B&W updates Formation speaker line software (1 Viewer)

[Martin Dew]

Bowers & Wilkins has updated its music app for all Formation-enabled products, including the Formation Bar sound bar and Formation Bass subwoofer. The company is building out the number of music streaming services accessible to owners of products in the line, and the app will be available in both Android and iOS flavors.
B&W says the new app, known officially as ‘B&W Music App’, will initially offer support for Qobuz, TIDAL, TuneIn, Dash Radio, NTS Radio and SoundCloud with more services coming down the line, as well as high-res content care of Qobuz. It will also aggregate content from each available music service into one interface to access individual tracks, albums, playlists and radio stations.
This latest app will operate alongside the existing B&W ‘Home App’ currently used for setup on Formation products, but both will be integrated later in the year with the latter eventually being phased out. AirPlay 2, Bluetooth aptX HD, Spotify Connect, Roon and Works with Alexa will...

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