Sony hasn’t learned from Bose’s good example: it’s ending streaming support for many services on tons of its speakers, soundbars, and Blu-ray players: they’ll still work, but you’ll lose Netflix, Spotify, Prime Video, and even Google Cast.

• Several Sony devices will lose access to streaming services and Google Cast
• AV receivers, Blu-ray players, soundbars, wireless speakers and more
• Effective November 17, 2026

What we’ve learned the hard way over the years is that virtually any product with an inline component will eventually lose it. Server outages have affected everything from multiplayer games to the ill-fated music platform PlaysForSure, and now it’s happening to Sony products.

Like Bose at the start of the year, Sony is closing the servers of some of its audiovisual products. But unlike Bose, which has gone to great lengths to allow users to retain as many features as possible, Sony’s devices will lose many basic features as a result.