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Focal & Naim: control Naim and Focal speakers from your phone
By Trang Nguyen
Editor, media and streaming
- Multiroom sync across rooms, or a different mood in each
- Streaming from Qobuz, TIDAL, Spotify and UPnP sources
- Thousands of internet radio stations, including Naim Radio
- ADAPT room tuning and EQ for Naim and Focal speakers
- Noise cancellation and lighting for Focal Bathys headphones
- CarPlay and Android Auto internet radio from version 8.0
What the Focal & Naim app controls
The Focal & Naim app is a control surface for a home music system built around Naim and Focal network-connected players. Instead of switching between separate apps for each speaker, streamer and service, you handle them from one screen on a phone or tablet.
The listing says it works with all current Focal & Naim network music players. Some older models are not supported. It is aimed at people who already own that hardware and want to run it from a phone.
It covers the speakers, the streamers and the system settings. The listing presents these as one set of controls, so you adjust the whole setup in one place.
Setting up devices and creating an account
New Naim and Focal devices are set up through the app's product setup process. The listing presents this as the way to get a new device onto your network and ready to play.
A Focal & Naim account is free to create. The account is what lets you register your products, and the listing ties several benefits to it: access to local Internet Radio, extended warranties and enhanced customer support.
The account is optional for basic control according to the listing's structure, but registration and local radio are tied to it.
Streaming services and internet radio
The app connects to Qobuz, TIDAL, Spotify and UPnP as playback sources. The listing says these deliver high-resolution playback when the source supports it.
Internet radio is a large part of the offer. The listing mentions thousands of stations, and says Naim Radio is now also available locally on your mobile device, so you can reach it from the phone itself.
Radio and streaming both run through the same controls, so switching from a playlist on one service to a station takes no separate setup.
Multiroom playback across a home
Naim Multiroom technology is the basis for playing music across several rooms. The listing says you can keep audio in sync between rooms, or set a different piece of music in each space.
Because the speakers, streamers and settings all sit in the same app, you can change what is playing in one room without leaving the controls for the rest of the house.
The listing describes this as the main way the app is meant to be used at home, with one phone or tablet running the whole system.
Room tuning, EQ and headphone settings
ADAPT technology is the listing's name for fitting the speakers to the room they are in. You adjust the sound to suit the space.
The app also includes an equalizer. For Focal Bathys headphones, the listing says you can adjust noise cancellation and lighting. For the Naim Mu-so range, it says you can personalize settings.
These controls only matter if you own the matching hardware, so the headphone and Mu-so options apply to those products alone.
Control from a watch and in the car
The listing says you can control playback from your wrist, with Apple Watch or Wear OS support.
Version 8.0 adds CarPlay and Android Auto integration. According to the listing, this brings Internet Radio into the car through those systems.
Watch control and car integration both depend on the phone running the app and the relevant system being set up on your devices.
What's new
- On screen buttons could stop working
- Improved reordering of presets
- Metadata could sometimes not display when playing from USB
About this APK
The build we hold is Focal & Naim 8.3 (APKS split bundle) for Android 10 and up.
- Version
- 8.3
- 1451910
- Requires Android
- 10+
- Size
- 104 MB
- Target Android
- 17
- Package ID
- com.naimaudio.naim.std
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Devices
- Supports Android Auto
- Malware scan
- Google Play Protect
- Permissions
- 27 declared · 9 sensitive
- Approximate location
- Camera
- Microphone
- Modify files on your device
- Modify system settings
- Precise location
- Read files on your device
- Read phone status and identity
- Signed by
- CN=Unknown, O=Unknown
- Certificate SHA-256
- 701febc86b74a19bad5df6a17a71c3aea4c4a11d313bd5719feefe89105b4744
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