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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
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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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stationtostation
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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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Rob2425Contributor II
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App

When opening the App on my phone or iPad it always gose  back to music is there a way it stays on the Tv ?

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3 years ago
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karengeraintContributor I
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Sonos App connectivity

We have 3 different phones with the S2 app loaded. Quite often the Sonos is running but one of us cannot connect despite good connection to the WiFi on all devices.  At the moment my Sonos system is playing yet I cannot connect with the app.

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Airgetlam
3 years ago
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ryback71Contributor I
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When Korean users can use Spotify with Sonos?

Hi,Recently, Spotify has started the service in Korea. I also have became Spotify users a few weeks ago.However, I am not able to find Spotify in Sonos app yet. I wonder that when Sonos support Spotify in Sonos app so that Korean users can add to music service. I really want to use Spotify with Sonos. Please check out the time when Spotify will be added. Thanks.

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Paul A
3 years ago
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EleanorGraceContributor I
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3rd iPhone won't connect to Sonos on network

Hello everyone, I am having an issue that I believe is related to an iphone. My wife's iphone 8 was working fine with our Sonos network until it decided to not work. The app and said there were no Sonos items on the network. At that point I uninstalled the app, restarted the phone, restarted the router, power cycled speakers, etc.So now we cant even login in the app on one of our devices because it cant see any Sonos devices on the network.My iphone 8 plus is still able to connect, and my daughters iphone 7 both connect fine, we can see all the speaks, connect and link them together in a group.All iphones are running ios 14.3, and the Sonos apps have all been updated to current. The ios sonos app we are using is Sonos 12.2.2the router is a Google Nest mesh network. The Google Home app is version 2.32.11 no idea about hardware version or whatnot. Anyone have a problem aimilar to this?

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controlav
3 years ago
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SonosSAContributor I
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Where are all Spotify genres/categories?

Hi all,About a couple of years ago the Sonos app updated and the integrated UI of the Spotify service changed and since then I can’t see most of the genres/categories (there are about 60, most of them such as Sleep and Focus are missing).This is the actual Spotify app: These are the available genres/categories in Sonos: I contacted the @SpotifyCares on Twitter and this was their response:Got it. We'd suggest reaching out to our friends at Sonos at https://support.sonos.com/s/?language=en. They should be able to help  So, how can I display all the Spotify categories in the Sonos app?

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controlav
3 years ago
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ProgRock
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Streaming large NAS library of music to Sonos

I have a large (>65.000 which seem to be the limit) library of mp3 & FLAC music, that I want to stream to my various Sonos units. The library is sorted A-Z, and I don’t want anything to crawl around and try to map the music, creating playlists and that sort of thing. I just want to go down the file structure, choose my album and stream it. Nothing else.If I do this on a PC, it works fine, no problems. But in this day & time, it would be convenient to do it on my IPhone, pref. using an app. Just like I do when playing Spotify or web-radio. And this is where I hev a problem - I cannot find any app that can do this.Either they want to create & download playlists, album art, etc. (Sonos, Plex, and others), or they do what I want (DLNA Player, zcloud, FLACbox etc. apps) but I can only direct the music to one (1) speaker. Where I want to hear the music on my Port, my Sonos One, Move, five, etc. simultaneously. Does anyone have a good idea on how to play a big collection of mp3

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Corry P
3 years ago
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DanH24Contributor I
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Amazon music Australia prime trial

have an Amazon Australia Prime 30 day trial. Have selected Amazon music in Sonos app and authorised the account. Service appears but when select music ie a station it says I need to start a trial with Amazon UK.  I do have an Amazon UK account but no prime membership.  is there a setting somewhere with Amazon that I need to change? 

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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HuisVosContributor I
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Radio station URL

Hi In order to add my favorite radio station I need to add its URL.Where can I find the URL of RSG (http://web.sabc.co.za/digital/player/1.0/rsg/index.html)RegardsMartin

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controlav
3 years ago
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Nicola1504Contributor I
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Trueplay and noise test - never ends

Hi, I’m trying to run the trueplay optimisation but when the noise test starts at the very beginning it seems it never ends. Attached the screenshot. Any advice on how to proceed?I already followed the basic instructions: no noise in he room, no other open apps, no Bluetooth devices connected…thanksN  

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Xander P
3 years ago
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PK101Avid Contributor I
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Media Server setup

Hi AllI Have a Sony Bravia and Sonos Home speaker setup.I have my own music that i like and listen to and have no particular interest in other types of music.So i don't want to pay Deezer Spotify Amazon etc etc for the privilege of listening to the music i already own….!I was using Google Play and this was working great then we were all forced in to YTM and now the Bravia does not show any of my playlists albums artists let alone plat anything so you can imagine how unimpressed i am !!There are no other apps that support upload of music (iBroadcast being the one exception but that does not have an Android compatible App at the mo..)So i'm thinking of setting up a very small NAS box (only need a single disk) The Music app on the Bravia detects the Beam and looks for a music library on its IP address (of which i dont have one right now) Can anyone recommend something that works is compact, small (1-2 drive bays) and relatively inexpensive !!Does this plug directly in to the back of the B

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Corry P
3 years ago
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blackcat99Contributor I
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Remote control to turn off Sonos

For some time, our Sonos sound bar went off when we used our XR11 remote to turn off our TV.  Then it stopped.  The XR11 always worked to control the Sonos Sound Bar volume but at some point, the sound di not turn off when we turned off the TV, which was annoying -- we would have to turn the volume all the way down.  I posted about it here: Mystery solved!  At some point, I must have changes the topical fiver connections from the TV to the cable box.  Turning off the TV does noting for our cable box, so the sound signal still came to the Sons.  I moved the optical fiber back tot he TV and, when the TV goes off, the Sonos goes off.  Mystery solved.

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James L.
3 years ago
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ZzilmContributor I
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Sonos app layout problems needs changing

Hi,Firstly, I'd like to say I love my sonos system. I consider my self a sonos super user, I funnel thousands of tracks through the app on my phone. I have soundcloud, bandcamp, Spotify, mixcloud, multiple computers running as servers, I even have access to a few of my mates soundcloud and bandcamp accounts aswell.The app is great but there are improvements that need to be made/fixed. I searched on other threads but couldn't find the same issues that I'm having. My issues are more to do with the layout and ease of playing music and nothing to do with system connectivity.  Miss hitting buttons, slides, volumes etc. First - On the music playing screen :1 - the slider for skipping through the track is to small, countless times I've gone to slide forward through a track and accidentally hit the title of the track bringing up the menu for that particular track (ie like, dislike, playlist selection). There's a lot of real estate on the screen maybe make cover pic smaller or move slider. 2 -

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Xander P
3 years ago
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jazzjetContributor II
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YouTube Music

The transfer from Google Play Music to You Tube Music has been pretty unsatisfactory, particularly as far as user’s own uploaded libraries are concerned. Until a few days ago under Library/Albums just a few albums used to show up under the Uploads heading (in my case only as far as the A’s). Today, under Library/Albums, the Uploads tab seems to have disappeared completely which makes finding stuff very problematic.What is going on?

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Airgetlam
3 years ago
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ralsis89Avid Contributor I
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Multi user - Multi account

Hello, I was reading on the forum, if I understood correctly: You can only set one Sonos account as admin Other Sonos account may join the system but with limited functionalities It is possible to add different accounts for one service (I.e. Spotify) to manage “different users” through one admin account. So, in conclusion, it is not possible to set several Sonos accounts as admin in a Sonos system. Did i understand it correctly, please? Thank you ! 

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3 years ago
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Scott_24Avid Contributor I
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Radio Stations constantly cutting out and repeating content

I am curious if ANYONE has ever had Sonos Radio play properly? After 7 years and many, many hours of research and talking with customer support, I have not had luck. Highly disappointed in this system - who cares how it sounds when the content is all chopped up

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Airgetlam
3 years ago
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phpkempfContributor I
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Show playlist name in queue

Please, without delay, add immediately to S1 & S2, the name of the playlist that is currently in queue.  This would help a lot when searching a multitude of playlists.  This should be a simple fix. 

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Xander P
3 years ago
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steve.e.hayesContributor I
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Which music services support thumbs up/down?

Now that Google Play has moved to Youtube Music and no longer supports thumbs up/down on Sonos I’d like to try out a service that does! I can’t find a list anywhere, and trial and error is very time consuming. Is there a list somewhere? If not, can we crowdsource one here? At least as a snapshot in time.

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James L.
3 years ago
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RoseOContributor I
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Grouping Play 3 Speakers

When I purchased my two Play 3 speakers, I was able to group them so one played in the lounge and the other in the kitchen. It seems I now need at least 3 speakers to be able to group. Is this correct and if so, what is the cheapest option to achieve what I want, i.e. to be able to play the same music in different rooms?Do I really need to purchase a 3rd Sonos speaker or can I group my Google home speaker with my 2 Sonos speakers? Thank you

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jgatie
3 years ago
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SeracContributor I
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Moving S1 playlists to S2

When I activated my S2 system, none of my original playlists on the S1 system have appeared. I still have my S1 system which is now disconnected, how can I transfer across 10yrs worth of playlists? Thanks 

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controlav
3 years ago
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ricardopaivaContributor I
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Windows 10 Sonos Controller won't launch, stuck on icon

Hi everyone,I wasn’t able to open Sonos Controller on Windows 10, just like some of you, according to other topics on the community.Taking a look on the log file that’s created on C:\ProgramData\SonosV2,_Inc\runtime, i was getting the following error message: “<ApplicationData>@Module:module @Message:Can’t bind (port 3410)</ApplicationData>”It seems that Sonos is using a port that might be marked as reserved. To check that, run the following command on command prompt:netsh int ip show excludedportrange protocol=tcpYou will get a list of exclusion ranges.I couldn’t quite understand what’s reserving the bunch of ports I have on this list but, to clean it up and fix the problem, I’ve run the following commands:net stop winnatnet start winnatIf you check the list of excluded ranges again, the list should be much smaller and port 3410 should not longer be reserved and Sonos app should work again.

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Mark P
3 years ago
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IanCrContributor I
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Amazon HD

How can I check Amazon hd streaming quality on sonos 1 controller?

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controlav
3 years ago
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Shimmer BFFAvid Contributor I
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Sonos S2 App Update

I noticed that on 2/16/21 there was an Android update to the S2 App. I have held off on updating it, because I know I can never go back. Can anyone please comment on any negative or positive experiences with the update so I can make an informed decision before moving forward with the update. Thanks in advance for any answers or comments. 

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Airgetlam
3 years ago
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customxkeContributor I
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Big Sur and no Energy Saver

In Big Sur, the’ve eliminated “Power Saver” settings, replacing them with “Battery”.  “Battery” doesn’t have the option to keep hard disks awake.  Even with my Mac set to not sleep, it still sleeps, and can’t play music I have stored on my Mac.  Anyone else experiencing this, or have a solution?

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Stanley_4
3 years ago
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danehansenContributor I
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Feature request - view recent history.

i constantly will want to know what song recently played and don’t make it to my device by the time the song ends and then i can no longer see who it was. i would appreciate a recent history list somewhere so i could see the most recent 10, 100, whatever songs that just played. thanks.

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Smilja
3 years ago
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User47831Contributor II
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Album info

Used to able to search all songs off album cover in old app- now there is  no option to do that ? Is there an option will that change as great way to explore

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bockersjv
3 years ago
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