<s>
The	O
Play:3	B-Device
(	O
branded	O
as	O
the	O
PLAY:3	B-Device
)	O
is	O
a	O
smart	B-Device
speaker	I-Device
developed	O
by	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
,	O
announced	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
second	O
product	O
in	O
the	O
Play	O
line	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
product	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
be	O
positioned	O
vertically	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
compatible	O
speakers	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
SonosNet	O
,	O
establish	O
a	O
stereo	O
pair	O
with	O
its	O
counterpart	O
and	O
pair	O
additionally	O
with	O
the	O
Playbar	O
and/or	O
Sub	O
to	O
initiate	O
a	O
basic	O
home	O
theater	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
speaker	O
was	O
officially	O
announced	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
that	O
Spotify	B-Application
was	O
added	O
to	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
 '	O
catalog	O
of	O
music	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
The	O
xx	O
at	O
the	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
Studio	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
and	O
again	O
by	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Softlab	O
for	O
their	O
"	O
Light	O
House	O
"	O
installation	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
place	O
in	O
July	O
2013	O
and	O
was	O
headed	O
by	O
The	O
Crystal	O
Method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
given	O
a	O
firmware	O
update	O
,	O
alongside	O
the	O
Play:1	B-Device
,	O
Play:5	O
and	O
Playbar	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
Play:3	B-Device
could	O
initiate	O
SonosNet	O
without	O
linking	O
a	O
Bridge	O
or	O
Boost	O
to	O
a	O
router	B-Protocol
in	O
September	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
given	O
compatibility	O
with	O
Trueplay	O
in	O
September	O
2015	O
and	O
was	O
given	O
public	O
beta	O
support	O
to	O
Spotify	B-Application
Connect	O
in	O
November	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sonos	B-Algorithm
ended	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
Play:3	B-Device
on	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
while	O
maintaining	O
updates	O
and	O
service	O
for	O
the	O
discontinued	O
speaker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Play:3	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
and	O
officially	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
20	O
,	O
2011	O
and	O
Spotify	B-Application
was	O
added	O
to	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
 '	O
catalog	O
of	O
music	O
services	O
later	O
that	O
month	O
and	O
MOG	O
in	O
May	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
Studio	O
later	O
in	O
November	O
2012	O
and	O
July	O
2013	O
,	O
when	O
The	O
xx	O
used	O
the	O
Play:3	B-Device
and	O
other	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
speakers	O
to	O
develop	O
Missing	O
,	O
an	O
installation	O
made	O
to	O
promote	O
Coexist	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Light	O
House	O
"	O
,	O
another	O
installation	O
made	O
in	O
partnership	O
with	O
Softlab	O
that	O
was	O
from	O
July	O
25	O
to	O
August	O
25	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
headlined	O
by	O
The	O
Crystal	O
Method	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
Noah	O
and	O
the	O
Whale	O
screened	O
a	O
short	O
film	O
entitled	O
Heart	O
of	O
Nowhere	O
after	O
their	O
album	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
in	O
the	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
Studio	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
audio	O
was	O
played	O
through	O
a	O
Playbar	O
,	O
Sub	O
and	O
two	O
Play:3s	B-Device
all	O
connected	O
to	O
a	O
Bridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
8tracks	B-Application
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
catalog	O
on	O
July	O
,	O
and	O
3	O
pairs	O
of	O
Play:3s	B-Device
were	O
given	O
away	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
initiation	O
of	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
alongside	O
the	O
Play:1	B-Device
,	O
Play:5	O
and	O
Playbar	O
,	O
the	O
speaker	O
was	O
given	O
a	O
firmware	O
update	O
in	O
which	O
it	O
could	O
now	O
run	O
SonosNet	O
independently	O
through	O
Wi-Fi	O
instead	O
of	O
connecting	O
to	O
a	O
Bridge	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
Trueplay	O
service	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
all	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
speakers	O
through	O
another	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
all	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
speakers	O
were	O
given	O
public	O
beta	O
support	O
for	O
Spotify	B-Application
's	O
Connect	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
31	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
ended	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
Play:3	B-Device
and	O
discontinued	O
selling	O
the	O
speaker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Play:3	B-Device
speakers	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
speaker	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
propped	O
vertically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
Play:1	B-Device
and	O
Play:5	O
,	O
the	O
speaker	O
also	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
stereo	O
pair	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
links	O
the	O
speaker	O
to	O
another	O
Play:3	B-Device
to	O
issue	O
a	O
separate	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
channel	O
for	O
audio	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
further	O
paired	O
with	O
a	O
Playbar	O
and	O
Sub	O
to	O
form	O
a	O
basic	O
home	O
theater	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
SonosNet	O
,	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
mesh	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
that	O
allows	O
multiple	O
speakers	O
to	O
be	O
connected	O
together	O
and	O
for	O
media	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
on	O
separate	O
or	O
all	O
connected	O
speakers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
speaker	O
can	O
either	O
use	O
Wi-Fi	O
or	O
can	O
connect	O
to	O
a	O
Bridge	O
,	O
Boost	O
or	O
itself	O
by	O
Ethernet	O
to	O
a	O
router	B-Protocol
to	O
run	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
speaker	O
can	O
be	O
acoustically	O
tuned	O
using	O
Trueplay	O
,	O
which	O
uses	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
to	O
tune	O
the	O
speaker	O
based	O
on	O
its	O
measurement	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
speaker	O
tunes	O
automatically	O
as	O
the	O
user	O
walks	O
around	O
to	O
complete	O
initiation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Play:3	B-Device
is	O
the	O
mid-range	O
speaker	O
of	O
the	O
Play	O
speakers	O
in	O
the	O
product	O
line	O
,	O
bearing	O
3	O
Class-D	O
amplifiers	O
,	O
a	O
tweeter	B-Device
,	O
two	O
mid-woofers	O
and	O
a	O
bass	O
radiator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
it	O
more	O
capable	O
of	O
playback	O
than	O
the	O
Play:1	B-Device
,	O
which	O
has	O
2	O
Class-D	O
amplifiers	O
and	O
a	O
tweeter	B-Device
and	O
mid-woofer	O
,	O
but	O
significantly	O
inferior	O
to	O
the	O
Play:5	O
,	O
which	O
boasts	O
three	O
tweeters	B-Device
,	O
three	O
mid-woofers	O
and	O
six	O
amplifiers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
speaker	O
houses	O
a	O
single-board	B-Device
,	O
powered	O
by	O
a	O
low-power	O
,	O
powered	O
largely	O
by	O
a	O
266MHz	O
MPC8314VRADDA	O
PowerQUICC	B-General_Concept
II	I-General_Concept
Pro	O
processor	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Qualcomm	O
Atheros	O
AR9380	O
single-chip	B-Architecture
with	O
three-stream	O
,	O
SST3	B-Protocol
802.11a/b/g/n	O
connectivity	O
and	O
a	O
Skyworks	O
SE2595L	O
dual-band	O
802.11n	O
WLAN	B-Architecture
front	B-Architecture
end	I-Architecture
provides	O
the	O
Wi-Fi	O
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sonos	B-Algorithm
Controller	O
initially	O
sets	O
up	O
the	O
speaker	O
and	O
controls	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
other	O
services	O
like	O
Google	O
Play	O
,	O
Spotify	B-Application
,	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Music	I-Operating_System
,	O
TuneIn	B-Application
and	O
others	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
account	O
catalog	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Play:3	B-Device
has	O
been	O
positively	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Terrence	O
O'Brien	O
of	O
Engadget	B-Application
praised	O
the	O
speaker	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
the	O
price	O
and	O
limited	O
functionality	O
of	O
the	O
then-Sonos	O
Controller	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
still	O
leaves	O
a	O
lot	O
to	O
be	O
desired	O
"	O
but	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
Play:3	B-Device
is	O
more	O
than	O
adequate	O
for	O
casual	O
listening	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TechRadar	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
unfortunately	O
you	O
do	O
have	O
to	O
go	O
through	O
Sonos	B-Algorithm
 '	O
proprietary	O
software	O
"	O
but	O
liked	O
"	O
the	O
easy	O
set	O
up	O
,	O
the	O
wealth	O
of	O
music	O
options	O
(	O
digital	O
radio	O
,	O
MP3s	O
,	O
Spotify	B-Application
,	O
Last.fm	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
