{"id":14078,"date":"2013-01-30T08:32:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-30T08:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/?p=14078"},"modified":"2017-05-28T11:21:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T10:21:37","slug":"control4-introduces-tunein-and-the-control4-wireless-music-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/av-distribution\/control4-introduces-tunein-and-the-control4-wireless-music-bridge.html","title":{"rendered":"Control4 Introduces TuneIn and the Control4 Wireless Music Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Control4 have announced they are adding the TuneIn\u00a0service\u00a0from April this year along with a new hardware device &#8211; the Wireless Music Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"sj-gblock\">\n<script language=\"javascript\">\n<!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5598479065369258\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300; \ngoogle_ad_height = 250; \ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\"; \ngoogle_ad_channel = \"7058025304\"; \ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\"; \ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\"; \ngoogle_color_link = \"52a79f\"; \ngoogle_color_url = \"CFFFDF\"; \ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\"; \n\/\/--> \n<\/script>\n<script language=\"javascript\"  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div>The unit will connect your phone, tablet or computer to your Control4 system using AirPlay, Bluetooth and DLNA and will enable you to stream audio from your devices to your main system. \u00a0Both TuneIn and the $300 Wireless Music Bridge are due for release in Q2 this year. \u00a0Check out the video and full PR below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Control4, a leading innovator in residential and commercial automation systems, announced today an enhanced \u201cListen\u201d experience, offering customers new ways to enjoy their favorite music and podcasts through their Control4 systems. Starting in Q2 2013, Control4 systems with OS 2.4 will natively include TuneIn, the leading service for listening to music, sports, news and comedy streams from around the world. Additionally, the new Control4 Wireless Music Bridge provides an effortless way for consumers to connect, stream and enjoy music and music services through applications residing on their smart phone, tablet or computer.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cTuneIn and our new Wireless Music Bridge are powerful additions to our Listen experience and provide customers a natural way to enjoy their favorite radio stations, podcasts, audio books and music within the home,\u201d said CEO Martin Plaehn. \u201cWhether you walk into your home and tap into your favorite playlist on your iPad, invite your guests to share their music collection from their smart phone, or tee up the BBC in the kitchen, we\u2019re making it easy to access and enjoy personal media throughout the home.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>TuneIn and Control4<\/strong> &#8211; TuneIn provides Control4 customers direct access to more than 70,000 traditional and internet-only radio stations streaming from around the world, as well as millions of on-demand podcasts, concerts and interviews. TuneIn\u2019s robust search capability helps people discover exactly what they\u2019re looking for, whether it\u2019s their favorite artist, song or radio personality locally or from across the globe. Control4\u2019s integrated, intuitive and elegant user interface delivers station and show listings, filters available choices based on genre, location and language and guides consumers to new online media as well as to the content they already love. TuneIn is seamlessly integrated into Control4 audio zones so that everyone can listen to the same music, or every family member can enjoy their own personalized Favorites in different zones at the same time. TuneIn will be available on all Control4 systems running OS 2.4 starting on April 1, 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Control4 Wireless Music Bridge &#8211; The new Control4 Wireless Music Bridge enables homeowners, family members and their guests to wirelessly connect to a Control4 system to enjoy all the music stored on or accessed via personal smart phones, tablets and computers. The Wireless Music Bridge also provides a convenient path for Control4 customers to connect to streaming music services such as Pandora or Spotify on their personal smart devices from a Control4 system \u2013 all while preserving full phone and smart device browsing and application capability. Additionally, the Wireless Music Bridge delivers available artwork and metadata directly into the Control4 environment for display within the Control4 \u201cNow Playing\u201d interface on touch-panels, TV on-screens and the MyHome app.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Wireless Music Bridge brings together Ethernet, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity technologies into a single product, allowing nearly every smart device to \u201cpush\u201d music, podcasts, news, sports and audio books into the Control4 system via full support for streaming for iOS devices, as well as Bluetooth and DLNA for other phones and tablets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The Control4 Wireless Music Bridge is scheduled to be available in Q2 2013 for $300 introductory US MSRP and $345 International MSRP from authorized Control4 dealers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.control4.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Control4<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0: \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/automatedhome.com\/new-products\/control4-interview.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Our Interview with Control4<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want More?<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ottomate\">Follow us<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AutomatedHomeUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Like us<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook, or subscribe to our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds2.feedburner.com\/automatedhome\">RSS feed<\/a>. 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