for millions of users of Play:1, Play:3 and Play:5 speakers that have already been sold. In a demo for The Associated Press, sound from a Sonos Play:1 speaker positioned under a chair and behind a couch sounded muffled with the software feature off, but crisp and louder with it on. And then it creates a network for you to connect your devices to, basically passing the original WiFi connection to your own WiFi network. Because you can control it from your PC/laptop device, you can use it to log in to networks that have login pages, as needed. While it adjusts levels to create the neutral studio sound the speaker was originally tuned to, a user can later manually raise the bass or make other tweaks. A travel router connects to any WiFi signal, it is not a hotspot. The app senses where in the room that sound is obscured and compensates using a smart equalizer. Users wave their mobile device around the areas of a room where the listener most often is, while the speaker emits a series of blips and tones covering a whole range of frequencies.
#Sonos play 1 software update
LOS ANGELES - Want to put a speaker in a bookshelf or under a chair without compromising sound quality? Wireless speaker company Sonos is releasing a software update that will intelligently calibrate sounds to account for the shape of the room and the obstacles in it.
