Yesterdays (March 11th, 2016) Sonos Anouncment

They are cleaning up the bottom line and all that was said on Thursday is.

We like what Amazon is doing with voice.

We like what apple is doing with streaming.

Were ready to sell.

A privately held company that doesn't share a road map for future products but announces job cuts is looking for a suitor.

Just don't be surprised when it happens in the second or third quatter .

That would be unfortunate. Despite all the theories about how Squeezebox was done in by a business model that allowed software players to undermine hardware sales, the fact is it was Logitech that destroyed it. I believe Sonos will eventually come to a similar end if it is purchased by a larger company regardless of which giant takes it over.

Let's hope your analysis is wrong in this case.

Were ready to sell.

Where did you get that from?

A privately held company that doesn't share a road map for future products but announces job cuts is looking for a suitor.

Sonos have never shared their roadmap. The entire business is in a state of flux, nailing themselves into one path now would be a mistake, imo.

Just don't be surprised when it happens in the second or third quatter .

I'm less than convinced by your argument.

I really really hope I am wrong.

True play apple product required to set up.

Apple Music lots of hype.

Apple drops Beats development of SONOS type product.

Mentions Amazon Echo by name several times (doesn't want apple low balling them aka we have other options).

Like I said I hope I am wrong....not an apple fan.

True play has been explained multiple times - microphone consistency is why requires. Apple Music. No special hype hen by users

Is sonos...

Going to do it's own voice control (probably not, too far behind)

Going to create it's own streaming service (to far behind)

More integration won't generate big dollars (it will drive some more hardware sales to a degree)

Direct connections/ties Apple or even dare I say Amazon expands there customer base.

Apple fans are a crazy bunch imagine a corner of an Apple store deadicted to Sonos with apple music playing.......they wouldn't be able to keep them in stock.

Correct no hype on here about Apple Music....but did you read all the stories?

Stop spreading misinformation. TruePlay is 100% optional, it is not "required to set up". The "hype" about Apple Music was from Apple, being very late to the party for third party streamers, well behind Google.

Pops44, you are new here, so I will try to be gentle. Shotgunning post after post filled with nothing but rabid speculation or wild conspiracies will not endear you to the locals. Sit back, take a breath, and let more information come in before screaming the world is ending.

We are just talking......What's next for Sonos after Thursday announment ?

Are you not curios?

Sonos is a hardware company, you're talking like they've sold all the hardware they're ever going to sell. The sales figures don't back that up.

Sonos doesn't have to compete with streaming services, they just have to support them. Sonos doesn't have to compete with other people's voice control, they just have to support it. Streaming services and voice control are useless if you have nothing to play it on, ie hardware. I just don't see Amazon moving into hardware in any serious manner. It's not their line of business, same as streaming music services are not Sonos' line of business. Voice control is an online service, the local hardware doesn't do the processing itself. It should be relatively trivial to incorporate any voice control service into internet connected hardware like Sonos. You just need a microphone, that's Sonos' current issue, only one of their devices has a mic. That will need sorting.

So far, you have 14 posts, every one of them predicting the worst. That's not "talking", that's Chicken Little. Like I said, take a breath.