The Sonos streaming box promised to provide a whole new kind of wireless home theater experience with Sonos speakers, acting as an HDMI switch with 4K 120Hz passthrough. This is a great feature on its own because even in 2025, most of the best TVs will only have two HDMI 2.1 ports, and one will probably be the HDMI eARC port for your sound system.

The device, codenamed Pinewood, was set to be the company’s major hardware launch in 2025.

The Sonos Pinewood streaming player is reportedly no more, derailing the company’s plans to move into the video space. Would you have paid $400 for a streaming player? As unlikely as it was for many people to jump at the opportunity to purchase such an expensive device,

Despite apparently being far along Sonos is cancelling its streaming set top box. The cancellation was announced during an all-hands call according to a report from The Verge's Chris Warren, who is generally tapped into the inner workings of Sonos.

Sonos is abaondoning its plans to release a streaming video player this year. The embattled hardware manufacturer has shed its former CEO Patrick Spence, while interim CEO Tom Conrad refocuses the company.

Sonos has reportedly paused its plans to get into the video streaming service. A device which was expected to launch this year has been shelved, according to a report in The Verge. Workers will be reassigned to other projects.