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Trad99Enthusiast II
asked in General feedback and conversation

Please can we go back to the old app

I’ve been struggling with this new app for two hours now. So many things are missing or difficult to use compared to the old app. Please, can you continue to make the old app available for people who still prefer to use that one. I was fine with that app, and would like to revert to using it. Please give us a way to do that.

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Trad99Enthusiast II
asked in General feedback and conversation

New App - how to add a track to an existing queue?

On the new app, when I click on an individual track, the only option I get is to replace the queue. How do I leave an existing queue in place and just add one additional track to the queue? I was easily able to do this on the prior app, but can’t find any way to do this on the new app.

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Ken_Griffiths
1 hour ago
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GuitarSuperstarMaestro
posted in General feedback and conversation

New Sonos App Wishlist

Overall, the new Sonos app seems to be an improvement over the previous version. But I am disappointed that many useful features from the previous app weren’t included. So here is my wishlist for the new Sonos app: Bring back the shortcut to the EQ settings on the Now Playing screen. Bring back the “HD” and “Hi-Res” icons on the Now Playing screen when streaming lossless or hi-res lossless music from your local music library. Bring back the number indicator on the volume slider on the Now Playing screen. Under About My System, show what audio format is playing after “Audio In:” while playing TV audio. Bring back the alphabetical search/quick scroll feature for local music libraries. Include local music libraries in the Search feature. When viewing albums from a specific artist, allow the option to switch from list view to grid view. What other features would you like to see brought back or added?

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2 hours ago
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HoppelhaseContributor I
asked in General feedback and conversation

neue App 7.mai 2024

Hi,Habe mir heute das neueste Update installiert. Weiß jemand wo der schlummermodus abgeblieben ist? Danke für eure Hilfe  

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3 hours ago
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MarcovangennipContributor I
asked in General feedback and conversation

music library after latest app update

Just installed the new app. But I can’t find where the music library went. Also no option to add a folder to the library 

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3 hours ago
Mike R. H.
Mike R. H.Sonos Staff
published in Owners café

Do you want to know the story of John MacFarlane and Sonos?Interview

​Then, I suggest that you give this podcast a listen.It is an excellent episode from the "How I Built This"-podcast, featuring John MacFarlane telling the story of Sonos's early days.There were parts of the story I didn't know, like the confrontation with Apple at a convention. Another was the first song ever played on a Sonos speaker.I joined Sonos after the special edition Beastie Boys Five was released, and I only understood the importance of it once I heard the story in the podcast.  Here is the link, if you want to listen to the episode:https://wondery.com/shows/how-i-built-this/episode/10386-sonos-john-macfarlane/And now I’m curious. What was the first song that you played on your Sonos speaker?What are your thoughts after hearing the podcast? Did it answer some of your questions about the early days of Sonos? Or did it create more questions? Let us know in the comments. 

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13 hours ago
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GuitarSuperstarMaestro
posted in General feedback and conversation

Sonos Headphones Leak

From The Verge:https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/6/24150573/sonos-ace-headphones-reveal-leak-wireless I wonder what that thing is under the headphones case...

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Bumper
1 day ago
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brucemacEnthusiast II
asked in General feedback and conversation

Feature Request - Sonos App

Please add visualizer functionality and controller layout customization.As a Port and Connect (S2 compatible) owner who integrates into other amp/passive speaker zones, it would be great if these features were available.For example, I have a Sonos zone in my primary home theater by way of Port, but use my Mac Mini to display the Sonos app on my TV. This works, but it could be a lot more visually appealing if there was a way to customize the layout. For example, larger cover art, bitrate/resolution, etc. This is not an edge case.Take it a step further and add some eye candy with options for visualizers. Heck, open it up to the community and I bet we'd see some awesome content brought forward. VU Meters would be cool for example. Lot of possibilities. People (not all) want the eye candy and your competitors are incorporating it alongside support for lossless high resolution audio. If you're not going to support the latter, you should look to support the former in my opinion.

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controlav
3 days ago
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Johnny RicoAvid Contributor I
asked in Owners café

Moving to a new house

Here’s a possibly dumb question, but I don’t like surprises so I thought I’d ask. We’re moving to a new house in a few months. In the new house, I will set up the same WiFi we have in our current house. I’m just going to unplug the WiFi router in our current house, and plug it in at the new house.I’m wondering if moving my Sonos system will be as simple as unplugging all our speakers in our current house, and plugging them all in at the new house. Since the speakers will find the same WiFi present, I’m thinking everything will just work.But, I’m not exactly sure I understand where my system configuration information is stored. I think I understand the speakers form a distributed system and I assume full system configuration is stored in each speaker. I assume any changes I make to the system are synchronized from speaker to speaker until all have the latest change. But, in order for the configuration to persist during power outages, etc, the speakers would have to have something like t

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4 days ago
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Vil26Contributor I
posted in General feedback and conversation

The replacement process is frustrating.

About a week ago, I sent two speakers for replacement. Only one had a problem with the Wi-Fi, but since I was using them as a stereo pair, the representative told me to send both. They received the first one (the one with the Wi-Fi card issue or something like that) on Wednesday, 4/25, and sent the replacement the same day. I got the notification that they received the second speaker on the same day, 4/25, a few hours later. It's been a week, and they haven't even sent me the shipping number for its replacement. According to their email, I was supposed to receive the replacement 1 to 5 days after they received my speaker. I've contacted them multiple times, and all they tell me is that they've escalated it to the returns area, but that doesn't help me. The first time they escalated it was days ago, and I still haven't received any follow-up email.It's quite frustrating because I've read stories from other people here, and it seems that when this happens with SONOS, it can take months t

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4 days ago
Dogdad
DogdadHeadliner III
asked in General feedback and conversation

setting up a pair of one SL’s for tv sound

If there’s a Beam , Sub, and A pair of One SLs set up with a tv , can the Ones be removed and then set up as a different room to play the tv sound but not as surrounds? A new cigar shop has these speakers set up and the owner would like to have the Ones play the tv sound but not as surrounds. The Ones are by a different tv then the Beam. Hope this makes sense. 

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Airgetlam
4 days ago
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Woodie52Contributor I
asked in General feedback and conversation

Connecting iPhone to Wifi-connected Port

I have a Wifi-connected Sonos Port that works fine with my Android phone app, but we can’t connect my wife’s iPhone, which can’t find the Port on our LAN.

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AjTrek1
6 days ago
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Revird55Contributor I
posted in General feedback and conversation

connectivity of sonos speaker to changed broadband

sonos connectivity with changed broadband supplier, I’m unable to connect the speaker insofar as I cant get the speaker working as before  

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Ken_Griffiths
6 days ago
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wjones2024Contributor I
posted in General feedback and conversation

why is your connection so unreliable?

I’ve given up now. After several years of having to reinstall, reconnect or just give up on listening to music when I want to but Sonos don’t want me to I’m giving up.I’ve gone through several routers during this time and the same issues happen. It works then one day it just does not. No connection, cnnot find system etc. Every single other item I connect to the router works fine. It’s solid.Sonos reliablilty is pathetic. TV, laptop, phone, Amazon stuff etc All fine.So I’ve decided to gift myself the gift of time. No longer will I spend hours trying to reconnect the Sonos system. I’ll just play it on loudspeaker from my phone. or buy another speaker, I’m guessing the cheapest made one will work better than Sonos. I’ll be binning both my speakers. £100 plus each wasted. I’d sell them but I do not want to open up another person to the terrible experience owning a Sonos will bring. I do not want to rob them of all that time.Thanks for nothing Sonos.Anyone on the fence of bying a sonos. Pl

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jgatie
6 days ago
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MarinopirContributor I
posted in General feedback and conversation

no more local music libraries

Support just told me the new app will not initially support local libraries. That’s the only thing I use Sonos for so for some undetermined number of months my system will be useless. This is really upsetting. I was told that I can avoid doing the update but is that an option?  I’ve been a loyal Sonos user since it first became available, and now it feels like I may lose all its functionality. 

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6 days ago
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Username44Contributor I
posted in Owners café

Product suggestion: WiFi speakers that actually connect!?

When I bought my first Sonos speaker in 2010 or ‘12 I gave Sonos the benefit of the doubt. Company is new.. working out the kinks… but 14 years later and the newer devices I bought in 2018 still be struggling?? Occasionally people change their WiFi setup. Why must it be such an arduous task to get these damn WiFi speakers to connect to WiFi?!?!!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬quit spending resources on beautifying the app… just make the speakers connect to the damn WIFI!!! Or Bluetooth, or WHATEVER… it boggles my mind that Tesla can update how a car drives over the air, as can apple, as can EVERY DAMN DEVICE I OWN… except Sonos, the WiFi speakers… don’t connect to WiFi!!!! 

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106rallye
7 days ago
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Allan BContributor II
posted in Owners café

Connectivity is absolutely shocking.

I’m at the end of my tether, I’ve supported Sonos for a while now with 13 speakers in my house Play:1’s so a few years old but I have never ever been able to open the app and play music where I want to, I’ve lived with this for years hoping it would be sorted. It is absolutely frustrating. I have a long house and WIFI doesn’t reach end to end so I adopted for a SONOS STP wired network but it’s useless. “Cannot connect to device”; “The device cannot be found”; “unable to add to the queue”; The list goes on … all I want to do is open the app and play some music when I want to, can it be that hard? That’s what I signed up for when I bought the system?  I have looked at the network matrix in my browser and everything is “Green” or “Yellow”, no bad connections at all.  Instead I end up re-booting router and speakers and after an hour I’ve lost the will to live and my guests are pi$$ed off. The only solution in the online help seems to be restart everything which is frankly not an acceptable

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8 days ago
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DguerreroeContributor I
asked in General feedback and conversation

What is the issue with Pay Pal Pending order

Hello , I’ve made a purchase using Pay Pal , and it appears to be pending , since i’ve read that if its pending Sonos has not taken the money but Pay Pal has charged my credit card.How long does this usually take ?Should i cancel my order and shop elsewhere?Has anyone cancel a pending order ? Time is crucial since they are a gift.thanks for your help

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8 days ago
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TdascContributor I
posted in General feedback and conversation

does anyone else think sonos connection is so consistently unreliable as to make the product unfit for purpose?

I can't connect and have tried everything. It's because I have a new router from virgin. But my phone effortlessly connects. I have been through the Sonos app process 20 times and it is no surprise that it doesnt connect, because it's always been unreliable. I've gone off music since having Sonos because of the anxiety I have as to whether it will work. It's like an anti Pavlov dog. Is it just me? 

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Stanley_4
9 days ago
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Van Canucks FanTrending Lyricist I
asked in Owners café

Sonos Message on App

I got a prompt today on my SONOS app saying that an upcoming version of the App would remove support for some kind of local files.  Unfortunately I neglected to save a screenshot.  Does anybody know what this is about?

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106rallye
9 days ago
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Robert123321Contributor I
posted in General feedback and conversation

WORST OUTSOURCED CUSTOMER SERVICE ON EARTH

If anyone has the good luck of reading all these horrible reviews, run as far and fast as possible. Bought a Beam directly from Sonos. Absolute horror show with the app, password, account log in….. I could not even get someone on the phone to return it. I will be filing a claim against them thru BOA/VISA. DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM THEM, YOU WILL REGRET IT. 

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Stanley_4
11 days ago
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newbpdContributor I
posted in General feedback and conversation

Sonos Line-in adapter and iOS/macOS

Can the Sonos Line-in adapter be used on an iPhone/MacBook as an audio interface?Essentially I’d like to replicate the Era-100/300 line-in option in iOS/macOS with the Sonos dongle.Does anyone know if this works?What does the Sonos dongle show up as in iOS/macOS if not an audio interface?Thanks!

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Schlumpf
14 days ago
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jimbob123Avid Contributor I
posted in General feedback and conversation

Sonos Radio jingles

So I subscribed to Sonos Radio HD to avoid the adverts. Excellent. Except I’ve listened about 8 hours of Sonos Radio HD today and there are no adverts….other than for Sonos!!! Whether it’s “Pure Unplugged, only on Sonos” or “Exclusive to Sonos”, they are adverts, and the very last people I should hear adverts from are the people I buy from!I’ve now unsubscribed.If I want to listen to music, and I am paying for an ad-free service, it should be exactly that.Fix it and I’ll return.

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Sotiris C.
15 days ago
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HookNladderContributor I
posted in General feedback and conversation

Will my setup work for this space

Hi all. First time posting here. Now I know most will say my system is over kill for this space and I agree with you. That being said I have a lot of options here. For my living room I own an Arc, two Era 300’s and a sub gen 3. Bedroom I have an Arc, Sub Mini and two One SL’s. The bedroom is kind of besides the point but I wanted to list what I have to get opinions on my setup. My bedroom is closed with four walls so that may be best for one system vs the other. My living room is a bit awkward but my orig al bedroom setup was in there and sounds pretty damn good.  What I’m looking for is some opinions. I listen to a ton of Atmos pretty much exclusively when I can because that is simply what I enjoy hence the overkill systems for the spaces I am in right now. That being said I have posted the layout of my apartment. I am mainly focused on what everyone thinks of the layout and how atmos will sound with the arc (mounted to my tv which is on a swivel and will be pointed at the couch) 2 er

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15 days ago
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Roggg1Contributor I
posted in Owners café

delivery

I’ve ordered a Beam , but can’t find anything about delivery anywhere. Can someone point me in the right direction?

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Schlumpf
16 days ago
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