Controllers and Music services

I know that sonos havent officially released that the Sonos will work with Google home wirelessly yet but on the assumption that the update will be released in 2018 will all the sonos speakers be able to be controlled wirelessly by it. Im really confused My partner wants a sonos speaker and we are being bought a google home for xmas. The question is what speaker to buy, I want one that will eventually work with voice command from google home

Sonos is getting a lot of grief about lock screen controls disappearing with the update that supports Airplay. But at least part of the problem falls back on Sonos based upon the following observations. After installing a Sonos Beam and updating my iOS apps, my lock screen controls disappeared on my iPad (but not my iPhone.) I read community posts and Sonos statements and was confused. Sonos said that Airplay devices in my home (other than Sonos devices) caused the problem. But I don’t have any Airplay devices other than a new Sonos Beam. Here’s what works for me to restore lock-screen controls for an iOS devices: 1. Go to iOS settings and select the Sonos app. 2. You will probably find the “Lock Screen Controls” in the ON position. 3. Toggle the setting to OFF. 4. RESTART your iOS device. 5. Return to iOS Settings and select the Sonos app. 6. Toggle the “Lock Screen Controls” back to the ON position. 7. The Sonos lock screen controls on my device are no

I was very disappointed when Sonos removed this feature from the iPhone app, because it's really handy to be able to quickly jump to the next song or turn down the volume from the lock screen without having to log into your phone, start the Sonos app, wait for it to connect, then do what I want to do. It's so much slower that way. Is there any way to get this option back? I don't use AirPlay and have a single PlayBar speaker that I control with the app. That's it. Thanks!

Hey there, I have a MAC using Yosemite 10.10.5 and when I'd like to add my iTunes to the music library, all options under manage are grayed out. How can I listen to my music?

The last couple of Christmases I have been able to play on Tune In 'Sverige Radio P2 Klassisk Jul. But this year Sonos Tune In doesnt list it and I can't seem to add it

Wonder if anyone can help. I have the 5.1 setup for my tv and I have my bass set to a quarter on the sub settings which I'm happy with for everyday telly. Now when I listen to music I have to turn up the bass to just over half way to which i'm also happy with the sound.So the Question is,is there any way of saving the Sub settings for music and the settings for tv so I don't have to keep adjusting the sub level settings.

After the last update, my green light is stuck on but is showing in speaker settings that it’s off, how can I fix this issue?

In case anyone is interested in this, Roon now works feeding Sonos speakers as of Ver 1.3, released today. (Not seeing 1.3 there yet at download page, but will likely be there tomorrow). I suspect this is a good option for those with larger than ~65k music libraries. The Roon integrated database of information is quite nice as well. In any case, I have no financial interest in Roon, just letting other SONOS users know about the recent change. From Announcement: "With the 1.3 update, Roon now streams to Sonos devices! This means all the users in a home – with one app and one music collection – can play music to Sonos, Airplay, Squeezebox, Sooloos, and any of over 50 Roon Ready devices available today. " https://roonlabs.com/index.html https://roonlabs.com/downloads.html

Since Sonos discontinued support for the iPod dock I have been struggling to adapt to how cumbersome it has become to play music from my iTunes library. It was a classic iPod so no digital link was possible, but it was easy to shuffle my music or play from my playlists. I have since added the 7000 songs to the music library on my sonos desktop controller but of course it wont play from my iPhone unless I connect to the desktop, which is also a burden. Also in downloading the music library I have lost all of my playlists that were on my library, so what was relatively easy before has now become an issue. The library seems to have been added to the queue, making it impossible to flick between artists and playlists and most of the night the music crashes. It’s all become very frustrating. I have 5 speakers Play 1, 3 x Play 3’s but none of them able to connect through airdrop. As far as I can see, the only hope of having the flexibility is buy a new iPod or a Smart Play 1 with Alexa. An

Hi there, I have just purchased a new PC laptop after many years with Mac. As Sonos have mind-numbingly removed the Manage options from their recent desktop controller software where can I download 9.1 from please? Thanks & kind regards, -=Glyn=-

Hi - I bought Sonos Play 3 speakers last year and love them. I want to start trying out DJing and want to buy the Pioneer DDJ-SB3 Controller. Are they compatible? It would be frustrating to have to buy new speakers for this.

We have a home setup with several rooms. Our living room is the center to our home with a surround system centered around playbar. With the TV/playbar and Apple TV 4K almost always on it would be convenient to have the sonos controller available for the Apple TV to control the home audio from there. As sonos controller is already available for iOS, porting it to apple’s tvOS should be rather easy, right? Any ideas why the sonos controller is not available for Apple TV?

Hi... I would love to have a feature where I can predefine a group of players and be able to play to this group... I have a two story house with 11individual players, and it would be perfect to have a predefined group for first floor and second floor. It would make it so much easier compared to the current where I have to choose between the individual players to make my group... Hopefully some others out there also find this feature request important so it will be implemented some day... Best regards to you all Bo Urskov

I would like to have a feature where you can permanently lock speakers in a group (not in a stereo pair as they’re not close to each other, but similar arrangement). So that even if they are added to a group and removed from the group they automatically stay in their permanent group. Also if they’re switched off & on it would be good to be able to get them to automatically stay grouped (or join a default group), rather than appearing as individual speakers. What do you think?

Hi, my Sonos system keeps stopping songs while they are still playing and then not starting the next song until I go into the app, then the song will start part way through before stopping early. I have changed the wifi channel several times and this does not seem to work, I have placed the device I am playing from next to the wifi router and it still happens. At the moment it is an expensive radio and am thinking of going back to bluetooth speakers

On December 6th we released Sonos version 7.0 and added a new registration method for Sonos systems that enables the listener to play music from Spotify straight to Sonos. As a result of the changes, this update also broke an unofficial Control4 integration with Sonos. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause some users of both Control4 and Sonos. If you’ve already updated your system and are unable to play to Sonos via Control4, you can still use the Sonos App on any compatible device. If you’re a Spotify subscriber, you can now also use the Spotify app to control what’s playing. We are in talks with Control4 on potential solutions and will provide updates here as they become available.

The recent 9.3 update required me to unplug all of my Sonos products and add them one at a time, to avoid the useless "error 30". However, I am now unable to re-add one playbar and one amp, both of which were working perfectly fine until the update. I submitted diagnostic #2117542868. Previous updates have been a pain, but in two years of ownership of a professionally-installed system I've never loss the use of speakers after an update. I have rebooted my router, and none of the MAC addresses or assigned IP addresses are duplicated in the network. I work in I.T. so managing a network is not new to me, but these constant issues with updates is making me reconsider my choice of hardware.

google home hub looks interesting. https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews/google-home-hub

A customer would like to have an App for the Samsung Galaxy Gear SmartWatch. Including full control for the volume, skipping tracks etc. What do you think about it?

Is it me or can sonos not do something basic like play next track. If I select a track in an album, playlist etc. It just plays that track and doesn't continue to play the next tracks. What's that about?

Is it possible to get the pattern wallpapers that the beam displays on the TV? They would make great laptop, mobile wallpapers but I can't find them anywhere.

As we listen to our sonos system, the volume has started to fluctuate up and down on its own. This happens with the radio apps, Apple and Spotify. Is there a solution?

As a long time Sonos user and advocate in the UK, I feel more than slightly aggrieved at only recently finding out that Sonos were offering a limited time voucher scheme for old CR100s. Clearly I've missed the deadline and frankly Sonos Customer Service couldn't give a damn... Anyone else caught in the is position or have any advice?? I suspect it's corporate greed taking over at what I used to think of as a innovator and trail blazer, that should be supported through thick and thin. Well, no longer.

i can't seem to find any instructions online anywhere to give me directions on how to import a Sonos playlist to Apple Music. I want to try and use it with CarPlay but I'm struggling find out how at the moment!

I updated to the most recent release for Android, v9.0.1. At first, it was laggy, then would freeze up and crash. When I say "at first", I mean after the first 5 minutes of use. Now it crashes immediately on opening and I can't even submit a diagnostic report because it just keeps crashing! Tried reinstalling but to no avail.