Fitness classes. Concerts. Happy hours. Religious services. School. It’s all streaming now. Here’s how to use Beam to experience your social life with the sound it deserves.
While it was once considered anti-social, screen time is now the best way to stay connected. You might not be able to spend time in person with your friends and extended family, but you can create greater closeness through shared experiences. And with the latest tentpole films, premium fitness classes, and performances by world-class musicians and artists all streaming to your home, there’s a lot to share. Our most versatile speaker, Beam is the easiest way to experience it all with brilliant sound.
Play shows and movies
There’s no lack of options when it comes to streaming quality content. We worked with Oscar- and Emmy-winning creators in the entertainment industry to fine-tune Beam so that when you watch your favorite movies and shows, you’re hearing them the way they were meant to be heard.
Play apps on your smart TV
From The Great Courses Plus to Beachbody, smart TVs offer so much more than your standard video streaming services. Learn, sweat, and more with high-definition sound.
Play music
While technically categorized as a “home theater speaker,” when it comes to music, Beam delivers. Choose from hundreds of stations on TuneIn or from more than 100 music streaming services. If you want music for cleaning, cooking, working, playing, or dancing, it’ll sound better with Beam.
Play games
Whether you’re playing a game with friends in a Discord call or watching on Twitch, Beam’s rich, room-filling sound is the best way to truly immerse yourself in your favorite online worlds.
Play from your phone
The connectivity our phones provide have become even more valuable. Now we can attend a yoga session in the morning, an online class in the afternoon, and a DJ set at night. To listen with brilliant sound, stream directly to Sonos from your iOS devices using Apple AirPlay 2. And when you need a moment to tune everything out, listen to your favorite YouTube videos (comedy, unboxing, or the music video you learned the entire dance to in junior high) out loud on Sonos.
Play from your computer
When you’re working from home or just watching videos your family sent you, you can use AirPlay 2 to stream directly from your Mac to Beam as well. That video of your niece’s first steps (and the family’s reaction) definitely deserves to be heard with brilliant sound.
Now, what to stream?
With so much incredible, free content out there (and more coming every day), there’s a lot to enjoy on Beam. We wanted to share a few of the things that have been keeping us entertained, amused, energized, and inspired.
For Music
What: Live Nation’s Live from Home. A steady stream of live performances from up-and-coming artists to powerhouses.
When: Varying days/times
Where: https://www.livenation.com/livefromhome
For Cooking
What: Share Food Singapore features many authentic recipes of your favourite local foods compiled from over 200 home cooks.
When: On demand
Where: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCncsV6fPVebeMAtlYu5GUuQ/
What: Easy Asian Home Cooking with Adam Liaw provides home cooking recipes, tips, and advice from Adam Liaw, Destination Flavour host and prolific cookbook author.
When: On demand
Where: https://www.youtube.com/user/adamliaw/featured
For Arts
What: Cirque du Soleil is offering a front-row seat to moments from KURIOS – Cabinet of Curiosities, O, and LUZIA, with never-before-seen angles that can only be experienced on your screen.
When: On demand
Where: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ5eUJNXrMw
For Education
What: Class Central is a search engine and reviews site for free online courses popularly known as MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses. Ivy League schools are currently offering 450 courses for free right now.
When: On demand
Where: Various learning sites like Coursera, all compiled here: https://www.classcentral.com
For Fitness
What: Planet Fitness is offering free at home workouts called Home Work-Ins.
When: Daily at 7AM
Where: https://www.facebook.com/planetfitness/
What: CorePower Yoga is offering free yoga classes daily.
When: Daily at 7PM
Where: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4z1_0UdNR70GZE9eGuDY_VlQBE78ebQ8&
For Mindfulness
What: Headspace is offering free meditations that are part of a larger collection in the Headspace app called Weathering the Storm. It includes meditations, sleep, and movement exercises to help you out, however you’re feeling.
When: On demand
Where: https://www.headspace.com/covid-19
For Kids
What: Scholastic has curated a free digital hub designed to support virtual learning plans. Scholastic Learn At Home allows open access to daily learning journeys divided into four grade spans—Pre-K–K, Grades 1–2, Grades 3–5, and Grades 6–9+, covering ELA, STEM, Science, Social Studies, and Social-Emotional Learning.
When: On demand
Where: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
What: Circle Round adapts carefully selected folktales from around the world into sound- and music-rich radio plays for kids ages 4 to 10. Each 10- to 20-minute episode explores important issues like kindness, persistence, and generosity, ending with an activity that inspires deeper conversations between children and adults.
When: On demand
Where: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1246443751?mt=2
We’ll continue to keep this page updated as more things become available to stream. And, we’d also love to know what you’re enjoying. Tag us on social with #athomewithsonos.
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