Bluesound Adds Apple Music Through Free BluOS Update

Apple Music reaches your existing players

Bluesound adds Apple Music today through a free update to BluOS, bringing the subscription service to its speakers, soundbars and stereo components (opens in a new tab). Bluesound says subscribers can access more than 100 million ad-free songs, with their Bluesound Player receiving the stream directly.

Works with

Bluesound Players and compatible devices running BluOS

Price

Free software update; active Apple Music subscription required

Available

Today through the BluOS software update

An active Apple Music subscription is necessary, and existing subscribers can sign into their account using the BluOS Controller app. The integration is available with the latest BluOS version, placing Apple Music alongside the other streaming services accessible within that app.

Bluesound identifies several setups for the service, including a kitchen PULSE FLEX, a NODE feeding a living-room hi-fi system and a PULSE CINEMA beneath a television. Support also extends beyond Bluesound hardware to compatible devices running BluOS, including products from NAD Electronics and PSB Speakers.

Choose shared music or separate rooms

According to Bluesound, BluOS lets subscribers listen through one player or distribute Apple Music playback among several Bluesound Players around their home. Rooms and audio zones can be grouped to play matching music, while separate rooms can also play different selections.

Because the Bluesound Player receives the music stream directly, Bluesound says playback depends less on a phone or tablet. The new integration sits alongside Apple AirPlay 2 support, which was already available within BluOS before this addition.

Bluesound says Apple Music provides personalized suggestions and playlists assembled by experts. Subscribers can also explore shows hosted by artists and radio programming from around the world through the service.