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Playing music on iPhone through Sonos app

  • December 19, 2019
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  • KP 1
  • Contributor I
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I have all of my music on my iPhone and prefer to play it from my iPhone on my Sonos.

From what I have been reading, I can’t play it that way anymore. I have to either play it through my computer, a music streaming service or a NAS device.

i do NOT want my computer on all the time. I don’t want to pay an additional fee for a music streaming service. I bought and own all of my music.

There has to be a way to play the music I purchased from my iPhone to my Sonos speakers without having to pay an additional fee to listen to my iPhone, music and Sonos speakers I already paid for and own.

How can I do this?

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    • John B
    • 19684 replies
    • December 19, 2019

    Google Play Music allows you to upload your music and stream it back.  This is free.  Your router may have a slot for a USB flash drive on which you could store the music.  You could buy a NAS drive or a £/$50 Amazon Fire tablet.  You could wait a few seconds while your computer booted up, if you don’t want it to keep it permanently powered on.

    Airgetlam
    • Airgetlam
    • 44746 replies
    • December 19, 2019

    AirPlay 2. Requires specific speakers to have it work, but the majority of Sonos speakers that are sold these days have it. I frequently use AirPlay 2 to a Sonos One, and then group that “room”with other rooms in my system that can’t be an AirPlay 2 receiver, and listen to the content that way. 

    All of this is covered, rather extensively, in the main thread.

    Bruce
    jgatie
    • jgatie
    • 28202 replies
    • December 19, 2019
    1. Free Google Play Music account.  Upload/match up to 50,000 tracks and play them from Sonos.  
    1. For very little expense, most routers have a USB port that allows you to connect a cheap (under $20 for 125 GB) thumb drive for a de facto NAS.  
    K
    • KP 1
    • Author
    • Contributor I
    • 6 replies
    • December 23, 2019

    Google Play Music allows you to upload your music and stream it back.  This is free.  Your router may have a slot for a USB flash drive on which you could store the music.  You could buy a NAS drive or a £/$50 Amazon Fire tablet.  You could wait a few seconds while your computer booted up, if you don’t want it to keep it permanently powered on.

    I plugged my USB flash drive into my router and thought I had my music loaded into the Sonos app. (At least I was able to see it all listed there.) But when I go to play it, I get the same error...that it could not find the music.

    K
    • KP 1
    • Author
    • Contributor I
    • 6 replies
    • December 23, 2019

    AirPlay 2. Requires specific speakers to have it work, but the majority of Sonos speakers that are sold these days have it. I frequently use AirPlay 2 to a Sonos One, and then group that “room”with other rooms in my system that can’t be an AirPlay 2 receiver, and listen to the content that way. 

    All of this is covered, rather extensively, in the main thread.

    I have the pre-AirPlay Sonos speakers. That Sonos refuses to update. I have no intentions on wasting anymore money on adobos products. Since they don’t care about you after you purchase their products and they have your money.

    K
    • KP 1
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    • Contributor I
    • 6 replies
    • December 23, 2019

    Google Play Music allows you to upload your music and stream it back.  This is free.  Your router may have a slot for a USB flash drive on which you could store the music.  You could buy a NAS drive or a £/$50 Amazon Fire tablet.  You could wait a few seconds while your computer booted up, if you don’t want it to keep it permanently powered on.

    I plugged my USB flash drive into my router and thought I had my music loaded into the Sonos app. (At least I was able to see it all listed there.) But when I go to play it, I get the same error...that it could not find the music.

    I don’t know where you get Google Music is free. It gave me two options $9.99 of $14.99 a month.

    jgatie
    • jgatie
    • 28202 replies
    • December 23, 2019

    I don’t know where you get Google Music is free. It gave me two options $9.99 of $14.99 a month.

     

     

    I got the idea from Google. 

    https://support.google.com/googleplaymusic/answer/4515411?hl=en

     

    Add your personal collection

    You can store up to 50,000 of your songs for free.

    Upload music to the cloud: To upload music to the cloud, you can use Music Manager or Google Play Music for Chrome. Music Manager is available for Mac, PC, and Linux. If you're using a Chrome browser or Chromebook, we recommend using Google Play Music for Chrome.

    Transfer files to a specific device: To transfer files to a specific device, follow the instructions for transferring music from a computer to a device.

     

    After the free trial, just cancel premium and you are on the free account.

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    • wds0001
    • Prodigy I
    • 134 replies
    • December 23, 2019

    Google Play music file storage is 100 percent free for up to 50,000 tracks. I have been storing and playing all of my personal music from the service for over a year now.  
     

    just like Apple Music, you must sign up for an account, and provide a credit card.  You also will be asked to sign up for a free trial of their streaming service.  I signed up for the free trial to activate my account, and immediately cancelled the premium service. 
     

     

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