Onkyo Upgrades Android App to Allow Direct 'In-App' Access to Spotify

October 31, 2011 - Earlier this year Onkyo became the world’s first consumer electronics brand to offer access to digital music service Spotify through home cinema receivers. Today Onkyo is pleased to announce yet another first…

Effective immediately owners of selected Onkyo network A/V receivers and home theater systems will be able to download a firmware update that enables direct support for Spotify Premium via Onkyo’s Remote App for Android. The Android App itself also has been updated in order to support this new feature.

Compatible Onkyo products are as follows:-

Receivers: TX-NR609/709/809/1009/3009/5009 and HT-RC360/370
Home Theater Systems: HT-S7400/7409/8400/8409 and 9400THX

Additionally, towards the end of November 2011 Onkyo will also extend direct support for Spotify Premium via Onkyo’s Remote App for Android to the TX-NR509 network A/V receiver as well as the TX-8050 network stereo receiver. At this time Onkyo will also issue a firmware upgrade that allows owners of all its network products with Spotify support to access the service using Facebook account details.

"Enabling direct support for Spotify via our Remote App for Android represents a major step forward when it comes to ease of use and convenience for our consumers," says Paul Wasek, Onkyo USA’s product and marketing manager.

"We are very pleased to be extending Spotify access to several of our networked products via the app for Android," continues Wasek, "Onkyo always strives to deliver maximum value and support to consumers… this announcement is an obvious example of our ongoing commitment to that end."

Three months after making Spotify available in the US, Onkyo is still the only manufacturer to offer this capability in its network receivers.

All you need to enjoy Spotify on Onkyo is an internet connection and a Spotify Premium account. The music service offers subscribers instant access to millions of songs in excellent sound quality, courtesy of Onkyo’s seamless integration of Spotify’s 320kbps bitrate* and high quality Ogg Vorbis codec.

Spotify is now available in 9 countries: USA, UK, Sweden, Finland, Norway, France, The Netherlands, Spain and Denmark, with more than 10 million registered users, and over 2 million paying subscribers.

*More than 99% of Spotify’s tracks are available in high bitrate (320 kbps) for our Premium users.

About Onkyo

Since 1946 Onkyo has been passionately committed to developing audio products that deliver uncommon performance, quality and value. Bundling proprietary technologies and innovations with other sound-enhancing exclusives, Onkyo continues to created award winning products that are lauded by many of the industry leading audio publications. The company's philosophy is to deliver products that are superbly designed and built to a consistently outstanding standard of excellence. Today, Onkyo is at the forefront of the home theater and digital revolutions. For more information about this and other fine Onkyo products, visit www.onkyousa.com or call 800-229-1687

About Spotify
Spotify is an award-winning digital music service that gives you on-demand access to over 15* million tracks. Our dream is to make all the world’s music available instantly to everyone, wherever and whenever they want it. Spotify is social, making it easier than ever to discover, manage and share music with your friends, while making sure that artists get a fair deal.
Spotify is available in 9 countries: USA, UK, Sweden, Finland, Norway, France, The Netherlands, Spain and Denmark. Spotify is the fastest-growing and most successful music service of its kind globally, with more than 10 million registered users, and over 2 million paying subscribers.

*Number of tracks licensed globally. Catalogue size varies in each country.

www.spotify.com