Gramofon

Gramofon

There’s no shortage of video-focused, Internet-connected boxes on the market and most of them can handle music streaming too. But what if you stripped out the video and concentrated entirely on audio? That’s what ‘social WiFi’ company Fon is doing with its new Gramofon device. Hook a Gramofon box up to your Internet connection and not only will it stream music from Spotify, but it will act as a social jukebox where your friends can sign in via Facebook to line up songs to play. Oh, and because Fon has plenty of experience in building routers, your friends can use the Gramofon to get WiFi too, without needing your password. As long as you’re friends with them on Facebook, they can get online. Streaming works like Google’s Chromecast; you send instructions on what to stream from your phone and the device pulls the music in directly.

Read the full story at The Next Web.

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