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In May 2010, Sonos released a software update that allowed the speaker to initiate a stereo pair with another ZonePlayer S5 and was given improvements, such as crossfading and an alarm. [3] In June, a black color option for the speaker was made available [ 4 ] and the device was made available in Singapore . [ 5 ]
The Sonos Play:5 is receiving a nearly identical update. In fact, the new Sub looks identical to its predecessor, but it got a major internal update. Sonos' updated Play:5 is now just called 'Five'
Multiple Sonos devices in a single household are connected to each other wirelessly, through a wired Ethernet network, or a mixture of the two. [92] The Sonos system creates a proprietary AES-encrypted peer-to-peer mesh network, [93] known as SonosNet. This allows for each unit to play any chosen input and if desired share it as synchronized ...
Firmware hacks usually take advantage of the firmware update facility on many devices to install or run themselves. Some, however, must resort to exploits to run, because the manufacturer has attempted to lock the hardware to stop it from running unlicensed code. Most firmware hacks are free software.
Users can often download software and firmware upgrades from the Internet. Often the download is a patch—it does not contain the new version of the software in its entirety, just the changes that need to be made. Software patches usually aim to improve functionality or solve problems with security.
On June, Sonos also announced the Play:1 Tone limited edition speaker, with a quantity run of 5,000 and was released July 31. [6] On September, Sonos released the Tuneplay feature to all Sonos devices and speakers. In November 2016, a beta feature added the capability to control the Play:1 and all compatible speakers with Spotify's Connect service.
The three updates do not include any new features from the Gen 1s. Sonos states that the original Ones will continue to support all current features but the Gen 2 may allow them to add new experiences that the Gen 1 will not be able to support. [8] The Gen 1 and Gen 2 will work as a stereo pair and look and sound the same.
In some cases updates may knowingly break the functionality or disable a device, for instance, by removing components for which the update provider is no longer licensed. Patch management is a part of lifecycle management , and is the process of using a strategy and plan of what patches should be applied to which systems at a specified time.