Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them

Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by 0xbadcafebee on Thursday January 08, 2026 @11:31AM (#46542980)

One thing nobody is touching on: since it's not actually open source, when this thing is found to have dozens of security holes (or any bugs), they are not going to be patched.

( Their announcement: https://www.bose.com/soundtouch-end-of-life The API doc: https://assets.bosecreative.com/m/496577402d128874/original/... )

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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by fgeiger on Thursday January 08, 2026 @01:02PM (#46544238)

Also, when the likes of Spotify change their APIs, the integration will likely stop working too.

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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by nsteel on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:54PM (#46559186)

Has that not already happened? Spotify recently broke streaming on a load of AVRs following the Anna's Archive release, I'd have thought this hardware would have suffered the same fate.

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Re:Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of b... by Thaxll on Thursday January 08, 2026 @03:15PM (#46545862)

Ho no, XML.

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