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|Description=Bose | |Description=Bose announces end of cloud support for SoundTouch products, but releases API documentation and promises to leave non-cloud features intact.}} | ||
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In October 2025, [[Bose|Bose Corporation]] announced that it would end cloud support for its entire SoundTouch product line on February 18, 2026. The decision sparked widespread consumer backlash, as owners of the smart multiroom audio systems, sold between 2013 and 2020, would lose access to streaming services, app control, and multiroom functionality that formed the products' core value proposition. | In October 2025, [[Bose|Bose Corporation]] announced that it would end cloud support for its entire SoundTouch product line on February 18, 2026. The decision sparked widespread consumer backlash, as owners of the smart multiroom audio systems, sold between 2013 and 2020, would lose access to streaming services, app control, and multiroom functionality that formed the products' core value proposition. | ||
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Bose launched the SoundTouch line in 2013 as premium wireless speakers with cloud-based multiroom audio capabilities.<ref name="techspot">{{cite web |author=Jacobs |first=Skye |date=12 October 2025 |title=Bose's SoundTouch shutdown leaves connected speakers less "smart" |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/109830-bose-soundtouch-shutdown-leaves-connected-speakers-less-smart.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/Va6aF |archive-date=26 Oct 2025 |access-date=16 October 2025 |website=Techspot |publisher=TechSpot}}</ref> | Bose launched the SoundTouch line in 2013 as premium wireless speakers with cloud-based multiroom audio capabilities. The original lineup included three speakers priced between $399 and $699. By 2015, Bose had expanded the range to include models starting at $200 and high-end home theater systems exceeding $1,000.<ref name="techspot">{{cite web |author=Jacobs |first=Skye |date=12 October 2025 |title=Bose's SoundTouch shutdown leaves connected speakers less "smart" |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/109830-bose-soundtouch-shutdown-leaves-connected-speakers-less-smart.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/Va6aF |archive-date=26 Oct 2025 |access-date=16 October 2025 |website=Techspot |publisher=TechSpot}}</ref> | ||
The SoundTouch platform offered Wi-Fi streaming from services including [[Spotify]], TuneIn, Pandora, Amazon Music, and iHeartRadio, along with synchronized multiroom playback controlled through a mobile app. In 2018, Bose launched its newer Bose Music app for a new product line, which was not designed to support SoundTouch devices. | The SoundTouch platform offered Wi-Fi streaming from services including [[Spotify]], TuneIn, Pandora, Amazon Music, and iHeartRadio, along with synchronized multiroom playback controlled through a mobile app. In 2018, Bose launched its newer Bose Music app for a new product line, which was not designed to support SoundTouch devices. | ||