In May 2005, Sonos announced that its initial product line would go on sale in the United Kingdom in the following month. The company first introduced its products to the market in January 2005 and first shipped them in either January or March 2005. Sonos aimed to begin shipping its products in the fourth quarter of 2004 but missed that deadline. ĭuring 2004, MacFarlane brought prototypes of the first Sonos products to several industry events, including the June 2004 "D2: All Things Digital" conference in Carlsbad, California (where Steve Jobs told MacFarlane that the Sonos controller's scroll wheel might violate Apple patents related to the iPod, ) and the December 2004 Digital Music Summit.
Sonos was founded in August 2002 by John MacFarlane, Craig Shelburne, Tom Cullen and Trung Mai, with MacFarlane wanting to create a wireless service. History Corporate, financial, and marketing history
In 2019 Sonos acquired Snips SAS, a privacy-focused AI voice platform for connected devices with the goal to bring a music-specific assistant to its devices. Sonos products work with the three major voice assistants: Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple Siri, although the last is currently only supported through Apple's Home app. Sonos has partnered with over 100 companies that offer music services, including Pandora, iHeartRadio, SiriusXM, Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, MOG, QQ Music, and Amazon Music. Patrick Spence has been its CEO since 2017. The company was founded in 2002 by John MacFarlane, Craig Shelburne, Tom Cullen, and Trung Mai. is an American developer and manufacturer of audio products best known for its multi-room audio products.
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