Sonos set veteran Hugo Barra in his program after the application problems

While Sonos continues an effort at the company level to recover itself yet Snafu last year applicationIt adds a known name to the Board of Directors of the Board of Directors. Sonos announced this morning that Hugo Barra joins the Board of Directors to replace the Mike Volpi, which is stepped down after 15 years – the longest period of any member of the Board of Directors.

Barra has a long CV that includes senior leadership positions in companies including Google, thanks to the leadership of “Android Environmental System from Nasceancer through its first billion users.” After that, he moved to Xiaomi and spent three years overseeing the global operations of the influential Chinese phones. The next Bara station was the definition, where he held the position of deputy head of the company’s apparent reality department.

He is currently the co -founder and head of the producer in /Dave/agentsIt is described as “a software company that builds an operating system of the next generation for artificial intelligence agents.” Currently, Sonos seems to be happy to have a barra because he got a busy record in achieving the results – but artificial intelligence relationships may be useful on the road.

“He has an attached capacity to convert advanced innovation into great products-great suitable for Sonos,” said Chairman Julius Genachowski. In a press release. “With his deep experience, including in artificial intelligence, we are excited about being on the blackboard, participating with the leadership team and adding value.”

Sonos still focuses on making improvements in performance, error repairs, and new features (along with some old that is still unique) to their mobile application to Android and iOS. As part of this renewed effort, the company decided that Cancel the following devices productFlowing video operator, which was reported for the first time last month before freedom.

The company’s product map of the company is somewhat flow Era 100 The smart speaker, which I recently got a price cut. The sources within the company told me that the morale among the employees was generally to climb in recent months as a temporary executive of Tom Conrad – who seems likely to obtain the job officially – takes steps to correct the course and shake the Sonos leadership ranks.