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Apple silicon controller alternatives

  • June 23, 2026
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It is clear that Sonos will not be updating the controller to run on Apple silicon. That’s where we are. Using a web based app concerns me:

  1. Internet access is not universally good
  2. Privacy concerns and the value our choices of music etc have to Sonos to either use or sell on. Our “options” would be a zero sum game. 

Given that I am almost certainly not alone, there are folk who have third party apps that are more players than controllers, by which I mean many configuration aspects like adding speakers etc. aren’t an option. They just play stuff on Sonos hardware. So, where are we to go once Rosetta gets canned and using a web based app is either unattractive or technically unviable?  

Recommendations please 🙂 

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    106rallye
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    • 106rallye
    • June 23, 2026

    Can you elaborate on your point number 2? The web app is only a means to access information that’s already out there - if your have privacy concerns they are not dependent on you using the web app.

    Airgetlam
    • Airgetlam
    • June 23, 2026

    My recommendation is to use an iOS or Android device. While I currently use my Mac occasionally to control my Sonos, much more frequently I use an iPad. So far, I’ve resisted the web based controller…for no particular reason. But the iOS (or Android, both are fully supported) controller has full functionality, the Mac (or Windows, for that matter) controller doesn’t, any longer. 

    Bruce
    Bob235178
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    • Bob235178
    • Enthusiast I
    • June 24, 2026

    So with everything being web based, will my sonos equipment be controllable when i don’t have internet access?

    Any idea which of these macOS alternatives are actually apple silicon apps?  Apple app store doesn’t say?

    What’s the best app for sonos that will work with apple silicon and work off of the interrnet?  Our internet goes down a lot, but our LAN is always up, if not connected to the internet.

    Airgetlam
    • Airgetlam
    • June 24, 2026

    No, you’ll need to be connected to the internet for the web controller to contact a web server that will respond to your commands. 

    I’d look them up individually. Many applications that run natively choose not to pay the “Apple tax’ to be in the store. Kind of like the current Mac Controller, which isn’t in the Mac store, but still downloadable from Sonos.

    No information on your last question. 

    Bruce
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    • Bob235178
    • Enthusiast I
    • June 24, 2026

    No, you’ll need to be connected to the internet for the web controller to contact a web server that will respond to your commands. 

     

    yes, of course the web app won’t work with an internet connection.  I mean, is there an alternative to using the web app on macOS,  a 3rd party apple silicon app for macOS that will work offline and play my local library to my Sonos sytem.  Our internet goes down all the time, but our LAN is always available to stream locally stored items to the Sonos system.

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