Controllers and Music services

I am a musicholic, have been since forever. I have a long history with music & audio & audio systems. SONOS has been one of my favorite purchases for some time until today... "screen lock controls" are no longer available and the experience of having songs pause or be interrupted continually is brutal and annoying. Does anyone know if SONOS intends to correct this issue? If not, I will be looking for a new way to listen to music wirelessly.

My mother loves her Sonos. especially now audible works on it, but I have to operate her controller app to play tracks for her as she is disabled. She can only manage very simple apps on her ipad. Ideally I would like a playlist to start or stop with simple click of an ipad desktop icon. Is there anything out there to do this? if not does Sonos expose an API which would allow me or some keen script kid to do this?

It would be nice to be able to select different skins for the controller on the desktop. The current skin is dark and small text. It's hard to see the subtext that appears to be a light blue on a dark background.

I am wondering if the Airplay2 is a workaround for guests with iPhones to play music without having to download the Sonos app and/or connect to home's wifi?

Used for years but have just got a new laptop. downloaded the app but it wont connect to my play 1's ive tried everything it says. if I sign in to my spotify it connect straight away. On the manage drop down everything is greyed out except change language? Please help!

I can see how to add song to my sonos but how do I to add an album to my sonos? Any help appreciated

i apologize if this is not the right place for posting feature requests. I would like a way to reverse the current queue of music... it's a strange request I know and probably extremely niche... but just how there is a shuffle button that actually shuffles the queue, i'd like a button (or tuck it away somewhere obscure i don't mind) to reverse the current queue.

Since when should Sonos get to decide that a perfectly functional version of the iPhone controller will no longer work? And then have the site undergo maintenance so that it doesn't direct you to the App Store for the update. What it for some reason you don't have a connection? What if you were simply planning to listen to your own music on your own system, all of which you have paid for with your own money. I want Sonos to make it possible to say "LATER" to the update screen and let me go about my business. This intervention in my personal life and enjoyment of my property is unacceptable.

We have spotify family and it would be great to add ALL the accounts to the Sonos app. Currently we can only add two. Also the ability to rename the spotify icons would be great - currently they both look identical

I can’t finalize my latest Sonos update. I asks for my email. When I type in the email I am using here it claims that the account doesn’t exist And I have now a remember dot asking for finalizing the update, which I can’t

Why is it that even though Sonos Claims to want to work with custom integration, they keep sending updates that break the API and render integration useless?

Hello, I'm planning on installing a Sonos system for my vacation/rental property. Does anyone out there have experience setting this up? Problems? Things I should take into account? I figure I'll need to set up a separate Sonos account for each property, but otherwise are there other things I need to be concerned with? Thanks!

Anyone else having issues with updates? Sonos won’t allow me to add a sub because it say’s I need an update. When I go to the App Store to update, the app is current with no update required. Very annoying,

On my Mac -- When I try to update the app, or update services, I get a "check your network connection." No firewall, have downloaded and re-installed app. Won't connect to Spotify or external services either. Using High Sierra 10.13.6 Beta Please help!

I recently moved to a new location in the country and currently we have no internet. My sonos system now requiring me to update the software to even use the system. I took my router, on which the controller is installed, to the office but it won't update the software without the sonos system present. So now my sonos system is useless. How can I update my software or use my sonos system without an internet connection? I have two Player 5's, two Player 3's and a sound bar. Spend a lot of money on a system that I now cannot use.

I have a play 5 and 1, I am able to connect them manually, but everytime I start to use them again the play 1 is disconnected from the 5.. and I have to connect them again manually by grouping them.. Very annoying! Is there a setting where I just can group them indefinitely without having to do that everyday?? Thanks

My Sonos account says it can’t find any speakers registered to my account. It has locked up my controller on my iPhone and iPad. I only have amps, with hard wired non Sonos speakers. I was using the system offline when this happened and I am still offline without access to a network. How do I get back to a functioning controller?

It would be great if SONOS made a sonos 2 clock radio with a digital screen showing the time and all the normal features. A smaller bedroom version of the sonos where if you wake up at 5am and wanna know the time you can just look yet also have all the great features that sonos otherwise brings. Got to be a good seller and far cheaper than buying the controller to just keep in the dock showing the time!!!

As Sonos has been around for quite some time now, why have you not developed some sort of a 'master control' function for the app? Sonos is a great idea and the functionality of "anyone with the app can add songs into the playlist" is handy, but there's always that one friend who (purposely or not) disrupts the playlist. As it seems like quite a popular talking topic, why have you not spent time adding a 'register one password controlled master device' which can change music, and every other Sonos app can only add songs into the playlist?

Greetings, I am about to add another Play:1 to my system. When trying to add the unit I am asked to sign into my account in the app. My problem is that I get an error saying that I need to sign in with the account which was used to configure my Sonos... that is exactly what I am doing. I can login online using a computer with the same login details, but not through the app. Any solutions? I am on an Iphone 7.

Why is it mandatory to create an account to continue to use Sonos? I have had these speakers for years. now with the lastest update I can't use the speakers without creating an account and registering all my speakers. this was never necessary. after spending thousands of dollars on hardware it has become unusable with a registered account and password. 😠

I just upgraded to Sonos Version 9. While the app is open, I noticed that the external hardware volume controls are not functioning properly. It appears that only every other button press is registering. So, press the button once... nothing. Press it again and the volume moves 2 increments. Press it a 3rd time... nothing. And so forth. Again, this is while the app is open. This do not relate to the lock screen issue, however, that issue is also very annoying.

For some reason, there is a unknown email associated with one of my controllers. Is it possible a house guest changed it? Anyway, I need to register it back to the original email address. I'm not sure how to do this.

Here I am, still sitting happily on v8.4, using my CR100s to play music from my NAS and Radio from the Internet - and definitely NOT missing all those “we need to update your system” nags. - BUT - Within the next month or so, I will be visited by several people who all have their own Sonos systems (bought after recommendations from me) Being younger and much more trusting (ie. nothing like my username), they all keep their iOS and Android Apps auto-updated to the “bleeding edge” Does anyone know what will happen to my v8.4 system if their v9 Apps attempt to connect? Even though my router blocks access to “update.sonos.com”, if the players are accessed from a v9 App, will they then “know” that there is a later version and kick off the “we need to update your system” process? I do not want to risk losing my CR100s - but I would have great difficulty ensuring that my nephew never forge

With the new release lock-screen control on Apple devices doesn't work any more. :?:(:( Apparently, this is an improvement. Maybe it is if you have any Airplay 2 devices. Well, i Don't that's why i bought SONOS. This was one of the better features for me on the SONOS system. Can anybody explain to me why this is changed! How can i get it working again? Can i revert back tot SONOS app 8.6? The instruction I've found so far do not help me out.:( Thanks for any help on this issue!