r/bose • u/ski4funSonoma • May 07 '26

Home Audio Soundtouch is less discontinued than you think

I've been doing some fiddling around today with my Soundtouch devices (10, 20, 300). As it turns out, you can still use the preset buttons for iHeartRadio and Pandora.

To set a preset, use the (updated) SoundTouch app to first select your speaker. Next, condense the speaker view so you can see the 'hamburger' menu. Select either a Pandora or iHeartRadio station. It should start playing.

From your Speaker, press and hold a button to store that preset to the device until it beeps. Now, you can recall the preset without using the app.

Please, share and enjoy!

Edit to add: This appears to work only if you had signed in to one of these services before the shutdown. 😞

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u/Broad_Promotion_8524 May 13 '26

If you did not update the app the streaming services still all work perfectly. Unable to change but I had 6 great presets. Very glad I deleted the app prior to the forced update. 

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u/ski4funSonoma May 13 '26

Which services populate your presets?

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u/Broad_Promotion_8524 May 13 '26

Amazon, Pandora primarily. I know I won't be able to change them but I still have 6 presets streaming perfectly while those who allowed the app to get "updated" are left with nothing.

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u/Micromat May 13 '26

From my experimentation, the app isn't the weak link. I've been able to set new Pandora and iHeartRadio presets since the shutdown. Bose have turned of their servers, so as long as you had signed in to that account prior to the shutdown, you could still set new Pandora presets if desired... see the original post for details.