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The streaming revolution exhibits no indicators of stopping, with some of the world’s greatest tech corporations persevering with to make units aimed toward letting properties tune into TV with no need a dish or aerial caught to their chimneys. Sky has just introduced the launch of its new, more pixel-packed Glass Gen 2 TV, Apple has its top-rated TV box, Google just launched a new TV Streamer gadget, and the Fire TV Stick vary stays unstoppable, with hundreds of thousands nonetheless offered yearly.

Sadly, it seems this telly growth is not going fairly so effectively for everybody. It’s long been rumoured that the audio group at Sonos was set to release its own streamer this 12 months.

The project, which was apparently codenamed Pinewood, has been rumoured to be within the works since 2023 however has now been put on ice and may by no means see the sunshine of day.

That’s in accordance with a new report from US tech web site The Verge.

Sonos has been in a truthful quantity of turmoil in current instances. The widespread model confronted a big backlash after it launched a main replace to its iPhone and Android app that brought about its audio system to lose options and entry to music platforms together with people complaining about gradual load instances and even issues stopping working totally.

The issues received so dangerous its CEO, Patrick Spence, stood down from his position and despatched a message apologising for the problems.

“I want to begin by personally apologizing for disappointing you,” Spence stated. 

“There isn’t an employee at Sonos who isn’t pained by having let you down.”

Now it appears its new boss needs employees to deal with different tasks and never the ‘Pinewood’ box.

According to the The Verge’s report, interim CEO Tom Conrad not too long ago held an all-staff call the place he introduced the cancellation and redeployment of groups to different tasks. It’s unclear what meaning, however maybe Sonos feels it must get its speaker business back on observe earlier than tackling one thing utterly new.

A Sonos TV box actually sounded thrilling nevertheless it appears properties internationally may by no means get the possibility to see or use it.

In response to the report, Sonos instructed The Verge, “We don’t touch upon our roadmap, however as has been beforehand introduced we have a long-standing relationship with The Trade Desk and that relationship continues.”

For these not within the know, The Trade Desk is the software program firm that Project Pinewood was anticipated to make use of and run on.

Maybe Sonos will deliver this gadget back from the lifeless sooner or later. Watch this space!