Sonos

Sonos, Inc. is an American audio equipment manufacturer headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. The company was founded in 2002 by John MacFarlane, Craig Shelburne, Tom Cullen, and Trung Mai. Sonos has partnered with over 100 companies that offer music services, including Pandora, iHeartRadio, SiriusXM, Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, MOG, QQ Music, YouTube Music, Deezer and Amazon Music. Sonos products work with the three major voice assistants: Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple Siri, although the last is currently only supported through Apple's Home app. In 2019 Sonos acquired Snips SAS, a privacy-focused AI voice platform for connected devices with the goal to bring a music-specific assistant to its devices. Sonos partnered with Audi to provide premium sound systems in several of their entry-level and compact models. The Sonos Premium Sound System can typically be found in the following vehicles, available as an option or standard on higher trim levels, Audi Q4 e-tron (and Sportback), the first vehicle to feature the Sonos audio system. Audi A3 (and RS3) available as part of Audi's Technology Pack. Audi Q3, upgradable to a 15-speaker Sonos system via the Technology Pack. Audi A1 and Q2, included as available premium upgrades in smaller Audi models.