T hings at Sonos are getting worse before they get better — if they’re going to get better. Today the company laid off approximately 200 employees, The Verge has learned. The

Sonos is laying off 200 employees in an effort to streamline its product teams, reports Bloomberg. The layoffs come as Sonos continues to

The way to do that, it appears, is through a new product category. According to The Verge, Sonos is planning to launch a streaming box, with a price tag between $200 and $400.

Word has it that the “beautiful” interface on the Sonos device lets you browse titles on all the big platforms, from Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ to Max and Netflix, and that you’ll be able to navigate with your voice (via Sonos Voice Control) and a physical remote (with shortcut buttons for streaming services, a la Roku).

Welch reports that the streaming box is a "pet project" of Chief Innovation Officer Nick Millington who has been working on the development for some time. However, in the last year he's been engaging with the Sonos' community on Reddit and focused on improving the mobile app, which may explain part of the delay.