Better Tools for Better Speakers
What is Legato OS?
We have distilled a full connected audio stack — light-weight OS, backend platform, and APIs — into one system and made it work on microcontrollers. Here’s exactly what you get, and what that means for your product and your margins.
Lower your BOM. Without lowering your standards
Most connected speaker platforms quietly inflate your bill of materials, through hardware requirements you didn’t choose and licensing costs that compound as you scale. They often demand dedicated modules that lock you in with one supplier, and are built on Linux that needs expensive memory to operate. Speakers have turned into laptops.
We are turning that page.
We build on Zephyr, an open-source real-time OS under the Linux Foundation. Zephyr runs on affordable, low-power MCUs that Android and Linux-based alternatives can’t reach. The technical difference translates directly to your cost sheet: lower component cost, dramatically less memory, lower power draw, a wider hardware selection at more competitive price points.
The result: You ship premium, connected audio on hardware your competitors are paying more for.
Your speakers, for every smart home
We led the effort to bring Matter support to home audio, because we believe that things should just work together. Your speakers will integrate into your customers’ smart home ecosystems without a custom integration project, without compatibility asterisks, and without depending on a third-party platform’s roadmap.
Your device works alongside their lights, thermostat, blinds — just like every Matter-compatible device in the house. What used to be a feature for enthusiasts is now the purchase driver for a growing mainstream market.
One agreement.
The whole stack.
A complete but light-weight OS. A lean backend platform. Easy-to-implement APIs. Packaged into a single, one-time license - because we understand the nature of your business.
No recurring platform fee. No royalty structure that penalizes volume. No hidden NRE costs. One commercial relationship that covers the full integration — from Bluetooth and WiFi to smart home protocols and app-layer connectivity.
Our platform supports:
- WiFi and Bluetooth speakers
- Auracast transmit and receive
- Multi-room audio systems
- Professional and commercial audio hardware
- WiFi headphones
We are excited to think with you about your product ideas and how Legato can enable that experience.
Competitive hardware
Pick your own MCU from the list of supported chipsets, or use a Legato-ready option. Implement our mobile SDK in your own app or use our whitelabel app. Develop this yourself or work with one of our ODM partners.
Your speaker,
one system
Whatever path you choose, all Legato speakers will be part of a growing system. Control all Legato speakers from one app: Our mobile SDK lets your customers group speakers across brands from a single interface — yours, or any compatible app. Your hardware works in harmony with the rest of their collection.
For your customer, that means freedom of choice. For you, it means your product earns its place in setups it didn’t have to dominate to be part of.
From unboxing to playing in seconds.
The first experience with a new speaker determines whether your customer becomes a repeat customer. We replaced complex WiFi setup flows with NFC-based onboarding: one tap, one connection, immediate sound.
No app download required to start. No router password hunting. No support call.
