
The company has continued to broaden its international sales, for example to Japan in 2018. In May 2005, Sonos announced that its initial product line would go on sale in the United Kingdom in the following month. The company first introduced its products to the market in January 2005 and first shipped them in either January or March 2005. Sonos aimed to begin shipping its products in the fourth quarter of 2004 but missed that deadline. ĭuring 2004, MacFarlane brought prototypes of the first Sonos products to several industry events, including the June 2004 "D2: All Things Digital" conference in Carlsbad, California (where Steve Jobs told MacFarlane that the Sonos controller's scroll wheel might violate Apple patents related to the iPod, ) and the December 2004 Digital Music Summit. Sonos was founded in August 2002 by John MacFarlane, Craig Shelburne, Tom Cullen and Trung Mai, with MacFarlane wanting to create a wireless service. History Corporate, financial, and marketing history Īutomobile brands that currently have Sonos audio systems available in their vehicles are Audi.īridge necessary in the earlier S1 system to connect speakers via WLAN, no longer supported or produced The first automotive brand to partner with Sonos is Audi in the Audi Q4 e-tron. The following is a list of all of current and past Sonos and Sonos-ecosystem products: Picture frame speakers: SYMFONISK Picture frame.Bookshelf speakers: SYMFONISK Bookshelf.In addition, through a partnership with IKEA, the following products are also part of the Sonos ecosystem: Soundbars: Arc, Arc SL, Beam (Gen 2), Ray.

Speakers: One, One SL, Five, Era 100, Era 300.

The company's product line consists mainly of powered speakers, amplifiers and peripherals.
