Sonos halts work on rumored super streaming device

Despite apparently being far along Sonos is cancelling its streaming set top box.

The cancellation was announced during an all-hands call according to a report from The Verge’s Chris Warren, who is generally tapped into the inner workings of Sonos.

The streaming video player, codenamed Pinewood, has been rumored for some time and allegedly was in beta testing before the all-hands.

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Apparently, the team behind Pinewood will be reassigned, and interim CEO Tom Conrad said that Sonos’ attempt at video was done “for now.”

When Conrad stepped in to run Sonos after former CEO Patrick Spence left, he said all the write things about reprioritizing the direction of the company and getting back to “our shared ideals.” His stated goal was to win back the trust of customers and reposition Sonos as

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