#1 U.S. music streaming service brings effortless control via the
Pandora app with added support for Pandora Premium and Alexa voice
commands
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- (Business Wire)
Pandora (NYSE:P) , the largest streaming music provider in the U.S., and
Sonos, the wireless home sound system, today launched new ways for
listeners to control their music on Sonos within Pandora’s award-winning
mobile app. Listeners can now control Sonos directly through the Pandora
mobile app and command Pandora stations with voice commands via Alexa.
The new experience also includes support for Premium, Pandora’s on-demand
service launched earlier this year.
“Pandora listeners love the in-home music experience we’ve created with
Sonos, having logged over 250 million hours this year alone,” said Chris
Phillips, Chief Product Officer, Pandora. “We have made it easier than
ever to control your home audio listening experience by adding
beautifully designed features inside the Pandora app to control your
Sonos.”
“Sonos owners have enjoyed their favorite Pandora stations in any room
since the service joined the Sonos platform back in 2007,” said Allen
Mask, VP of Partnerships at Sonos. “It is now easier for listeners to
access and control all of their music from Pandora, whether it’s from
the Sonos app, with voice, and now from within the Pandora app – all
working together seamlessly.”
Welcome to the all-new Pandora experience on Sonos:
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Control all of your in-home music needs from Pandora’s intuitive and
easy-to-navigate mobile app -- select and play music, group and
ungroup speakers, move your music from room to room, adjust volume,
and create the perfect mood for any occasion.
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Access on-demand features with Pandora Premium -- search and play any
song, album or playlist.
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Go hands-free and ask Alexa to play favorite Pandora stations on your
Sonos device with voice-control commands.
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Share control with friends who can DJ your in-home Sonos system
through their Pandora app.
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Works with all tiers of service -- Pandora, Pandora Plus and Pandora
Premium.
Sonos listeners can try Pandora Premium with a free 60-day trial by
visiting www.pandora.com/upgrade/premium.
Pandora and Sonos have partnered since 2007 to bring listeners the
ultimate home music solution. Pandora is the #1 music streaming service
in the U.S. and more than 50% of Sonos owners across the country use
Pandora throughout their home.
This integration continues Pandora’s commitment to innovation by
partnering with industry-leading brands to make it easier than ever for
listeners to personalize their music experience everywhere they want to
listen. Pandora is currently available on over 2,000 connected devices
and streaming platforms including Fitbit, Roku, Google Home, Amazon Echo
and Xbox. Pandora has launched in over 200 vehicle models including GM
and Honda, making it the most ubiquitous music streaming platform on the
market today.
ABOUT PANDORA
Pandora is the world’s most powerful music discovery platform – a place
where artists find their fans and listeners find music they love. We are
driven by a single purpose: unleashing the infinite power of music by
connecting artists and fans, whether through earbuds, car speakers, live
on stage or anywhere fans want to experience it. Our team of highly
trained musicologists analyze hundreds of attributes for each recording
which powers our proprietary Music Genome Project®, delivering billions
of hours of personalized music tailored to the tastes of each music
listener, full of discovery, making artist/fan connections at
unprecedented scale. Founded by musicians, Pandora empowers artists with
valuable data and tools to help grow their careers and connect with
their fans.
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ABOUT SONOS
Founded in 2002, Sonos® creates the leading whole-home sound system.
Once a tech startup populated with nerdy engineers and brilliant
designers who love music, Sonos has grown into a global music brand
dedicated to transforming the experience of listening out loud to music
in the home. Its wireless home sound system makes it easy for everyone
to listen to the music they love in every room of their home, and
appreciate it all with the highest sound quality. Sonos is now in more
than 60 countries, with dozens of streaming music providers, through
thousands of retailers, and in millions of homes. With a constant
investment in software and services, Sonos is improving the experience
customers have with music in the home for years after they buy it. Sonos
is changing the way people listen to music – one home at a time. Sonos,
Inc. is a privately held company, headquartered in Santa Barbara,
California with additional offices in Boston and Seattle, as well as in
the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Australia,
Germany and China.
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