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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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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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mickeyblueeyesukContributor I
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Sonos alarm/clock - display the time

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!!!

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erusowContributor I
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Playback Speed

It would be nice to be able to adjust playback speed for podcasts and audiobooks.

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4 years ago
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GTSeattleAvid Contributor I
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ALARMS: Add a "Snooze" Feature! :)

It would be great if a snooze button was added to the great alarms feature in Sonos!

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6 years ago
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fdsljfsaAvid Contributor I
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Easily switch the music from one room to another

I have different rooms equiped with wall-mounted Play 3 devices. I would appreciate for an easy way to switch the music from one room to another. This is particularly useful if I spent some time building a playlist or selecting a radio station and that I don't want to have to go through search to find that station again. At the moment, my two options seems to be: 1- Stop the music in Room 1, then start music in Room 2 (need to rebuilt my playlist or search the radio station) 2- Group Room 2 to Room 1, and then ungroup Room 1 from Room 2. Both of those options are inelegant. If I could have some kind of "Sent to" function (or drag and drop a room on another one) that would be great.

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6 years ago
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JasonEskinContributor I
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Not all Spotify results showing up in search within Sonos?

I frequently find that the spotify app within Sonos not only does not refresh my own playlists, but now I'm finding it's not even loading all of the results on Spotify's own server. For example, search for "Taylor Swift" Her new album Red is available within Spotify, but if you search Spotify within Sonos, it is nowhere to be found.

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Edward R
6 years ago
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jonshapiroAvid Contributor I
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Support Windows 8 RT for Surface Tablet and Windows Phone 8 for Mobile Devices

This is not a full windows 8 platform but will work new surface tablet and Samsung and others plan to use this OS which is not fully windows 8 compatible. It would be very helpful if sonos would support this as the tablet looks promising.

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jgatie
8 years ago
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idealContributor I
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the operating system is not adequate for running sonos controller

i can not install desktop controller on my laptop

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leleicher45gmail
6 years ago
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rajwoodsonTrending Lyricist I
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Display song lyrics in sonos app

There is more than enough room on iPad app to display song lyrics - why can't I see all the ID3 tags in Sonos?

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Airgetlam
7 years ago
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Sam MateosianContributor I
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Allow controllers to pair with multiple home systems

I love the sonos connect so much that I got one at home, at work, for my brother, for my father and for my father in law. My only complaint is that my controller is locked to one system at a time. When I move between different houses I should be able to pair the controller on my phone with their systems and have it remember me when I come back - without resetting. I've seen the tip about bringing them all to one place and setting them up together. But that's not always possible or desirable. There is no real security concern because I still have to be allowed on their network and I'd still have to push the buttons on the device. Seems like a relatively simple software problem to allow me to pair with multiple systems and remember all the systems I've paired with.

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5 years ago
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Chris_27Contributor I
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View and rate songs (1-5 stars) on Sonos

How can I see song ratings (1-5 stars) using ipad2 as sonos controller? I copied my CDs to hard drive in Aflac format.

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5 years ago
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Ed_6Trending Lyricist I
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Set Different Alarm Volume Levels of Players

Basically I am very satisfied with the system. I have a few boxes throughout my house and would like the ability to set an alarm for the different play 3 and play 5 items that I have, but with individual sound levels. At this time the level you set applies to all of the rooms.

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Charles GTrending Lyricist I
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Need possibility of adding delay in addition to the normal 70ms

Hi, I'm very excited about Sonos, and recently upgraded AV Receivers to be able to seamlessly switch inputs from CD/DVD/Phono/Sonos while using the Autoplay function in Sonos. Fantastic idea, (and very surprised not everyone's doing this), BUT I find that my system is no longer in sync (the Sonos P3's and P5 are ahead of the sound coming through the Connect via Hifi). I did not have this issue with the lower end Denon 1911, but I do now with the 3313. I can add delay with the 3313, but that doesn't help me since it's the other Sonos modules that are ahead of the Denon. Adding the possibility of adding delay (in addition to the required 70ms for processing) would make my system whole again.

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5 years ago
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Anonymous
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provide login to tunein radio service

provide the functionality to login to tunein radio service in order to access saved favourites from other devices. simple.

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Chris
5 years ago
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DavidMulliganAvid Contributor I
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Please add an option to adjust the fade-in and fade-out time for alarms and sleep

Please allow for the volume slowly increase for alarms and decrease it for sleep mode. The feature I envision would be an option for alarms and sleep which takes a fade-in or fade-out time. A default time of 5 minutes is reasonable. When enabled the alarm will start at just above 0 volume and gradually increase to the volume configured for the alarm over the configured fade-in time. Likewise, once the sleep timer reaches the fade-out time remaining the volume will gradually decrease to zero over the configured fade-out time.

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Robert LewisContributor I
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Recently Added Music List

I would like a method to keep track of recently added music. I used to do this with my CD's. Instead of immediately filing new CD's with my existing CD's, I would leave them in a pile next to the CD player for a few weeks. The new music would get heavier play than my older CD's. I used to leave them out until I had listened to them a number of times. It would be nice to create an electronic way to do the same thing.

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4 years ago
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Doug_4Contributor II
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Default Groups

Would be nice to set up a couple of default groups and just be able to select those instead of alway having to go individually and select. I have 9 rooms on Sonos. Usually have a group of 3 together and a group of 2 together.

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7 years ago
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nyCeciliaProminent Collaborator I
posted in Controllers and Music services
Alarm simultaneously in more than one zone

Rather than "include (randomly) linked rooms" which can be very arbitrary depending on how rooms were linked prior to an alarm, provide a checkbox for which zones should be included in the alarm, so that a single alarm always rings simultaneously in those zones. (system of checkboxes for including zones would be similar how days of the week are currently chosen)

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6 years ago
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SimonO_1Contributor III
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Volume limit feature

Add the ability to set a PIN protected volume limit per zone.

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jgatie
5 years ago
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Andrew_2Contributor I
posted in Controllers and Music services
Restrict access to certain zones

There should be a way to restrict access to certain zones or allow control of certain zones from a specific controller. This is very important when you have children or have guests staying to stop inadvertent or deliberate changing of zone settings.

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cariacou
5 years ago
BarryM
BarryM
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Improve the "Information" screen for the Local Library.

* allow me to access the Information screen from items in the queue, or on the Now Playing screen. * have the Browse The artist facility include composite albums where the artist contributes tracks, but doesn't own the whole album * allow me to access track tag data not indexed by Sonos; ie. Genre, Composer, Conductor, Lyrics, Date Recorded, Date Ripped, Original Title, Involved People, .... If I have taken the trouble to tag my music with a this data it would be good if the Sonos controllers could display it back to me. * allow link across to Artist or Album data stored in public places such as wikipedia or Last.fm (eg. http://www.last.fm/music/Gotan+Project or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotan_Project or the same at the album level) I have difficulty seeing what value it delivers in its current form. ... I have a computer in my hand ... it has an "information" button, but it just seems to a lame little circular facility showing just what I could see already see, but didn't ans

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Stanley_4
5 years ago
BarryM
BarryM
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Show the Composer tag on the Now Playing screen

The Now Playing widget shows Album, Artist and track title. It doesn't show the Composer name, even though Sonos has this information in its indices. Many classical albums are a composite program of works by various composers. When a track is queued, or playing, there is no way whatsoever to discover who the composer is. The titles given to classical works often give little clue; eg. "String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op 59.2: I. Allegro" ... pick the composer? It is very disappointing that this feature hasn't been implemented after 5+ years of requests from customers who enjoy classical music. I can't see why it isn't self evident that feature is required. In most instances a Sonos improves upon playing music from a physical cd; ie. I don't have to find it, and then put it away. This is an instance where the use of a Sonos degrades the experience; ie. I am listening to something, but I can't tell what it is, as I have no longer have access to the cover.

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LordJohnWhorfinTrending Lyricist I
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SONOS Alarm Clock Radio

Add a color screen, a large button, and a battery backup to the Play:3. The color screen can be used to display the time using a number of customizable clock faces, as well as the song artwork when playing music. The button can be customized to act as any number of functions, such as starting a preset channel, snoozing or stopping the alarm. The battery backup guarantees the alarm will still go off in case of a power failure. The only reason I haven't yet replaced my current alarm clocks with a Play:3 is this; I don't want to have two boxes on my nightstand.

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juriamAvid Contributor I
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Has any posting here EVER produced anything ?

I have been a Sonos user, and have spent a LOT of money on their products since 2005. I have posted a few high priority, low difficulty suggestions over the years, and have watched *many, many* others do the same, and have not ever seen a SINGLE suggestion implemented. Can anyone name a single user-submitted suggestion that has been implemented by Sonos ?

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5 years ago
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PAS1507Contributor I
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Dark Colours on Desktop Controller

Is it me or is anyone else finding it really difficult to read and see the screen. The dark colours may be nice and sexy but they are rubbish to work with. I keep having to move the screen around to try and get it in exactly the right place so that I see anything. It's a real pain!

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jgatie
5 years ago
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RochefoucaultContributor I
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Sonos Update to 3.7 and Linux

Sloved / Solution in page 3. Hello, Who has a success with updating the Sonos 3.7 on Ubuntu + Wine desktop ? From my side, I get : - in the wine windows "The wizard was interrupted before Sonos ..." and - on shell "fixme:ole:DllRegisterServer stub fixme:storage:create_storagefile Storage share mode not implemented. fixme:storage:create_storagefile Storage share mode not implemented. wine: Install Mono 2.8 or greater for Windows to run .NET 4.0 applications. err:msi:ITERATE_Actions Execution halted, action L"InstallFinalize" returned 1627 err:msi:ITERATE_Actions Execution halted, action L"ExecuteAction" returned 1627 " Could you please help me ? Rochefoucault

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