Cloud free firmware project for Bose SoundTouch speakers.
Bose switched the SoundTouch cloud off for good on 6 May 2026. STR keeps the speakers usable: a small agent is installed onto the speaker itself, stands in for the cloud locally, and brings back internet radio, Spotify, your own music library, multiroom, and the preset buttons. The install runs over your home network from the desktop app, no USB stick needed, and the agent starts with the speaker on every boot.
- Internet radio from tens of thousands of stations, searchable, no account.
- The six preset keys on the speaker and the remote work again.
- Spotify Connect, including Spotify playlists on the preset keys.
- Your own music from a media server at home (FRITZ!Box, Synology, Plex and others).
- Multiroom groups and stereo pairs.
- A phone remote in the browser of every phone, no app store and no account.
- Alarm clock, sleep timer, backup and restore, and a full "Uninstall STR".
The complete list, what is in the works, and more screenshots: docs/FEATURES.md.
SoundTouch 10, 20, 30 and Portable, the SoundTouch 300 and 520, the Wave SoundTouch III and IV, the SA-4 and SA-5 amplifiers, CineMate 520, 220, 130 and 120, Lifestyle 535, 600 and 650, and the Wireless Link Adapter. Details per model in docs/MODELS.md. If yours is not listed, I would like to hear from you.
Download the app for Windows, macOS or Linux from st-reborn.de, open it on a computer in the same Wi-Fi as your speaker, and follow the setup. On macOS brew install --cask jrpersonal/tap/st-reborn works too; more in packaging/README.md.
Speaker firmware too old? docs/FIRMWARE-UPDATE.md shows how to bring it to Bose's last version.
Independent community projects that build on STR:
- STR Remote for iPhone, free, by Wagges (discussion #1233).
- SoundFork for Android 14 and newer, by twitnic, early version without a download yet (discussion #456).
- SoundRebornRemote for Android 7 and newer, by ben240374, early version with an APK on GitHub.
- Questions and ideas: GitHub Discussions. Vote on what comes next in the Ideas category.
- Bug reports: Issues, with a diagnostic log from the app ("Save diagnostic log" at the very bottom).
- Security reports: SECURITY.md.
- Security, privacy and verifying a download:
docs/SECURITY-OVERVIEW.md, threat model indocs/THREAT-MODEL.md. - Home Assistant and automation:
docs/HOME-ASSISTANT.md,docs/CONTROL-API.md,docs/AUTOMATION.md. - Developers:
CONTRIBUTING.md(build, repository layout) anddocs/ARCHITECTURE.md. - What comes next: the Ideas wish list, ordered by votes. What 1.0 meant:
docs/ROADMAP.md. - Credits:
docs/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.mdand THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md.
STR is free and funded by donations.
More payment options on st-reborn.de.
STR is an independent open source project. The abbreviation ST references compatibility with Bose SoundTouch family speakers. STR is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or otherwise connected to Bose Corporation. Bose and SoundTouch are registered trademarks of Bose Corporation in the United States and other countries.
STR exists solely to restore functionality of these speakers after the official Bose cloud service shutdown on 6 May 2026. Reverse engineering for interoperability is permitted under EU Directive 2009/24/EC, Article 6, and comparable provisions in other jurisdictions.
The software is provided AS IS, without warranty. Use at your own risk. The full disclaimer is in DISCLAIMER.md.
STR is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Releases up to and including v1.0.12 were published under the MIT License, which still applies to them.
You may use, change and redistribute STR, also commercially. A work based on STR has to keep the NOTICE file and show its attribution wherever it shows its other credits.
The names "STR", "ST Reborn" and "SoundTouch Reborn" are not part of the license. A fork or derived work must use a name of its own, so users can tell it apart from this project.
See DISCLAIMER.md for the trademark and interoperability notice. The bundled go-librespot binary is GPL-3.0; see docs/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.md.