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Control Sonos Volume from OS X Menu Bar

  • January 13, 2014
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We received a request for a new feature that would allow you to control the Sonos volume via the menu bar in OS X.

Let us know your thoughts on this and add a +1 if you'd like to see this feature on Sonos.
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      Plus basic controls such as advance to next song.
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        • Josh_19
        • Lyricist I
        • March 7, 2014
        Plus basic controls such as advance to next song.
        Volume, next, back, play, pause would all be great. Please check out a great app the allows toolbar control for iTunes, called Tune Instructor (http://www.tune-instructor.com/com/). There's way more than necessary for Sonos, but it will give you some good thoughts/ideas on an elegant app. The main feature that would be nice is to not have to have the full Sonos app running.
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          • teladog01
          • Lyricist III
          • May 23, 2014
          Another great example is Skip Tunes...elegant, functional simplicity. Please provide this functionality for Macs.
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            • mslum
            • Lyricist III
            • November 2, 2014
            +1. Great idea. Similar to iTunes toolbars like Synergy. This would add a lot of value.
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              • mdekauwe
              • Avid Contributor I
              • December 20, 2014
              +1 for sure.
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              • David_312
              • Lyricist II
              • December 27, 2014
              Using the keyboard audio control would also be amazing. On my Mac Pro F7 to F12 are dedicated to sound. It would be great if they worked with Sonos. I believe they are functional in other 3rd party apps like Spotify. 
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                • Justin_43
                • Lyricist II
                • January 5, 2015
                +1, definitely; need easy access without having to pull up the app
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                • Tom_79
                • Contributor I
                • January 5, 2015
                +1!!! Would love it! Was just thinking about it today..
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                • Justin_43
                • Lyricist II
                • January 5, 2015
                alternatively, why can't the controller use the volume keys on apple's wireless keyboard?  perhaps that's an apple issue, and therefore more difficult than an icon in the menu bar
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                  • Justin_43
                  • Lyricist II
                  • January 5, 2015
                  bottom line is i'm looking for a way to QUICKLY mute the audio when a call comes in; 
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                    +1 would be very helpful
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                    • Levi M
                    • Lyricist II
                    • February 20, 2015
                    +1
                    I agree with previous posts that being able to control the Sonos app with the keyboard controls would be a very awesome addition.
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                    • Darius_1
                    • Lyricist I
                    • March 20, 2015
                    +1 - It would be amazing to control the app from the menu bar, or the dedicated Apple controls. PLEASE, Please, please make this happen!!!! 🙂
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                    +1
                    Yep, I'd also love this. 
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                    • Jonathan_65
                    • Lyricist I
                    • June 24, 2015
                    Yes, Sonos should be controllable from the Menu Bar with all the controls available as drop down. This posting started 1 year ago. Any progress?
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                    • David Wilson
                    • Lyricist I
                    • July 3, 2015
                    +1 I'm a new user to Sonos. Love the speakers but I must be honest I am really disappointed with lack of basic functionality like this. 
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                    • jon_74
                    • Lyricist I
                    • July 13, 2015
                    +1 +1 +1 +1 +1
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                    • Andrew_83
                    • Contributor II
                    • July 15, 2015
                    Yep. Definitely needed, along with universal keyboard control support.
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                    • fbglima
                    • Contributor I
                    • September 4, 2015
                    +1 even just ability to control volume would be a game changer
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                    • Markus_St
                    • Contributor I
                    • September 9, 2015
                    Menu Bar is good - but keyboard control with at least a quick mute/pause keystroke action would be my favourite too!
                    Thanks for providing such a good system to us and that you are still chasing on new features.
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                    • tsmith
                    • Lyricist I
                    • December 15, 2015
                    Yes, please! I swear that, at some point, I was able to control the volume via volume controls on my keyboard. It was force of habit and I remember thinking it wasn't possible. I haven't been able to do it again. This would be an extremely helpful feature.
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                    • petersw
                    • Contributor I
                    • December 29, 2015
                    +1 Yes Yes Yes!!!
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                    • Fofer
                    • Collaborator II
                    • February 23, 2016
                    2 years later, adding to the chorus:

                    YES, PLEASE
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                      +1 SO MUCH
                      Ken_Griffiths
                      Yes +1 and also from the iPad / iPhone hardware buttons, when the app is running in the background.
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