Support Spotify Connect to allow users to use the Spotify app as the controller.
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Spotify Connect was just announced and I was surprised that I didn't see Sonos in the list of companies that would provide support. Many Spotify users have been asking for a long time to be able to use the Spotify app as the controller for selecting songs, as it provides a superior experience (you still can't even see the Top 5 songs in the Spotify view within the Sonos app, and it is difficult to look through an artist's collection to find a specific song unless you know which album it was in). Please support spotify connect. Additional details on Spotify Connect are here: http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/3/4688166/spotify-connect-launches-to-stream-music-to-compatible-speakers If you look at the post on theverge, even the first comment was one asking for Sonos support for the feature.
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So I'm one more disappointed Sonos user now looking elsewhere. I have been waiting for Sonos to move with the times and allow us to use Spotify connect to play through our Sonos speakers but it looks like it is unlikely to ever happen.
Just this week I've advised my family setting up the new holiday house to go for a different speaker system as although Sonos has good speakers, it's not keeping up with technology.
This will be Sonos' demise - the flexibility of all other wifi speaker systems will overtake the once great leader in the field.
Just this week I've advised my family setting up the new holiday house to go for a different speaker system as although Sonos has good speakers, it's not keeping up with technology.
This will be Sonos' demise - the flexibility of all other wifi speaker systems will overtake the once great leader in the field.
COME ON Sonos! Your community has been crying out for this for over a year now! Surely you can at least respect us with a response to the repeated requests!
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An extended family member came round last weekend and he was really impressed with my Sonos kit and was keen to buy some himself. He is also a Spotify subscriber and, having talked to him about how he used Spotify (primarily radio and for music discovery rather than just playlists and searching for specific (known) artist/song/album), we agreed that Sonos was not for him due to its Spotify limitations. He'll probably get some Denon kit now or something else from http://spotifygear.com/
Yes, I know this is due to Spotify's API but making Sonos speakers available as Spotify Connect devices is down to Sonos and would open up all Spotify functionality to Sonos. If there is a technical reason why this cant be done Sonos should come clean about it. However, the comments from the CEO and the vast number of other devices that can support it suggest this is not the case.
Yes, I know this is due to Spotify's API but making Sonos speakers available as Spotify Connect devices is down to Sonos and would open up all Spotify functionality to Sonos. If there is a technical reason why this cant be done Sonos should come clean about it. However, the comments from the CEO and the vast number of other devices that can support it suggest this is not the case.
Please add another vote for using Spotify Connect rather than the Sonos app... Using a bloated Spotify playlist on the Sonos app is horrendously clunky and seriously frustrating. It's just bad!
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Spotify-Connect-Mobilgeraet-steuert-Computermusik-2445173.htm...
any news concerning the source of heise? would be really interested!
I've been following this post and have just set-up Spotify Connect with my Sonos System. If you want to see how go to https://ask.sonos.com/sonos/topics/use-the-spotify-app-through-sonos-system-spotify-connect?rfm=1&am...
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Sony new CES announcment for new devices to support both Spotify Connect and Google Cast for Audio. Their "Sony SongPal" technology will provide multi-room control. Come on Sonos - time to rethink this decision.
http://blog.sony.com/press/sonys-new-home-audio-products-provide-freedom-to-wirelessly-connect-the-h...
http://blog.sony.com/press/sonys-new-home-audio-products-provide-freedom-to-wirelessly-connect-the-h...
Sonos is strong because of the integration of music services. Using Sonos with the Spotify service however is a pain. I end up with way too many playlists because only that way I can add music I discovered via the Spotify app. A back and forth between the Spotify and Sonos apps.
I own multiple Sonos speakers and have the need to expand ever since we moved into our new and larger home. I'm going to have to balance this significant disadvantage with choosing other systems like Sony's.
You're going to lose me as a customer if you don't integrate this soon.
Thank you for considering.
I own multiple Sonos speakers and have the need to expand ever since we moved into our new and larger home. I'm going to have to balance this significant disadvantage with choosing other systems like Sony's.
You're going to lose me as a customer if you don't integrate this soon.
Thank you for considering.
This is a deal breaker for me expanding my sonos system; looking at things like the Pure Jengo to replace them instead.
I'm pretty sure the Pure Jongo (there is no 'Jengo') was discontinued. Better get them fast! ;-)
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pure-Jongo-Wireless-Speaker-Bluetooth/dp/B00F6R0CQE
Pure Jongo T4 Wireless Speaker with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth - Black (discontinued by manufacturer)
It also never supported Spotify Connect. 😉
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Read this report in a couple of places this morning, and I was wondering how this would affect Sonos... knowing anyway that the no 2 enhancement request (which is supposedly under consideration) is a better implementation of Spotify, including the Spotify Radio feature. Hopefully Spotify might have made their API easier - allowing Sonos to get on and do the connection.
Sonos you have to do somethign about this asap. I dont care how you do it just fuckin do it. Im a student and I can code a command software better than this shit u make us use. I mean comon.
Some friends have been thinking about getting the SonosSystem but I told them dont becasue of the simple fact that we are not able to use spotify connect or whatever other software to make it possible to play through the beutiful spotify UI. Its a big shame - from a big companie as Sonos? Shame on you for real.
Me myself have waited for an uptade from you, Sonos, for years now but you never listen to ur customers whatsoever. I will throw this crapsystem away and start support another musicSystem that actually take their customers before anything else.
I used Sonos becasue of Spotify. But you never let me use Spotify the proper way. Fuckin ironic. And yea, have fun with my cash, you expensive piece of shit.
Do something about this or u will lose a ton of ur customers and wont get any new.
Im done with companies like Sonos.
GG.
Some friends have been thinking about getting the SonosSystem but I told them dont becasue of the simple fact that we are not able to use spotify connect or whatever other software to make it possible to play through the beutiful spotify UI. Its a big shame - from a big companie as Sonos? Shame on you for real.
Me myself have waited for an uptade from you, Sonos, for years now but you never listen to ur customers whatsoever. I will throw this crapsystem away and start support another musicSystem that actually take their customers before anything else.
I used Sonos becasue of Spotify. But you never let me use Spotify the proper way. Fuckin ironic. And yea, have fun with my cash, you expensive piece of shit.
Do something about this or u will lose a ton of ur customers and wont get any new.
Im done with companies like Sonos.
GG.
Yea go ahead and delete my post.
this companie is a JOKE
this companie is a JOKE
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this companie is a JOKE
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Or why not write a Sonos App for Spotify to bring the additional Sonos functionality (zone control, etc.) to the Spotify App?
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Lack of Spotify Connect is becoming a deal breaker for further Sonos investment. Even with recent updates, the Sonos interface to Spotify is primitive. Sonos needs to get over themselves and make this happen.
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quote - "Pascal de Mul, global head of hardware partnerships at Spotify, told Techcrunch that there was "no plan to extend Connect to Sonos and no plan to continue to develop with Sonos" seems Spotify for one reason or other dont consider Sonos a partner any more. I guess I can forgot about any more Spotify features (radio, starring tracks) via my Sonos app 😞
Sonos, you are not there alone anymore, in the world of wireless music.
Please add the possibility to play from Spotify connect
Please add the possibility to play from Spotify connect
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Now that is a bummer ... guess I can still use Sponos from my Android device ... which is good, but sometimes halts after a few tracks .... but I would rather see an official integration
From my point of view it is really frustrating to use Spotify with Sonos. Not only that my Spotify playlists almost never are displayed correctly in the Sonos App, the Sonos App lacks almost all cool discovery features. I thought Sonos sells hardware and not software so why not integrating Spotify Connect ? But more frustrating than anything else is the way Sonos communicates with their customers. No communication. Offering Ask Sonos but no details about plans so far. Yeah go ahead this way. I have absolutely no problem with selling my Sonos speakers and replacing them with an other solution. I already quit recommending Sonos to friends and family month ago.
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this sucks.
"But more frustrating than anything else is the way Sonos communicates with their customers. No communication. Offering Ask Sonos but no details about plans so far."
I'm pretty sure the 'Not Planned" status on this thread fully communicates Sonos' "plans so far" for this feature. I'm not sure how much more detail you wish beyond "We are not planning to support Spotify Connect".
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Hi everyone, we appreciate the request for an update to the thread, it’s been too long since our last post here.
As everyone following this conversation already knows, the decision has been made not to implement Spotify Connect. Like many such decisions, it’s complex, and we don’t want to go into the details. To put it simply, we don’t see Spotify Connect as the right solution for Sonos at this time.
If you’re new to Sonos, you might not be aware that Spotify was launched on Sonos in 2010, and at the time was the first home hardware partnership for Spotify. We’re focusing our efforts on this existing integration, and began with improvements to stability under high usage following the holiday outages.
Our vision is to bring the Spotify-Sonos experience much closer to the experience you have when using the native Spotify app. It’s going to take time, but work is in progress by both partners. We’ll keep you posted.
As everyone following this conversation already knows, the decision has been made not to implement Spotify Connect. Like many such decisions, it’s complex, and we don’t want to go into the details. To put it simply, we don’t see Spotify Connect as the right solution for Sonos at this time.
If you’re new to Sonos, you might not be aware that Spotify was launched on Sonos in 2010, and at the time was the first home hardware partnership for Spotify. We’re focusing our efforts on this existing integration, and began with improvements to stability under high usage following the holiday outages.
Our vision is to bring the Spotify-Sonos experience much closer to the experience you have when using the native Spotify app. It’s going to take time, but work is in progress by both partners. We’ll keep you posted.
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absolutely agree. so what other service can be recommended in terms of music range, sound quality and sonos implementation?
As everyone following this conversation already knows, the decision has been made not to implement Spotify Connect. Like many such decisions, it’s complex, and we don’t want to go into the details. To put it simply, we don’t see Spotify Connect as the right solution for Sonos at this time.
If you’re new to Sonos, you might not be aware that Spotify was launched on Sonos in 2010, and at the time was the first home hardware partnership for Spotify. We’re focusing our efforts on this existing integration, and began with improvements to stability under high usage following the holiday outages.
Our vision is to bring the Spotify-Sonos experience much closer to the experience you have when using the native Spotify app. It’s going to take time, but work is in progress by both partners. We’ll keep you posted.
This is good to hear. Lack of Spotify Radio and other ease of use features in the Spotify app is certainly something that needs to be remedied. While you are at, please add Amazon Prime support to the Amazon Music service on Sonos.
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