Sonos thinks a streaming box is exactly what we need to forget its disastrous 2024

The last year has been rough for Sonos, thanks to a failed app redesign last May, followed by the CEO resigning last month. It would seem the original app carried a lot of technical debt, and so creating something new on that backend resulted in failure and plenty of displeased customers holding a lot of expensive hardware. Clearly, Sonos needs to find a path forward as it fixes its app, and it would seem part of this plan has to do with a new Android-based set-top box for your TV. Yep, Sonos plans to enter the highly competitive streaming box market (as reported by The Verge) with a device nicknamed "Pinewood" that's possibly launching as early as April from $200 to $400, per sources close to the matter.