Physical Preset buttons are back! Revive your SoundTouch: modern iOS design, endless radio, and full control without Bose servers. Your speaker, reborn.
Worried about losing your internet radio when the Bose servers or TuneIn shut down? Looking for a fast, reliable, and modern control app for your SoundTouch speakers? You've found it. Better ST is designed to keep your music playing.
Key Features:
• Zero Friction: No accounts. No Bose servers. No tracking. BetterST launches instantly, auto-discovers your devices on the local network, and respects your privacy. Just open and play.
• Hardware Preset Buttons Keep Working: Better ST Server helps restore part of the official server functionality, so you can continue using the physical preset buttons you love. Once configured, your speakers can work independently without relying on your phone.
• Super Presets (Scenes): Go beyond simple stations. Create custom "Scene" buttons to trigger Party Mode—instantly syncing Multi-Room groups and setting specific volumes for every speaker (e.g., "Play Jazz on Kitchen & Living Room at 20%") with a single tap.
• Liquid Glass UI: Fast, fluid, and built exclusively for iOS 26. Experience a stunning, native interface that feels right at home on your iPhone or iPad.
• Instant Access: View Now Playing info and toggle Play/Pause at a glance. Best of all, launch your Super Presets directly from your Home Screen to activate your perfect scene without even opening the app.
• Global Radio: Powered by Radio Browser, giving you integrated access to a massive library of thousands of global stations, filterable by country, genre, and quality.
• Siri Shortcuts & Magic Wake: Want your speaker to start playing alongside your morning alarm? Leverage our powerful Shortcuts integration to create a "Magic Wake" automation, bringing your SoundTouch into your daily iOS routines.
• Full Remote Control: Master your sound with precision. Manage volume, playback, device grouping (Multi-Room), and fine-tune your audio with dedicated EQ settings.
• Mixtape Mode (NAS): Turn your local NAS folders into a retro music library. Curate your favorite collections into virtual tapes for true gapless playback.
Technical Details & Hardware Control:
Supported hardware capabilities include:
• General Systems: Rename speakers, adjust bass levels, modify group settings for Video Sync, and disable the auto-off timer on most SoundTouch devices.
• SoundTouch 20 / 30 / Portable: Toggle the front LED clock display.
• SoundTouch 300 & Lifestyle 550/600/650: Access advanced home theater settings. Adjust individual center channel and surround speaker volumes, manage HDMI-CEC settings, enable HDMI-In, assign the source button on your remote, and toggle Speaker Selection.
(Note: Availability of specific hardware settings depends on your exact SoundTouch model and current firmware version.)
Disclaimer: This application is concluded between the developer and the end-user only, and not with Bose. Bose does not in any way endorse, approve of, or sponsor this application. Bose and SoundTouch are trademarks of Bose Corporation.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Migrate to Betyer ST to continue using the Soundtouch presets for radio 😍
Good work
Dannie Hesteng
Great that someone figured out to get the preset buttons to work again. I hope that they will support Spotify playlists on the presets as well sometime in the near future
Hope for SoundTouch users…
Futti
After Bose destroyed our Soundtouch speakers, Better ST has stepped in and is doing a commendable job to help those of us who have been ripped off by Bose... 😡The app works and new information says that Better ST is working to get things back to the situation before 6/5 😡 so that the station preset buttons will be active again...Thank you Better ST 🙏
What's New in Better ST 2.2:
- Bonjour! French Language Support: We are thrilled to welcome our French-speaking users with full localization support for the entire app.
- Introducing "Recents": Never lose track of your music again. Quickly access and replay your recently played stations and content directly from the new Recents feature.
- Quick Audio Settings: You can now access dedicated audio fine-tuning options directly from the device menu, making sound adjustments quicker than ever.
- Enhanced "Playback Mode" Tips: We've updated the Device Settings with much clearer migration tips and detailed guidance to ensure a seamless setup.
Stability & Multi-Room Improvements:
- Smoother Virtual Groups: Significantly optimized Virtual Group creation and fixed an underlying sync conflict when grouping multiple devices simultaneously.
- Rock-Solid Multi-Room Control: Completely resolved a persistent issue where Multi-Room cards could get duplicated. We also overhauled the volume control logic for active groups to ensure snappy and responsive adjustments.
- Under the Hood: Enhanced device discovery/recognition and strengthened data models for a noticeably faster and more stable performance throughout your local network.
Version 2.2.0
The developer, 骞 张, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
Size
15.6 MB
Category
Music
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
