Bose SoundTouch

Control for SoundTouch speakers

Bose SoundTouch is a music and audio app for people who own Bose SoundTouch wireless speakers. It lets you choose music and radio for one speaker or several, including playing the same audio in different rooms or separate audio in different areas. If you do not use SoundTouch speakers, the app’s main purpose may not be relevant to you.

Music, radio and your library

The app brings supported music services and TuneIn radio into one place. The supplied information lists services including Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, SiriusXM, iHeartRadio and Deezer; which options are useful will depend on the services you use and their availability to you. TuneIn offers access to internet radio, while a music library stored on a computer or network-attached storage can also be connected.

SoundTouch presets let you save favorites for quick access. Consider whether you want to manage music through Bose’s app, or whether the controls in your existing music services are enough.

Reach and track record

SoundTouch is published by Bose Corporation. It has a 4.25 out of 5 rating from about 119,000 reviews and more than 5 million installs. Those figures indicate broad use, but they cannot tell you whether the app will work well with your particular speakers, services or home network.

Before choosing it, check that your speaker is part of the SoundTouch family and that the music sources you care about are supported. The app is most useful when you want to control compatible speakers around your home; it is less compelling if you only need a way to play music on your phone.

Questions before you decide

• Do I need it? Mainly if you have SoundTouch speakers and want to control their playback.
• What should I check? Whether your preferred services and stored music sources are supported.
• Who is behind it? Bose Corporation. Bose provides a privacy policy and a California privacy notice; read them if you want to understand how personal information is handled.
• Could I walk away? If you stop using SoundTouch speakers, the app may no longer have a useful role on your phone.