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Sonos Boost - is it dead?

  • September 13, 2025
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I know this question has been asked before but it has never been satisfactorily answered. 

I have 2 x Sonos Boost, one attached to my router and one upstairs to help signal to distant speakers.  The Boosts disappeared from the App after the big controversial update last year. They also don't appear in my "System Info" list.

All I want to know is if the Boosts are doing anything at all?! Or am I just wasting electricity? Or if I need to reconnect them somehow?

This is a simple yes or no question, and I'd appreciate if someone from Sonos could answer it instead of just some random conjecture. 

I will also note that I have a Sonos Port attached to my record player and my Wifi Router. I understand this also functions like a Boost. The Port works fine.

Best answer by Mr. T

As you are using a wired setup, review the Network Matrix to see how your devices are connecting.

http://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx:1400/support/review

Replace the X’s with the IP address of a device in your system.

There are plenty threads available to help you understand the network matrix https://en.community.sonos.com/search?q=network+matrix

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Mr. T
  • Mr. T
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  • September 13, 2025

As you are using a wired setup, review the Network Matrix to see how your devices are connecting.

http://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx:1400/support/review

Replace the X’s with the IP address of a device in your system.

There are plenty threads available to help you understand the network matrix https://en.community.sonos.com/search?q=network+matrix

buzz
  • buzz
  • 24656 replies
  • September 13, 2025

At inception in 2005 SONOS developed SonosNet, the private SONOS mesh network, because consumer level mesh networks were virtually unknown and difficult to setup. SonosNet just works, no configuration is required. All of the players were also mesh points. BRIDGE and its replacement, BOOST, were inexpensive mesh points that could extend the coverage area. The only user requirement to enable SonosNet is that at least one SonosNet unit is wired to the network.

Forward to 2025, advanced consumer level mesh WiFi is easily available, BRIDGE and BOOST technology is stale, BRIDGE is essentially EOL (End of Life) and can cause intermittent issues. If the SONOS system is aware of the local WiFi network, BRIDGE or BOOST in most cases can simply be powered down. Before powering down you should check to make sure that the system WiFi is configured. Actually, the newest SONOS players do not support SonosNet. If any of these players, such as the portables, are in use, you can be assured that the system is already configured to use WiFi when appropriate.

Stanley_4
  • Stanley_4
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  • September 13, 2025

As this is a community forum you are more likely to get community answers than a Sonos response,  for that a call to support is the way to go.

To add to the complexity of your question which makes a yes/no answer harder the Boost only connects to some Sonos. I don't see your devices listed so I can't give you a complete answer, but if my guess that you have a Move is correct, it won't use the Boost, the Port may.


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