The advantage: Sonos already caters to audiophiles who value great sound, making a free streaming service a no-brainer. Sonos Radio offers ad-free radio stations that include both local radio (via TuneIn) and Sonos-curated radio stations along with behind-the-scenes stories and guest radio DJs like Angel Olsen, Phoebe Bridgers, and Jarvis Cocker. Users will also get ad-free artist stations from superstars like David Byrne, Brittany Howard, and—premiering on launch day—Thom Yorke. There’s also more than 30 stations of genre music to choose from. Source: Music Ally Bottom line: Sonos Radio has all the features a modern streaming service needs, including artist- and DJ-curated stations and radio, as well as an attractive price point (free). Whether this (plus the advantage a great-sounding Sonos speaker) is enough to make it worth consumers’ time is hard to predict. If nothing else, Sonos users can enjoy the free music.
