Bose recently announced the pending end of cloud support for its SoundTouch line of home speakers. This will, in effect, turn the smart speakers into dumb speakers as they will no longer have access to many features and any related software updates. Well, there’s a spot of good news for SoundTouch owners. The company is data-i13n=”elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:Bose;elmt:;cpos:1;pos:1″ href=”https://shopping.yahoo.com/rdlw?merchantId=da41807c-aae5-49ff-b905-2c3f70122c64&siteId=us-engadget&pageId=1p-autolink&contentUuid=97a836d0-b0d0-46bf-abba-948281d008ca&featureId=text-link&merchantName=Bose&linkText=turning+to+an+open+source+model&custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy5ib3NlLmNvbS9zb3VuZHRvdWNoLWVuZC1vZi1saWZlIiwiY29udGVudFV1aWQiOiI5N2E4MzZkMC1iMGQwLTQ2YmYtYWJiYS05NDgyODFkMDA4Y2EiLCJvcmlnaW5hbFVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJvc2UuY29tL3NvdW5kdG91Y2gtZW5kLW9mLWxpZmUifQ&signature=AQAAATB5RWONWOJxCMXLkvA0NWbSPyQXzjZ5iaa5kCKPo0HO&gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bose.com%2Fsoundtouch-end-of-life&spaceId=1197802876″ class=”link rapid-with-clickid etailiffa-link” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:turning to an open source model;elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:Bose;elmt:;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>turning to an open source model for the software, allowing third parties to keep the music playing.
The company has already begun mailing out the data-i13n=”cpos:2;pos:1″ href=”https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2025.12.18-SoundTouch-Web-API.pdf” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:API documentation;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>API documentation to customers so…
