Sonos lets you flood the Twitterverse with Tweets about what you're listening to
Wireless music system vendor Sonos is announcing today that it has integrated Twitter into its multiroom boom boxes so that you can Tweet about the songs you’re listening to.
The company is beta testing its new Sonos System Software 3.1, which includes the Twitter integration, and expects it to be available to all Sonos users later in the fall at no charge. If users really feel the need to Tweet what they’re listening to at any given moment, then a bunch of consumer electronics companies are going to have to give their product lines a makeover. More likely, this is going to appeal only to the Twitterati for now.
Twitter integration is coming to the Sonos Controller 200, Sonos Controller for the iPhone and Sonos Controller for the Mac and PC. With one click, users can post the name and artists of the track they’re listening to on their Twitter feed. They can also edit the contents and add any personal message to the Tweet.
Sonos was founded in 2002 and has 180 employees. It competes with Bose, Apple, Logitech and Cisco. It has raised $40 million to date from investors including BV Capital.
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