SoundTouch Companion & Smart Audio Controller
Keep your SoundTouch speakers alive after the Bose cloud shutdown (May 6, 2026)
BoSonar combines multiroom control, presets, favorites, SoundTouch device settings and playback of your own audio streams — all in one app. Play your own stream URLs on your speakers or directly on your phone.
Features
Multiroom Control
Create and control multiroom groups for SoundTouch speakers.
12 Presets
Your most-used sources — streams, AUX, or Bluetooth — one tap away.
Unlimited Favorites
Save and organize your streams.
Device Settings
Adjust supported speaker settings directly in the app.
Smart Audio Controller
Enter your own streams and play them on your SoundTouch speakers or directly on your phone.
Listen on Your Phone
Built-in native audio player — even on the go, no speaker needed.
Tablet Optimized
BoSonar makes full use of your tablet's screen with a specially optimized layout.
Features
- Auto-Discovery: Automatically finds SoundTouch speakers on the local network via SSDP/mDNS.
- Presets & Favorites: 6 hardware presets + 6 extra virtual presets (12 unified on non-SoundTouch devices), unlimited favorites.
- “Device Doctor” to re-enable physical preset buttons
- Multiroom grouping
- Stereo pairing for SoundTouch 10 speakers
- Bluetooth pairing
- Direct Player: Listen on your phone without any SoundTouch speaker.
- Tablet Support: Optimized layout for tablet screens.
- Privacy-First: All data stored locally. No account required. No tracking.
- Volume Safety: Confirmation prompt when setting volume above a safe threshold
- Multilingual: User interface available in German, English, French, Spanish.
- Real-time UI Updates: Live volume, playback and zone status via WebSocket to reflect changes on the devices (e.g. volume up/down, preset changes)
- Background Playback: Keeps playing when the app is in the background
- BoSonar can re-enable the LOCAL_INTERNET_RADIO source required to play streams via preset buttons (store/recall) on the devices without the app by using an existing web-based stream resolver.
Latest release (2026-06-22) includes:
- Restore “native mode” on DLNA-only devices — tested on SoundTouch 10/20/30/Portable
- Create and manage stereo pairs (SoundTouch 10 only), incl. stereo balance
- Track info: tap the stream name tile in “Now Playing” to see current track details
- Add speakers by IP address, saved permanently (max 40)
- Various new device settings and further improvements
Planned
- NAS support