Sonos TuneIn (new) service available

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Hi!

Today searching for new music services in the Sonos app, I've seen 2 TuneIn services. One called TuneIn and the other TuneIn (new).

Do you know which is the difference between them? I had installed the old one and continue working.

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Ken_GriffithsAnswer

I think the new TuneIn service has the option to use TuneIn Premium (subscription service). Presumably the old service will be replaced with this new one.

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Multiculti

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Thanks Bruce, but that particular station BBC 6 (6 Music) and the other 5 essentials (BBC 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 + their iterations like Extra, Asian Network, 1D, 1X, 4 Extra, etc.) and many of the regional and language signals have been available on Sonos and other smart speakers (beyond UK) for a long time ...ever since I bought into Sonos (a long time ago), and they are still available (say here in the States) on web browser (tunein or BBC Sounds) and Google Home and Tunein mobile app, etc.

The Beeb’s decisions on availability beyond the UK have always been nebulous, the seem to lack of a business vision to make their service profitable overseas. If UK residents pay a license, why not market it as a streaming platform overseas? What is confusing is the ways in which it is available (with exceptions) and the ways its not. Sonos and other hardware seem to be the latest outcasts. I am hoping that decision makers at Sonos (and competitors), Tunein (and competitors) and BBC are in steady conversation about this, but maybe I am fantasizing.

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