Spotify Connect comes to Bose, Panasonic, Philips TVs

By Joe Cox
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Spotify has announced a number of new partners for its Spotify Connect feature, with the first smart TVs and multi-room systems to feature Spotify Connect set to be officially unveiled at IFA in Berlin next month.

Bose, Panasonic and Philips are three of the biggest-name partners, as Spotify promises to have more than 100 Spotify Connect devices on the market by the end of the year.

The first Spotify Connect smart TVs will come in the shape of Philips Android TVs, part of Philips' 2014 TV range - and first revealed at CES at the start of the year.

Spotify Connect is also coming to multi-room systems for the first time, with the likes of the Bose SoundTouch, Pure Jongo and Samsung multi-room speakers likely to be in line for the upgraded functionality.

The feature allows you to control music playing on a Spotify Connect device using the app on your phone or tablet, while the hardware itself streams the music directly from Spotify's cloud servers.

IFA 2014 is set to be the official launch of the new Connect products and brands, with Gramofon, an add-on for adding Spotify Connect to your existing hi-fi system, also set to be part of the announcement.

Spotify Connect launched with ten hardware partners - Argon, Bang & Olufsen, Denon, Hama, Marantz, Philips, Pioneer, Revo, Teufel and Yamaha - in mid-September last year.

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Joe Cox
Joe Cox
Content Director

Joe is Content Director for T3 and What Hi-Fi?, having previously been the Global Editor-in-Chief of What Hi-Fi?. He has worked on What Hi-Fi? across the print magazine and website for more than 15 years, writing news, reviews and features on everything from turntables to TVs, headphones to hi-fi separates. He has covered product launch events across the world, from Apple to Technics, Sony and Samsung; reported from CES, the Bristol Show, and Munich High End for many years; and written for sites such as the BBC, Stuff, and the Guardian. In his spare time, he enjoys expanding his vinyl collection and cycling (not at the same time).