Stream Music in Any Room with the Bose® SoundTouch Wi-Fi Music System

The Bose® brand has long been synonymous with innovation. Every one of its speaker systems is as surprising as it is impressive. Bose systems are continually evolving and the company is always at the forefront of the latest trends. As wireless music systems continue to grow in popularity, Bose continues its tradition of releasing Internet-connected audio systems that offer a keen balance of sound quality, innovation, and ease of use—all without requiring you to tether wired music sources like the traditional audio systems of yesteryear or last month.

Like an increasing number of music systems, Bose SoundTouch™ models offer wireless audio streaming that uses Wi-Fi technology. This means that once the speaker is connected to your home’s wireless network, you can enjoy your favorite music without having to connect an audio source like your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. However, not all systems employ the same intuitive approach as the Bose SoundTouch lineup. As its name implies, with the touch of a single button, you can stream Internet radio, Pandora, your entire digital music library, and any other online music source to which you have access via Wi-Fi. If you have a Wi-Fi network currently set up at your house or apartment, any SoundTouch speaker model can integrate quickly and seamlessly into your network. Bluetooth isn’t a bad thing, however, and if you prefer to use it, Bluetooth is also built into Bose’s SoundTouch systems.

The SoundTouch App

All of the SoundTouch systems are designed with Internet radio and other online music services built right into them, which means that as long as your SoundTouch speaker is connected to a Wi-Fi source, you don’t need an external audio device like a smartphone or tablet to play music through the speaker. Basically, you don’t need to rely on any other audio device to stream music from your favorite online or home network sources. All you need besides the SoundTouch speaker and a Wi-Fi network is the Bose SoundTouch companion app.

The free SoundTouch app is also available for iOS and Android smart devices, as well as Windows and Mac computer systems. It’s highlighted by six personal preset slots that are mirrored with six preset buttons on the physical SoundTouch speaker unit. All three SoundTouch models and their included remote controls are equipped with these six preset button options. After you’ve used the SoundTouch app on your mobile device to set the six preset slots with your favorite six music choices, you can use the six preset buttons on the speaker or included remote control to select those saved presets from the app.

Thankfully, the app is designed to be incredibly easy to use. All you have to do is slide the audio source you’re listening to into one of the preset slots on the screen and it’ll be saved for you. For instance, you can fill the first preset slot with your favorite band or artist in your personal digital music library. Maybe for the second preset, you can slide the name of your favorite online radio station into its preset slot. Do you want Pandora or Spotify in the third slot? You got it, simply drag it over. All six presets can be filled in this way. Any home network or online music source or station can be locked in as a preset. Once you’ve set all your favorite Internet stations or online/personal sources, you can enjoy them through any of your network-connected SoundTouch models without using external audio sources. Just use the SoundTouch remote or walk up to your SoundTouch speaker, select one of the six presets and start jamming with your favorite music—even if your laptop, smartphone, tablet, MP3 player, and every other Wi-Fi-enabled audio device in your house is unplugged, in the car, or the battery is dead. You can also use the SoundTouch app for even greater control, such as when you want to stream a song or station that you haven’t added as a preset. The other advantage of owning any of the SoundTouch speakers is that when you are ready, you can add more SoundTouch models in other rooms around your home for a seamless multi-room music experience.

The Multi-Room Experience

You can purchase and control up to four different SoundTouch devices via Wi-Fi. After you connect the four wirelessly, you can continue to add many more SoundTouch speakers as long as you connect them via Ethernet cable instead of Wi-Fi. If you do it this way, you can connect an infinite number of SoundTouch speaker models. For simplicity’s sake, let’s say you have two and then you add two more models. All four can connect to your home network via Wi-Fi. Once all are connected, you can either play the same music through all four speakers throughout your home or you can listen to a different music source, station or preset in two, three, or four different rooms. Basically, as your home and music desires grow and expand, the SoundTouch line can grow at your pace, so you and your family will be able to stream and enjoy all the music you all love where you want in your home—together or independently—at the touch of button.

Bose SoundTouch 10

The current SoundTouch line of compact speaker units includes three different models that are available separately, but also work together to offer a wireless audio solution for your entire home. The smallest of the three SoundTouch speakers is the SoundTouch 10. The line also includes the mid-sized SoundTouch 20 Series III and the SoundTouch 30 Series III, which is the largest of three Wi-Fi-enabled SoundTouch speaker options. All three models allow you to stream music via Wi-Fi from anywhere in and around your home. Since they all work together seamlessly, you can link them together wirelessly and build a multi-room audio system that can be easily and entirely controlled from your iOS or Android mobile device with the free Bose SoundTouch app.

Bose SoundTouch 20 Series III

The compact SoundTouch 10 is small enough to go with you from room to room while still producing clear, room-filling sound. It features four LED connectivity indicators so you can easily determine the system’s status. The other SoundTouch options include the mid-sized SoundTouch 20 Series II and the SoundTouch 30 Series III, which is the largest of three Wi-Fi-enabled SoundTouch speaker options and is designed to accommodate larger listening environments. Each model incorporates the aforementioned six audio presets, but Ethernet connectivity is limited to the large SoundTouch 20 and 30 systems. If you have any wired audio sources, you’ll be happy to hear that all three SoundTouch models are generously equipped with 3.5mm audio inputs. The 20 and 30 also feature 1.6-inch OLED panels that show the current station, preset, or song title of the track to which you’re listening. 

Bose SoundTouch 30 Series III

Whether you want to use a single SoundTouch speaker system in one room or you want to fill your entire home with SoundTouch speaker systems, Bose makes it easy to control and hook up as many systems as you need. With so many audio sources available via the Internet, Bluetooth, and wired, these SoundTouch Systems from Bose aim to be your one-stop music hub.