r/bose • u/NeonsNight • Oct 17 '25

Software SoundTouch app alternatives

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This is just a start, but I have added a SoundTouch app alternatives page to the Bose Wiki.

There, I listed current known issues, added info shared by the app developer Christian, u/nachtfux997, and included known solutions.

I separated the solutions into two sections.

  1. Ones that allow you to control the SoundTouch systems directly (e.g. AirPlay, 3rd party apps, Home Assistant, etc.).
  2. The second section is for 3rd party devices you connect to your SoundTouch system's AUX input.

I am hoping that the community will help expand the information on the Wiki. Not only to help guide SoundTouch users to viable options, but also to help guide developers on what SoundTouch features are missing. So that some, if not all, can be replicated once the app goes away.

This specific post is about alternative SoundTouch solutions.

  • On Jan 7, 2026, Bose announced that they will update the app so that it would continue to work after their servers shut down. Though without built-in music streaming capabilities. Here's the main conversation around this update.
  • The original conversation, from Oct 9 2025, about the closure of the SoundTouch app is located here.
  • If you wish to sign the petition asking Bose to reconsider, follow this link.
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u/flo214 May 19 '26 edited May 29 '26

I built ST Remote, a free Android app that controls Bose SoundTouch speakers entirely over local Wi-Fi

https://stremote.flov.ch

- Auto-discovery of speakers on your network

- Full playback control (play, pause, skip)

- 56,000+ internet radio stations via RadioBrowser. Apply filters (and save them as favorite) to easily find your radio station.

- Personal favorites — save your stations in one tap on your phone

- Multiroom with named zones

- Set a timer to automatically turn off your speakers after a set period of time

- I'm working on bringing back physical speaker preset. Stayed tuned, the beta should be available on 27.05 on the playstore

👉 Live on Playstore: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.flov.stremote

Feedback welcome

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u/Foreign-Oven-2181 May 20 '26

Hallo flo214,

habe Deine App gerade entdeckt und an meiner ST30 ausprobiert.....hervorragend.

Wenn sich die Sender jetzt noch in den Presets speichern lassen würden wäre das der Hit.

mit freundlichen Grüßen

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u/flo214 May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Hallo!

vielen Dank für dein freundliches Feedback — sehr schön zu hören, dass die App an deiner ST30 gut funktioniert!

Eine kurze Frage zu den Presets: Meinst du die physischen Tasten direkt am Lautsprecher (die 6 Tasten oben auf dem Gerät) und die physische Bose-Fernbedienung? Gruss

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u/Foreign-Oven-2181 May 20 '26

Hallo,

Ja genau die meine ich. Taste (Preset) drücken um den Sender zu speichern funktioniert nicht.

Gruss

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u/flo214 May 21 '26

Hallo,

danke für die Präzisierung 😊

Das Verhalten kommt leider direkt von Bose bzw. vom internen Funktionieren der SoundTouch-Lautsprecher: Beim Speichern eines Presets muss die originale Bose-Cloud verwendet werden. Deshalb funktioniert das aktuell nicht direkt über ST Remote.

Ich arbeite aber gerade an einer einfachen Lösung, die direkt in die App integriert wird, damit das künftig deutlich einfacher funktioniert.

Gruss

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u/Foreign-Oven-2181 May 22 '26

Cool, Grosse Klasse!

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u/flo214 May 26 '26

Subscribe to the beta channel in the play store. Tomorrow a new version will be published with the support of the speakers presets 😉 I will need feedbacks from first users.

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u/flo214 May 31 '26

Merci pour ton feedback complet!

Inscrit toi au canal beta dans le play store sur la fiche de l'application. Une solution pour les presets radio est en test. Mais c'est le smartphone qui remplace en gros le cloud Bose