Sonos would have great ambitions in the field of Home cinema and seeks to impose itself even more in the living room of its customers. The company recently began recruiting engineers to work on a new system dubbed “Home Theater OS.” She is looking for a UX managera partnership manager and one senior product manager for this new platform. It’s hard to say exactly what it’s all regarding, but we can make certain assumptions.
If the brand is already present in the Home cinema segment thanks to its Beam 2 soundbar, you must for the moment configure your device with a phone app. Sonos might be developing an application allowing its customers to manage their speakers directly from a smart TV.
Test of the Sonos Beam (Gen 2): a concentrate of bar sound
But the company might look wider and not limit itself to a range of simple soundbars. According to the announcements, the Head of Partnerships will have to “ define partnership philosophies and strategies for a new Sonos home cinema OS. It is requested that the future product manager have experience in the field of Home cinema in order to ” pilot the implementation of the new generation of OS for Home cinema Sonos ».
According to sources interviewed by Protocol, Sonos has long sought to capitalize on the growth of streaming. One track mentioned would have been to transform a sound bar into a media-center capable of launching applications, such as an Apple TV with built-in speakers.
The job descriptions also suggest that the brand has ambitions in the field of entertainment. For example, the UX manager is required to have experience in user interface design for mobile and/or TV products. He will also have to work on other platforms, such as phones, tablets or remote controls.
In a LinkedIn post, the Chief Innovation Officer of Sonos clarifies that he is looking for staff with experience ” in terms of partnership and business development in a field related to streaming (audio, video, games, sports, music, news, films, television, podcasts) “. The company already has a foothold in the field of service with Sonos Radio. If it does not represent much in terms of the group’s annual income, it would not be surprising if Sonos continued to deploy on this juicy market.
