App Update 80.05.04

Not that it matters to me as I’m on iOS.

Just kidding as I want everyone to be able to enjoy their Sonos. 👍

Thanks for reporting @press250 😊😊😊

Nothing useful in that update and Sonos can't bother to provide Ace release notes.In the live AMA session about a month ago they promised TrueCinema for the Ace towards the end of July....

It’s only 22nd July...

The compilation issue aside, will the ‘tile’ view be reinstated? Given the space of the iPad screen, I find it much better to see my library as a series of album sleeves rather than a list? Also the ability to jump down the library by letter is extremely useful, but still missing.

^^^ yes this as well as returning to your spot on a list when going forwards and backwards.

This one seems mostly for android. 

Sonos rep post from Reddit 

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Last week (Tuesday, July 16) we released a player update that does not contain any user facing changes. Nevertheless, please ensure that both your players are up to date, as well as the Sonos App itself. This can be done by checking for updates in the Sonos App (for player updates), and checking in the App Store or Google Play Store.

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# A few notes about Local Music Library Functionality...

***Fixes for all of the following issues will be addressed in future updates. Appreciate your patience!***

* After adding/removing a share, there can be a delay during reindexing where it’s not clear that Music Library indexing is happening, and some leftover elements of a removed share can still show up during reindexing. Be patient - it is in fact, *still* indexing. 
* Music Library **Search** is not accessible in the controller without access to the Internet.
* Local Music Library will not work for alarms.

*^(Again, these are features and functionality that)* ***^(will be coming back in future updates...)***

**Additional things to consider specifically on Android:**

* The “More” menu, Play Now and Play Next options may fail with *"something went wrong"* for local library content. Local Music Library albums are also currently unable to be favorited. 
* When a new library share is added, it doesn't appear in the music library settings page. The share does appear if you dive into Music Library > Folders. It may appear if the share disappears after closing/reopening the app, but the share is successfully added.

**Things to consider specifically on iOS:**

* No album art of Albums in Sonos Favorites

It’s not lost on me that delivering Local Music Library functionality with these issues isn’t ideal. However, in the spirit of transparency, myself and the team want to be sure you understand the current state of Music Library functionality and that all of the above considerations **will** be fixed in future updates.

Also - please continue sharing your feedback and concerns. It’s because of your feedback that we’ve recently started to bring more and more information to our release notes - *anyone remember “bug fixes and improvements”?* It takes consistent and meaningful effort to change opinions and win back trust. It won’t happen overnight however I appreciate every comment and DM you’ve sent while we try to do just that.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sonos/s/PGn9Pqz7KA

app is still garbage, shame on Sonos for releasing an app that renders the system pretty much useless. If your goal was to piss everyone off and create more work than your tech support can handle, well then Congratulations, you  f#%kin nailed it!!!

Only a fix for library. 

Cannot add albums or songs to queue from music service now which I could before! Just make them a fav... which disappears into the blurred screen after 5 secs... as it has done for 10 weeks now! 

Queue management is due back at the end of August.

white Beam won't connect anymore 

App finds a sub and black beam... Where are they?

It would've been difficult to be worse than latest app

Disaster 

Roam dropped off the app mid song but Kept playing. Can control it in SonoPhone so appears to be an app problem. 

Yeah, can't add from library but after an hour of the app just sitting open on phone suddenly the full menu allowing adding, playing next etc appeared for Amazon... thick cloud in NW England must be it... 🤪

The local library search isn’t working for me. I get a “Check service status” error. Also, is there any way to reindex my library? I added 3 albums last week, but can’t see them.

Thanks.

Settings>Manage>Music Library>Scan For New Content

Looks like I will have to wait longer to sell my speakers 😜

Thanks! The Manage function is not very prominently displayed in the upper right. I completely missed it.

Definitely some problems with Music Library. Was able to add it, index and play it yesterday. Today, it was gone and had to add it again, which took an age.

First time since the new app introduced that the app started without me having to force close, although volume still very slow to operate.  Am I right in thinking that all traffic from teh app has to go to sonos first before being routed to my sonos - no other explanation for the time lag???

I can’t even find how to supposedly reach my local music library - I have looked and looked and looked and clicked again and again on the top right hand “wheel” logo. I have gone through every option. No sign of anything relating to local music library. Unlike many, I am not great with technology, but neither am I stupid. It still doesn’t seem to be working. 

I’d check you definitely have the latest version, then for the iOS app, if you click on the ‘wheel’ and then on the word Manage next to the name of your system, you should see a screen like this:

If you then click on Music Library it should give something akin to this with the option to add a shared folder.

I now need to reconnect to my system every time i open the app. 

I can’t even find how to supposedly reach my local music library - I have looked and looked and looked and clicked again and again on the top right hand “wheel” logo. I have gone through every option. No sign of anything relating to local music library. Unlike many, I am not great with technology, but neither am I stupid. It still doesn’t seem to be working. 

I’d check you definitely have the latest version, then for the iOS app, if you click on the ‘wheel’ and then on the word Manage next to the name of your system, you should see a screen like this:

 

 

If you then click on Music Library it should give something akin to this with the option to add a shared folder.

 

 

Thanks Iain - yes, done all that as your screen shots show, except that all options are there except for “Music Library”. I took the Sonos app off my tablet and re-downloaded the supposed latest version, but to no avail. Maybe it just isn’t the latest version, for some reason.

• Now the Music Library option is showing (it must have taken some time to show up) but now I have the usual path/sharename/password stuff that I had when trying to make a “dummy NAS” over the last two months. 

Maybe try reinstalling the app.

Also, turn off your router, speakers, and phone. Turn on each and let then fully boot up/connect before moving on to the next device (router → speakers → phone). Then re-open the app.

I found that I had to go to the Apple App store to get the updated one. Trying to update in the app just kept telling me sytem was up to date. 🤔