ROCKI BLOG

The All New Rocki OnAir app!

December 24, 2015, 11:22 pm

Just in time for the end of the year, we’re happy to announce our all new Rocki OnAir app suite, launching first on Android! We have rebuilt our app from the ground up to not only play to any of your Rocki-enabled speakers, but also unify your library across devices to allow streaming play and control of all your music, anywhere. We will be rolling out Desktop, iOS and TV set top box versions soon Read More

December Update: Airplay/Play+

December 16, 2015, 11:25 pm

We receive a number of questions around the status of Airplay and the Play+, so we wanted to put a post together with updates for both. Airplay Some customers have noticed that Airplay is no longer available with the newest Rocki. Unfortunately, this past May we had to remove Airplay functionality from the Rocki Play firmware. The feature was part of our internal testing process but was unfortunately not supposed to be in the public Read More

Fall Update

October 12, 2015, 6:55 pm

It’s been a busy summer for Rocki! Now that it’s officially Fall, we wanted to reach out and give everyone an update on what we are working on. One of our main focuses right now are our next generation cloud-based suite of apps. We’ve been working for some time on updating our app experience. We’ve rebuilt our apps from the ground up, integrating a cloud-based architecture that will be supported on mobile as well as Read More

Forums are now Rocki Support

June 5, 2015, 5:04 am

Hi Rocki Community! We’d like to thank everyone for their active support and participation on our Forums. We have noticed for some time that our Forums were taking the place of what a healthy Support site should be. We have been listening to your feedback and working hard to focus our resources on better documentation, responsiveness and transparency with our new Support site and team. For the latest news on everything Rocki, we will be updating our Read More

Let’s Party with Rocki + Spotify

June 3, 2015, 9:56 pm
Let's Party with Rocki + Spotify

Party Playlist is absolutely one of the most “want to have” feature request we get. How do you let everyone at a party suggest & play songs? Together, like a modern day Jukebox, but with everyone’s own phones and playlists, wirelessly. Well, now you can Party with Rocki + Spotify. Have you heard of Collaborative Playlist in Spotify? It’s there, in the playlist options - go try it. It’s in the Spotify phone apps as well Read More

Rocki Update! New Setup & Multiroom Sync (beta)

May 19, 2015, 6:53 pm

Rocki Update! (new setup & multiroom sync beta) We are pleased to announce a new device setup and Multiroom Sync for your Rocki. Over the past few months we have worked on a series of features that will make Rocki a better and even easier way to stream your favorite music to your own speakers. Thanks to your support and feedback, we were able to identify what we needed to change and the announcement today Read More

How do I use Spotify Connect with ROCKI?

March 10, 2015, 9:58 pm
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With Spotify Connect you can stream Spotify directly to your ROCKI from within the Spotify app, turning your phone or tablet into the remote for your speakers. Before you get started, make sure that: -Your ROCKI is connected to the same wifi network as your Tablet/Phone. -You are a Spotify Premium subscriber. 1. Start playing a song. Now top on the ‘Now Playing’ Bar. 2. Tap the Connect icon. 3. Select your ROCKI from the Read More

Happy Thanksgiving! The Longest Thank You Note We’ve Ever Written

November 27, 2014, 6:33 pm
Happy Thanksgiving

Hi Everyone, Happy Thanksgiving! A time to give thanks. I know it’s insane to name names in a thank you note, and everyone will advise against it and it will be loooooong. Thankfully this is a blog post, and not a stage speech that would bore the hell out of a captive audience who can’t really leave. A blog post you can search, skim through or just click away So as long as we have Read More

Deezer Buys Sticher, Adds Radio Shows And Podcasts To Its Music Platform

October 31, 2014, 5:54 pm
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Deezer announced it acquired Sticher, the San-Fransisco based podcast and talk radio programming aggregator.   In an effort to switch up its game and battle for more differentiation, Deezer is clearly working on building a higher profile in the U.S. before their launch.   Bringing together a catalog of 35,000 radio podcasts, Sticher’s content comes from over 12,000 providers including NPR, BBC, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, This American Life, Marc Maron and CBS Radio Read More

What is Spotify Connect?

October 29, 2014, 10:32 pm
Spotify connect

Spotify connect launched a while ago but what is it and what can you exactly do with it?   In short, Spotify connect lets you control and play music from the Spotify app on your phone to another Spotify enabled device synced over the cloud.   Say what?   Imagine you are listening to Spotify on your phone and you come home. With just a press of a button you can switch from local playback Read More

ROCKI Android App 1.0.11

October 21, 2014, 11:31 pm
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We’ve just pushed through a new update for the ROCKI Android app!   In version 1.0.11 you will see Familystream appear in your menu. Familystream is a dutch streaming service with a reformatory character. From psalms to classical music, from solo to massive vocal harmonies and instrumental to choirs Familystream offers an extended library of music which can be streamed from anywhere. https://www.familystream.nl/ Now integrated in the ROCKI app, Familystream can be streamed wirelessly to Read More