Pickering, ON, Canada, November 7, 2023 – BluOS, the original hi-res multi-room music management platform developed and licensed to premium audio brands by Lenbrook International, is excited to announce new content partners to its ecosystem with the addition of two important music streaming services, Pandora and Presto Music. Starting today, both Pandora and Presto Music are accessible as natively integrated services in key markets, adding to the broad choice of streaming options that BluOS users already have with dozens of supported services that add to the variety of enriched and personalized audio experiences possible within the BluOS platform.
Pandora, one of the true original music streaming pioneers and available exclusively in the United States, is renowned for its exceptional music discovery features and expert curated radio stations. Its integration offers BluOS music lovers access to another seamless and intuitive way to enjoy their favorite tracks and discover new music based on listeners’ tastes.
BluOS users in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, can enjoy Presto Music, one of the world’s leading authorities on classical and jazz recordings. Their recently launched streaming service lets subscribers directly access Presto’s vast library of high-quality music via the BluOS Controller app. Their focused, extensive, and growing catalog includes 200,000 albums in CD-quality and 34,000 albums in 24-bit/192kHz. Presto Music subscribers will also enjoy a powerful search engine designed for classical and jazz music with rich composer, artist and genre profiles including recommendations and featured releases.
“We are truly excited to bring Pandora and Presto Music to BluOS, further expanding our commitment to offering users the freedom to choose their preferred streaming services and at the highest quality,” said Andrew Haines, Product Manager at BluOS. “Pandora has been a long asked-for service addition with its unique history and strength in music discovery. While Presto Music is new, we are especially optimistic that niche music services with high-quality content are perfectly matched to the discerning audiences that BluOS and its premium audio integration partners serve.”
Beginning today, BluOS users can listen to Pandora and Presto Music by simply updating to the latest firmware and BluOS Controller App (version 4.2.0), available in the Apple App Store, Google Play, and at bluos.io/downloads.
About BluOS
BluOS™ is a premium multi-room audio ecosystem that manages stored and cloud music sources and playback, with support for high-resolution audio streams up to 24/192. Adopted by some of the most renowned hifi audio brands and integrated with numerous smarthome and voice control systems, BluOS allows for interoperability among enabled devices across brands for maximum versatility and use cases. Integrations with popular streaming music services like Tidal, Spotify, and Deezer, as well as featuring support for FLAC, WAV, MQA, and other high-resolution formats and codecs, BluOS offers virtually unlimited access to music of all genres for any occasion. Made up of an operating system and a control application for smart phones, tablets, and PC desktops, BluOS is the ultimate choice for the modern audiophile.
About Pandora
Pandora is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. Pandora provides consumers a personalized music and podcast listening experience with its proprietary Music Genome ProjectÒ and Podcast Genome ProjectÒ technology. Pandora is also the leading digital audio advertising platform in the U.S. Pandora is available through its mobile app, the web, and integrations with more than 2,000 connected products. For more about Pandora: www.pandora.com.
About Presto Music
Since 1986, Presto Music has been serving the needs of Classical and Jazz Music fans worldwide. Based in Royal Leamington Spa, UK, Presto Music has long been regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on classical and jazz recordings (CDs, DVDs, high quality downloads and vinyl) as well as printed music, music books and musical instruments. The launch of Presto Music Streaming in 2023 allowed the company to bring its wide-ranging catalogue, decades of experience, excellent customer service and staff with expert classical music knowledge to an even wider audience. Presto prides itself on outstanding data and unique editorial content, ranging from reviews of new albums to exclusive interviews with artists and composers, researched and written by the in-house editorial team. Presto Music believes in fair remuneration for artists and composers and operates a pay-per second revenue share model. For more about Presto Music: www.prestomusic.com.
About Lenbrook International
Lenbrook International, a subsidiary of the Lenbrook Group of Companies, is the owner and manufacturer of award-winning brands for home audio and residential install applications. Its full suite of products from NAD Electronics, PSB Speakers, Bluesound wireless multi-room players, and Bluesound Professional commercial audio, are distributed in over 80 countries, while its BluOS hi-res distributed audio platform continues to be adopted by some of the world’s leading premium audio brands.
Links
BluOS: www.bluos.io
Lenbrook: www.lenbrook.com
