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Niels Tradsfeldt
Contributor I
October 31, 2015

Sonos App for Apple TV 4

  • October 31, 2015
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Just got the new Apple TV, and the possibility for apps are fantastic. I can see my TV moving towards a hone center. My question is, if anyone else feels the urge for a Sonos app for Apple TV? I would love one!
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    mcl5tech
    Lyricist II
    December 9, 2015
    +1 for apple TV app controller
      2XS
      Contributor I
      December 25, 2015
      +1 for apple TV app controller
      Dvalfrid
      Lyricist I
      January 1, 2016
      +1 for a controller on Apple TV
      KenS
      KenS
      Enthusiast II
      January 1, 2016
      +1 for a controller on Apple TV

      +1
      JSBerg
      Lyricist I
      January 17, 2016
      I would love an Sonos Controller Apple TV app !
      andy.simmons
      Lyricist I
      January 22, 2016
      I'd also love to have a controller app on the Apple TV 4. I get that there could be concern about such an app having a "cannibalizing" effect, discouraging people from buying additional Sonos equipment, but I think there are ways around this. The iOS app, for example, searches the local network for Sonos devices before you can even begin to select your music. The Apple TV app could do the same. If you don't have any Sonos devices on the network, the app won't let you select music to stream.
      Thunderbyte
      Thunderbyte
      Prominent Collaborator I
      January 22, 2016
      I don't get this thread!? A Sonos App for Apple TV 4 imho is not really smart and not at all a "no brainer"!

      This thread is really proposing an app for the AppleTV, so that a user can control Sonos equipment by controlling the AppleTV with the new Apple Remote? And how is that ANY better than controlling Sonos with fingers on a touch screen while something else is running on the AppleTV (there is no multitasking, you would need to jump out of an app to control Sonos and back again).

      Sonos speakers do make sense when attached to the Apple TV (or an optical switch, or the TV) and when Sonos "Autoplay" is set, the system should switch to the optical input and play the ATV sound (for a tv series / film). You should be able to control the volume of the ATV (or TV) sound with the Apple TV remote while doing something in an app. I don't see any need for something else really.
      1 Playbar | 1 Sub | 2x Play:5 | 1x Play:3 | 2x Play:1 | 1x Sonos One
      Fofer
      Collaborator II
      February 10, 2016
      And how is that ANY better than controlling Sonos with fingers on a touch screen while something else is running on the AppleTV

      Two words: for parties.
      Thunderbyte
      Thunderbyte
      Prominent Collaborator I
      February 13, 2016

      Two words: for parties.

      4 words: give them a tablet.
      1 Playbar | 1 Sub | 2x Play:5 | 1x Play:3 | 2x Play:1 | 1x Sonos One
      Fofer
      Collaborator II
      February 13, 2016

      Two words: for parties.

      4 words: give them a tablet.
      Two words: terrible idea.

      I don't want to give them a tablet, nor do I want them controlling the music. They're my party guests, not a crowd of DJ's. I want a big display (on the TV) that's showing what's playing. So for now I AirPlay the iOS display to an AppleTV. It seems like a natural extension to desire an AppleTV app that could handle this natively and independently.
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