Sonos Releases Free Controller App for iPhone

Sonos today released an iPhone/iPod touch app that replicates the functionality of their CR100 Controller.  If you're unfamiliar with Sonos, it's a multiroom music system that, using units called ZonePlayers, sends music to different rooms of your home.  Sonos was one of the pioneers of multiroom digital audio--plenty of systems have been released since at varying price points and levels of functionality, but for our money no one's quite matched Sonos' easy-to-use interface and simple setup.

The iPhone/touch app has pretty much all of the functionality of the standard controller software: you can scroll through your music library, play one song in multiple rooms or a different song in each room, and access Internet radio and music services like Last.fm or Pandora. 

Oh, and the app is free.  It won't do you any good if you don't have a Sonos system of course, but this plus the recent 2.7 Sonos firmware upgrade that introduces Sonos Radio is a classy touch--Sonos isn't a subscription service so this makes them seem committed to adding value to your initial purchase, which puts them out in front of the cheaper alternatives.

Watch the app in action in their demo below, and if you have a Sonos system you can get the app here or in the iTunes App Store.

--Aric A.