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Talk about Sonos S1 and S2 Controller apps for mobile, and the desktop app. This is also the place to talk about partner apps, Airplay, and direct control.

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Gwenddoleu
Gwenddoleu
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New SONOS App - Feedback

In the new 2024 Sonos App :Where are the alarms settings? Where is the Last.fm service?Where is the Android widget?This is a real nightmare....
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New App: how do I add songs to a playlist currently playing

I cannot seem to find a way to add songs to playlist in the new app. when I click on the ••• next to a song while another is playing, the on...
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RandyContributor I
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S1 app won't allow me to downgrade Move speaker to S1 from S2

I have an array of S1 compatable speakers and amps. I just purchased a Move speaker (not the Move2) as you can convert it to be compatable with ios S1 app. The problem is the option to downgrade within the app seems to be unavailable at the moment. How can i downgrade the move speaker?I have tried setting up the speaker in S2 thinking i might be able to downgrade it there and then delete the app and seach for the speaker but can’t find the function in the S2 app either.Any help of advice greatly apprciated.

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DCos72Contributor I
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recent update awful

Sonos, did you fire your UX Designer on your most recent update.  It is a horrible.  I’m not sure it even works.  Still trying to get my system working. It’s difficult or impossible to play the same music on all speakers. 

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PhilippeMEnthusiast I
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Yet another low with the latest release of the Sonon App

I was able to buy a couple of Sonos One and a soundbar why my company moved in a new location and was eager to make them play. I must add that I own a complete system at home and was very happy with it. The was is the key and everything said was before the f%”=)&?/(ç”(&g update the S2 App. I have applied a factory reset to the units and tried to build a new system. Then it quickly turned to a real nightmare.First of all, the Sonos App wants to know your exact location. Except of trying to get a maximum of data about you, I don’t see the point.Then the App was able to find the first Sonos One and tried to connect it to a WiFi network. So far so good but the WiFi network selected was not the one my smartphone was connected to.After many other iterations, I believe (absolutely not sure) my smartphone and the Sonos One were on the same WiFi network. Then came the update of the Sonos One since it was disconnected for about a year. The update was, guess what, unsuccessful …You can tr

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Julian RoperContributor I
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unable to connect to system via App

My system has worked fine since the upgrade but this morning I’m unable to connect via the App or manually.I deleted the App and reinstalled but still doesn’t connect, no support available till Monday. 

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cpalmer74Prominent Collaborator I
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future direction for how we use sonos products

Found this today and it actually looks reasonable from Sonos’s perspective…and from the perspective of sonos needing long-term, sustainable, service revenue from us.  again, this is not my opinion  “After having played around with play.sonos.comTried it on , macos ubuntu iOS, on iPad, 17.4.1, 15.8.2 - via safari/firefox -  functional iPad 12.5.7 - via safari/firefox loads, not functional I am left with the impression that going forward; the new app has the same functionality as play.sonos.com  the app is effectively a wrapper, for the web service (API) the app is therefore limited by the lack of functionality currently available in the new web service (API) We as users are being separated from our Sonos devices currently we connect to the Sonos device directly on our local LAN - via the app, the player/device has it’s own operating system - you can also access it either via it’s own http server or as a DLNA/UPnP media device. You can access your device on port 1400 (

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MartinPercivalContributor I
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S1 support for NAS connections

Does anyone know if S1 has also dropped the use of SMBv1 in the latest up(down)grade?Obviously we were all told that old devices couldn’t go up to SMBv2 in the old switch to the S2 system and so my Music Library dropped to SMBv1 to match. If the new upgrade has removed SMBv1 from everything, what else do the old S1 systems support that could find shared music? Not really interested in handing my details (and money) to Plex just for this functionality.

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StardogEnthusiast II
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Informed Consent

Apparently the executives of Sonos are frat boy so they don't understand the concept of informed consent. A horrible update was forced upon me without my consent. And now the products that I spent thousands of dollars on are no longer worth a dime. When I made a comment on this forum about that situation someone hid my comment in a much larger multi-page thread without my consent. When I made that comment they also added that comment as one of my favorites without my consent so that now I have to go in and figure out a way to take it off of my favorites so that I will stop getting emails every single time someone else posts a comment on a thread that I had nothing to do with. I posted my own. My own comment was moved so that it would get it hidden and I would still receive email after email after email every time someone else makes a comment in someone else's thread that has nothing to do with me. Informed consent is important in private life and public life and professional life. Spen

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Lemmi1963Contributor I
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Yes, a CR200 runs in an up-to-date S1 system

Hi allI have two CR200 running inside an up-to-date S1 system, it works perfectly.I saw this topic here: It works. These devices are one of the reason, why Sonos split the devices into S1 and S2 devices.I have them running since 10 years, and I always did an update. I just recently had to reset my configuration, and it was a challenge to get them back into the system.When adding the CR200, I found, that one player must be connected with a LAN cable to the router directly.It does not work, if the LAN connected player is behind a bridge (what I normally have). After it is added, there still must be one player LAN connected, but then it can be behind a bridge. I guess this has to do with a network broadcast message, which does not go through a bridge. If anyone is interested in more details, feel free to answer here.

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CococoChromatic Producer I
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New Sonos App - Deezer How to know if the title is flac or mp3

All is n the title. Thanks in advance.

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KeithglipsettContributor I
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another worthless and intrusive upgrade

went outside to listen to some music on a warm spring day. opened the S2 app and discovered it had been “upgraded”. and it demanded I “sign in” before allowing me to access my own property. After several minutes of trying to work around the thing I finally relented and went down to the basement to look up my Sonos credentials. which the app decided were invalid. This is not the first time I have suffered through one of Sonos’ completely unnecessary and unavoidable updates. So I gots to ask, why would anybody spend more for this intrusive crap than any one of the less expensive systems available?

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gsclineContributor I
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New App Sucks

All the things I used to like about the Sonos listening environment are gone.  Search for an artist, play one song now or add to end of queue.  Seems like all you can do is play an entire album from an artist and not select individual songs.  The thing I always loved about Sonos was that I could sit on my patio and queue up 20 songs and relax.  There seems to be no way to create a playlist on this new app?   I see they’re probably making the app so it relies on the playlists already built in your connected music services.  That’s fine but they better smooth out and advance this new app quickly.   Rating:  F+

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GahamHeadliner I
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EULA for the New App

Is there a EULA to cover the change in the way the New App manages and exposes our speakers to the Cloud and Internet?I have not knowingly agreed to a EULA that allows my speakers to:Be managed from the Cloud  Be accessible from the InternetTo the best of my knowledge what I have agreed to is that:My speakers will communicate with the Cloud for essential maintenance tasks like registration and updates Be accessible by me on my private WiFi.This paradigm shift in the way that our speaker and data is accessed should have been clearly communicated and agreed before the New App was installed. 

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ClowContributor I
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Awful S2 update

The S2 update is one of the worst music control systems I have ever used! Please make the last version myself and over 200 of my Sonos clients loved and enjoyed available again!!! Thanks Please stop sucking!Thanks

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PerdanContributor I
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playlists

How do I add new songs to my playlists?

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Bob GutjahrContributor II
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When I open a function such s "Settings", the top of the box is above the top of the screen and is not usable.

How do I fix this?

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Wiz2003Contributor I
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Sonos app for android v80

I am sorry if this has been raised elsewhere, but prior to the release of version 80 of the Sonos app I was very pleased and happy with my system as it worked very reliably and was a welcome upgrade to my previous Libra tone.However, since the release of version 80 of this app many features have disappeared but most importantly, my Sonos move 2 is often apparently offline even when it is continuing to play streamed music, and when trying many functions I often get the message an error something went wrong, but when trying a few seconds later the error goes away. An excellent system has been turned into an absolute waste of time money and space!All of my absent my systems are up to date and my internet connection is provided by Virgin Media and my whole system is managed and controlled by a comprehensive and fully managed Ubiquiti UniFi. 

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Stuart_W
Stuart_WWorld-Class Superstar
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Mac Controller - Music Library vanished now (14 May 2024)

Not going to re-hash the omni-shambles the recent app updates has been but we’ve been re-assured that we can keep searching Music Library on desktop controller. Well yesterday I could search my NAS stored Music Library and today Music Library as a source has disappeared. I am seeing an update Now option. Really Sonos? Why would I do that? Music Library disappearing from Desktop controller has been a long established bug but always has re-appeared if I close and re-open program on Mac. Not now. What else will break if I update controller on Mac? Also Mac updates haven’t worked for over a year meaning had to update manually by downloading updater.

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jrubbelContributor II
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Sonos Web App - Now Playing not working

Hi Sonos Team and Community,I really like the new App and just discovered the WebApp which is a really cool additional remote control option. However the “Now Playing” screen is nor working for me - not on Chrome and not on Edge (see Screenshot below). BTW: Please also add a AppleTV App which should be quite simple now leveraging the WebApp..ThanksJesko  

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greenyneu
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New Sonos App User Friendlyness

I don’t want to repeat what other users already posted about missing functions (playlist,…..). Just want to add one function I am missing when you play music is the mute all button. Secondly I was hoping that in the settings for each room the “Sound” settings would be moved on top since it is more likely to change these settings more often. How often do you add or remove a speaker or rename the room? Probably never. I suggested this long time ago but Sonos is ignoring this request.It would be nice to have the quick settings like the equalizer back. I was hoping that with the new version other settings would be added when the system has it available (e.g. surround). With the new app it is very cumbersome to get there. The room list is confusing too. Especially when music groups are used and when I want to assign a different station to one of the rooms in the groups. New app seems to be very slow sometimes too compared to the old one. The volume sliders are sometimes lacking, and moving

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alvareanuContributor I
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I honestly don’t understand how this update could happen

This whole thing is a joke, I honestly don’t understand how this could happen.In order to launch an update like this, dozens of people need to go through this project, and it’s just impossible that they “missed” all these things. It’s screaming high level incompetence, it’s screaming higher-ups that don’t listen to feedback, it sounds like a company that does not even understand their customers.But even when I say, “it sounds like a company that does not even understand their customers” it makes no sense, because I’m very sure that 90% of Sonos staff go home and listen to these speakers too, so why would they make their own speakers worse?These speakers are very much a home appliance, and it’s utterly unacceptable to take features away from users.I demand Sonos to revert to the previous version of the app, and in the meantime maybe launch a beta for this new redesign.

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AudiophoneRenowned Enthusiast I
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favourite stations and myTuner

Hi, Where in the new app do I find the favourite radio stations? I used this extensively in the old. And myTuner does not work anymore. The stations provided cannot be played, I get an error. I have a device with the old app and everything still works fine.

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MaritaContributor I
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Sonos System wird in neuer App nicht mehr gefunden

Bitte stellt die alte App im AppStore (iOS) wieder zur Verfügung!! Die neue App hat sich installiert und seitdem funktioniert gar nichts mehr!! Mein System wird nicht gefunden-neu einrichten geht auch nicht!das ist wirklich das Letzte!!!! Moderator Edit - Translation by Google:Please make the old app available again in the AppStore (iOS)!! The new app was installed and nothing has worked since then!! My system cannot be found - I can't set it up again either!this is really the last one!!!!

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LaseronTrending Lyricist I
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Confused about new app and software and SonosNet

Hi guys! I have two questions:Got the new Sonos app version 80 yesterday. Today i updated my sonos products. As i understand it the software for the sonos speakers should also be 80, but in my case all my products are version 78.1-5202. Is this normal? If i click on system update the app says there are no updates available. Where can i see status about Sonosnet in the new app? The old one said WM:0 (i believe) but this has been removed from system information.

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Joe DaxContributor I
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new app

I just installed the new app and at first sight it‘s totally crap :(First thing I want/need to do is set a new alarm clock for tomorrow morning… hard to find the function at all. Easy access is something different… setting new times is not possible - function will be available with future updates… honestly????please tell me this is not what you really release! Give me back the old app! Now!!!

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NeilMc1983Contributor I
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Light Mode + Customising Home Screen

Hi, Unfortunately I've just updated to the terrible new app and can’t find where to change from Dark Mode to Light mode. Also, the recent AMA, the Sonos staff kept referring to being able to customise the home screen layout to how you like it, but i can’t find any option to do that. i’m just stuck with this awful mess. regarding the light mode, sonos give instructions in the link below, but under my app preferences settings menu, i only have general and product setup, nothing about appearance.https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/enable-dark-mode-or-light-mode-in-the-sonos-app Thank you in advance :)

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