Controllers and Music services

There’s something I don’t know I believe. Would someone answer me if they know? Using iOS 15.2 Had Sonos for years - no issues generally.Signed up for Spotify, haven’t used them since maybe 2008 before Sonos. SO, I keep Hardware Volume Control toggle off- it is greyed out, not black. I don’t like having to constantly to adjust volume between phone alerts and music.All works fine with all other services on Sonos- Pandora, Apple, Sonos etc. However when I play music from Spotify service, even though my Hardware Vol control is set to off, adjusting the volume using hardware buttons on the side of the phone changes the volume!Even though in the Sonos S1 app it is turned off. If I end the Spotify, and switch to Apple for example, all is well. Buttons do not change volume settings of music. What is up with Spotify- how does it hijack SONOS settings like that??  

my Windows 10 controller say “cannot connect to your  system” then I click on from the pull down menu to “connect to an existing system”  after about 2 minutes of circling, it says that “I am now connected to your system”  with a check mark.  When I click on “done”, it just goes back to the “cannot connect to you system page”  without showing the main screen. My system works fine from my android devices.  

Was just totally enjoying the chill of smooth jazz and an obnoxious holiday song came on.  When I tried to forward past I was notified that I had to sign up for Sonos HD.  So that's the choice, horrible holiday music long after the holidays are over?  No thanks 

So, WD have been sending emails saying support is ending for their MyCloud for the past few month with this line in it: After April 15, 2022, your device will no longer receive remote access, security updates, or technical support.I’m guessing that remote access means that I won’t be able to access my music libraries stored on it via my Sonos system? If it helps, both my WD and Sonos devices are connected to the same router. Any ideas? WD said they would be sending a discount voucher this month, but the devices on offer come with way more storage than I need and also way more than I want to spend on a new device that I don’t really need to buy as the current one was working fine. I swear manufactures do this just to get more revenue for themselves.  

I have 3 Play 5s (gen 2), a Sonos One and a Connect. Everything worked fine. I decided to add 2 SLs to a couple of other rooms, fill out the sound in my house. What an idiot. I’ve tried 2 PCs, 2 different phones, keep getting bounced between S1 and S2. Managed to add one of the SLs to a now new network but now nothing works. PC doesn’t see the new system, phone seems to find the system but doesn’t play. Didn’t even take the second SL out of the box, figured I’d get the system working first before I tried to add it. (Yes, I know the Connect is not compatible. No way to remove it from the app.) Try to open S2 on my primary phone, tells me to open S1 Controller. Do that and it tells me to update my system. I finally got something to play using my spare phone but not my desktop PC and not my main phone. iPhone 12 Pro. No access to my library or saved music sources. Windows 10: “Sonos system not found.” Of course, no one in tech support is available. Who would need help with a music system

Is there ever going to be decent Sonos applications on macOS and iOS ?Take a search - i put in the the name of an artist, click the artist then it just shows me a long list of random crap. Why cannot it be show as separate areas for Songs, albums etc as the search for any other streaming service does ?Getting to a specific playlist in Apple Music takes 4 clicks of the mouse !There is no view to show the bitrate that the stream is playing at.I love the sound from my Sonos Amp, but wondering if it’s time to start moving onto something else.Anyone know of any alternatives ? 

Hi there,It would be great if there was a way in the SONOS app (for iPhone) to output announcements via certain S2 speakers without changing the saved playlists. The speakers should then continue to play your program if possible or be off again without losing their playlist.That would be super practical, for example, to be able to call for breakfast, lunch, ... .

Hi, I would like to request a widget option to be added to the Sonos App, I think there was a thread created about 6 months ago asking on for ios 14 but nothing materialised and the thread got closed.I think it would be a great addition to the sonos app to be able to see whats playing, sound format etc without having to go into the app.

When doing a search for a song, album or artist the sonos app only searches Apple Music: My library and will not search the rest of the Apple Music catalog

I subscribed to YouTube Premium so I can listen to my favourite YouTube music on Sonos. However, I am unable to find YouTube Live Streams on Sonos. My favourite DJs often stream live and I want to play those on my Sonos speakers.How can I do this please?

I submitted an Idea in the Spotify forums to add Podcasts to their Sonos integration. If you're interested in the same, please upvote: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Idea-Submissions/Mobile-Partnership-Add-Podcasts-on-Sonos-app/idi-p/5327335

Can I use Airplay2 to play Dolby Atmos songs from Apple Music on my iPhone on the soundbar? I tried it but the soundbar does not recognize it as Dolby Atmos.

Re-upping this request from an older thread. Newer Sonos speakers use Bluetooth LE for setup purposes, but do not turn-off Bluetooth after setup is completed. It would be nice to be able to disable Bluetooth LE after setup like it is currently possible to disable WiFi when it is not needed. Other Home products like Roku have the ability to disable both WiFi and Bluetooth.

The Sonos S2 app for Apple TV seems to make sense now that many people use their Apple TV as an entertainment hub. Our TV spends 90% of its day connected to streaming audio, so why not have the TV (or box connected to it) include the visual connection to the streaming service?In my specific case, I want to have the Sonos app on my Apple TV behave similar to the “Now Playing” feature the Apple TV uses when it streams music.

When I save music to My Sonos, where do I go to find that music?

I’m paying the money for the Sonos Radio HD and I’m very happy with many of the channels.  I’m surprised that there is a gap in the Metal/Hard Rock category.  There are several metal stations based on year groups, but where is the Hard Rock?  New Lords of Metal plays a lot of great new metal but no hard rock?  So, where is the new hard rock?  It’s not even in the Rock category either?  I hope the curating will improve as more subscribers join.  For example, the Blues Masters is great, but the music is on a loop playing the same selection of songs over and over.  Thanks!

I saw a couple closed topics on this, but the answers were inconsistent.  I’m planning on getting a pair of Fives to setup in stereo mode.  As I don’t want the controls to be on the side of the speaker when orienting them vertically, I’d like to orient them horizontally.  Given that with a single speaker, horizontal puts it in stereo mode and vertical in mono, and vertical seems to be the recommendation for a stereo pair, can I orient a pair horizontally and have them work properly in stereo mode?Also, when in stereo mode, does the volume control on one speaker control the volume for the pair or just that one speaker?

Hello.Using Sonos S1 due hardware. I would like to change a recurrent alarm to a radio station. I go to …Settings > System > Alarms > (select alarm) > Music > myTuner Radio > ?!?!Form now on, I don’t find any possibility to search for a specific radio station. The huge lists are not even sorted alphabetically. This is very poorly designed. How can I find my station without wasting time scrolling through the endless list of stations?Thanks.

I know this question has been asked (but apparently not answered) previously, but I thought I’d try again.When listening to music directly through Apple Music on my Sonos speakers (via Airplay), I definitely notice improved quality with the new “lossless” quality offered by Apple. My ears, however, seem to think that the quality isn’t as high-fidelity when I listen to the same music via the S2 app (which, of course, is pulling the same music from my Apple Music subscription). However, I’m willing to admit that this perceived difference in quality may be psycho-somatic (since I’m still confused as to whether the S2 app is capable of accessing lossless files when it queries the Apple Music database).Any chance either Apple or Sonos have provided an authoritative answer to this question? I.e. when S2 streams a file from Apple Music, is Apple giving them access to the lossless files? Or is Apple reserving those files for customers who are using the Apple Music interface? (For what it’s wor

Play bar will not connect to S2, which I recently got in order to connect new Sonos speakers. Speakers work great on S2. The playbar was connected to S1 and worked fine. I did a reset with play bar connected to ethernet. Playbar has green blinking light but is not recognized by S2. Now I can’t connect to either S2 or S1 so the playbar is not working at all. Just trying the have the playbar on S2 along with the new speakers.

Please can you feature a  ‘disable the mic button’ on the Beam. It’s so annoying, I have 3 of these and the cleaner constantly turns the mics off.  

Hi all, basically what the title says,If I look for a song using the main search function and select it either on the Artist or the Title tab, if I select More, there is the option to create a “Station”, which would play the song and similar ones but in a very limited fashion (no scrubbing, no going back to the previous song, not being able to see the playlist)However, if I search for a playlist of my own created in Apple Music, and pick a song from inside there, when I select More, there is no such option, I wonder why that is, what makes it differentThanks! 

Is it possible to mute the bleep that accompanies a tap on the volume control of the new Play 5?

what's the differences in functionality between s1 and s2 app?90% of my Sonos equipment works with S2 app but my 1st purchased AMP won't which is disappointing 

After not using my Sonos for an extended period, I tried to hook it back up to my system. I upgraded the speaker and my iPhone app, then spent hours trying to get it to find my music library, but no luck. Finally I went to my laptop and upgraded the Mac App there; it immediately found my library, then all I had to do was reboot the iPhone app and now both work. Note if you have multiple networks you have to be on the same network as the speaker, and it appears to only work on a 2.4Gb network.