+1Yes, I realize that this has been asked before, but with macOS losing Rosetta 2 with macOS 28, coming out in 2027, is there any chance of the desktop Sonos app being ported to Apple silicon?
I primarily use the macOS app, and am not really looking forward to relying on the web app, since I live in an area with poor internet availability.
Best answer by Airgetlam
Since they haven’t done any work (other than egregious bug fixing) on either the Windows or Mac ‘desktop’ apps for years, in favor of their web app, it does seem unlikely that there would be resources dedicated to a port.
Since they haven’t done any work (other than egregious bug fixing) on either the Windows or Mac ‘desktop’ apps for years, in favor of their web app, it does seem unlikely that there would be resources dedicated to a port.
+1They should put it up on github. Somebody would do it.
That would be interesting. There are already lots of third party options, I think, although I’ve never really looked at them. Certainly for iOS, where I do the majority of my effort. The Mac app is basically used, in my situation, to start and stop playlists. I suspect the web app will do that.
+24Zero chance of them doing this, in fact I am guessing they are secretly enjoying the Apple announcement as it fits in with their plan to retire the Desktop apps.
Which is why you should look on the App Store for a Sonos app that is a real, native app, for ARM and Intel. Like mine (see profile).
Or you can build it yourself from the source on github if so inclined.
Well, this crappy support means that when my SONOS hardware (I’ve been a user since the beginning!) I will not buy more.
Sure, the iOS app works, but I’m on my Mac all day and I want to use it for managing my SONOS appliances.
Bad move on their part.
Huh? The web based controller continues without any issues. Just because Apple isn’t supporting ‘older’ applications doesn’t change Sonos speakers. Frankly, beyond bug fixes, Sonos hasn’t updated either the Windows or Mac desktop apps. To my knowledge, there has been no official comment from Sonos one way or the other, merely comments from us users.
And frankly, if you don’t choose to update your Mac’s OS, it wouldn’t impact you at all. I just don’t understand your outrage.
Hey, this is a concern for me as my internet is garbage due to various geographic reasons. Im a software engineer and sonos fan since the beginning. Ive played around with bespoke sonos control apps for personal use since the early phones began replacing the original hardware controllers we used to have.
Anyway, long story short, ai is here and theres no reason software cant do what you want. I spent the afternoon ai/rewriting the basics of the functionality I wanted in native apple silicon using swift. I’ve pushed it onto github (SonosController on github) so you can grab and build it yourself or use the single release build I dropped in there.
Be aware of limitations (cant hook into services directly due to keys etc). check out the readme and I built architecture documents in the docs folder too.
I have been using it this afternoon as a replacement and it doesnt look like there are any major bugs but who knows. Worst case is it may crash to desktop.
Hope it helps.
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Huh? The web based controller continues without any issues. Just because Apple isn’t supporting ‘older’ applications doesn’t change Sonos speakers. Frankly, beyond bug fixes, Sonos hasn’t updated either the Windows or Mac desktop apps. To my knowledge, there has been no official comment from Sonos one way or the other, merely comments from us users.
And frankly, if you don’t choose to update your Mac’s OS, it wouldn’t impact you at all. I just don’t understand your outrage.
LMAO
Are you serious? Apple’s last Intel was years ago. Most of us are on Apple silicon now and support for Intel based apps is going away with macOS 27.
ALL my vendors have updated their apps to work on the new architecture. Sonos is not a cheap solution, and to not update the apps on two major OS’s is insane.
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Huh? The web based controller continues without any issues. Just because Apple isn’t supporting ‘older’ applications doesn’t change Sonos speakers. Frankly, beyond bug fixes, Sonos hasn’t updated either the Windows or Mac desktop apps. To my knowledge, there has been no official comment from Sonos one way or the other, merely comments from us users.
And frankly, if you don’t choose to update your Mac’s OS, it wouldn’t impact you at all. I just don’t understand your outrage.
LMAO
Are you serious? Apple’s last Intel was years ago. Most of us are on Apple silicon now and support for Intel based apps is going away with macOS 27.
ALL my vendors have updated their apps to work on the new architecture. Sonos is not a cheap solution, and to not update the apps on two major OS’s is insane.
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What is your issue? LMAO. I have four Mac’s all running Tahoe 26.3.1 (M1 thru M4). The Sonos app works with no problems.
Huh? The web based controller continues without any issues. Just because Apple isn’t supporting ‘older’ applications doesn’t change Sonos speakers. Frankly, beyond bug fixes, Sonos hasn’t updated either the Windows or Mac desktop apps. To my knowledge, there has been no official comment from Sonos one way or the other, merely comments from us users.
And frankly, if you don’t choose to update your Mac’s OS, it wouldn’t impact you at all. I just don’t understand your outrage.
LMAO
Are you serious? Apple’s last Intel was years ago. Most of us are on Apple silicon now and support for Intel based apps is going away with macOS 27.
ALL my vendors have updated their apps to work on the new architecture. Sonos is not a cheap solution, and to not update the apps on two major OS’s is insane.
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What is your issue? LMAO. I have four Mac’s all running Tahoe 26.3.1 (M1 thru M4). The Sonos app works with no problems.
Comprehension lad…
macOS 27+ will lose support for Intel apps. I have 7 Macs at home and 5 for work and yes, we UPDATE them! That’s why...
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