✔️ 2022-03-21 22:03:07 – Paris/France.
We've long thought Sonos was all about connected audio, from the Sonos One smart speaker to the Sonos Amp. But it turns out Sonos may have more than audio on its mind, with the company hinting at a "new home theater project" potentially involving live video. Streaming.
Protocol unearthed a series of job postings related to a "next generation home theater operating system", including a UX (user experience) manager, a product manager for the development of a OS and media platform road” and a “partnership manager” for home cinema who “would play a central role in connecting users to the content and services they love”.
Meanwhile, posting a “new home theater project” on LinkedIn, Sonos chief innovation officer Nick Millington appealed to those who have “experience…in a media-related field in continuous” like the video.
Sonos is certainly no stranger to media in Streaming, with its deep bank of connected speakers and its service of Streaming Sonos Radio. Sonos also has its home theater-focused soundbars, including the Beam (the second-gen version was released last fall) and the Sonos Arc.
But Sonos has nothing like a video player in Streaming, nor a soundbar with a music player. Streaming built-in, like the Roku Streambar.
The job postings found by Protocol give no indication of what kind of new hardware Sonos might be planning.
That said, the job postings (which appear to have been posted only a few days ago) address qualifications such as knowledge of "OS product management", "modern operating systems" such as Android TV , "A/V codecs" and DRM, which makes it seem like Sonos is thinking about something more than just a soundbar.
Protocol also reports that the idea of a Sonos soundbar "capable of running smart TV apps" was (at the very least) "under consideration" at one point.
A representative for Sonos said the company had not commented on its job postings.
SOURCE: Reviews News
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