Bluesound owners who use Apple Music no longer need their iPhone and AirPlay to get it playing, now that the service is built right into the BluOS Controller app.
Bluesound announced on Tuesday, October 20, that Apple Music is coming to its wireless speakers, stereo streamers and soundbars through a free BluOS software update, available now. You sign in to your Apple Music account inside the BluOS Controller app, and an active subscription is required. Bluesound is a division of Lenbrook, which is based in Pickering, Ontario, so this one is a homegrown win for Canadian Apple Music subscribers.
Until now, getting Apple Music onto a Bluesound player meant using AirPlay 2 from an iPhone or iPad. That works, but your phone is doing the streaming, and BluOS support notes that Apple Music lossless tracks sent from an iPhone or iPad over AirPlay get converted to 256 kbps AAC. With the new integration, the player streams from Apple Music itself, so your phone’s battery and Wi-Fi connection are no longer part of the equation. The app becomes the remote.
Apple Music also works with BluOS multi-room, so you can play the same song on every player in the house or run something different in each room. Bluesound used the Pulse Flex, the Node and the Pulse Cinema soundbar as examples, which sell on its Canadian store for $429, $849 and $1,899, respectively.
The update isn’t limited to Bluesound hardware, either. Compatible BluOS gear from NAD Electronics, PSB Speakers, DALI, Cyrus and Monitor Audio gets Apple Music through the same free update.
Bluesound didn’t say whether Apple Music streams in lossless or hi-res lossless on BluOS, or whether Dolby Atmos tracks are supported. That matters for a brand that sells to audiophiles, especially since Apple Music includes lossless at no extra cost, and Apple itself only just brought lossless Apple Music to Apple TV this fall.
Bluesound is a little late to the party compared to some rivals. Sonos has supported Apple Music natively for years and added Spotify lossless in October 2025, while Denon’s new Home speakers launched in Canada this spring with Dolby Atmos Music support. If you’re mostly in Apple’s world, HomePod is still the simplest option.
For anyone with a Node wired into a proper stereo, this means the iPhone can finally stop acting as the jukebox that isn’t allowed to leave the room.
Do you use Apple Music on a Bluesound or other BluOS system, or have you been sticking with AirPlay?
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