Using Apple Music, how to enable "Autoplay Similar Songs" within Sonos App

  • 19 January 2021
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B
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In iOS14 Apple added a new feature to “Autoplay Similar Tracks” when a playlist or queue is finished.  Its supposed to continue to play similar music to what was on the playlist.  Similar to Create a Station that does work (but is fairly buried in Sonos and Apple), but instead it kicks in at the end of an existing playlist vs. creating an unending playlist from scratch like Create Station does from a selected song.

 

See here https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208383

 

Apple show an infinity symbol on the player to control this feature.

 

Its supposed to be somewhat better than create a station as it has the context of the entire preceeding playlist when picking a new song, vs. a single song.

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Rowena B.
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Hi @buddyrich33, 

Thanks for reaching out to the Sonos community and for letting us know about your concern.

We appreciate you for sharing this new feature with Apple Music. Users with Apple Music subscriptions will have this Autoplay similar tracks available in their account. It would be great if this feature will be available in the Sonos app.  What I can do is to pass along your interest with our engineers.

In the Sonos app, you can use the queue when playing music from your music library or from on-demand music services like Apple Music. If you have Sonos devices with AirPlay capability, you can stream via AirPlay from your Apple Music app and enjoy playing similar tracks. 

Please let us know if you have any further questions or concerns, we'll be glad to assist you.

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Chopdog
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I have to say this autoplay feature is brilliant and it would be a HUGE boost to the Sonos capability if it could support it.

J
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I second or third this request...I would much prefer to select an Apple Music song from the Sonos App and have Apple Music Autoplay Similar Music RATHER THAN having to stream a song from my iPhone to a Sonos unit to make this happen….this, to me, is a must have feature! 

B

Upvote this functionality. I love the Apple Music AutoPlay feature it’s brilliant.

controlav
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Given that Apple cannot even be bothered to fix Activity Playlists in the Sonos SMAPI endpoint, I’d say the chances of them adding actual features such as this are slim-to-none.

Author of the leading 3rd party Sonos app for Windows, the only Sonos app for Xbox, and a Sonos app for iOS
C

I would love to see this feature incorporatedin Sonos also!

Grenzfrequenz
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Hello, guys, the feature of Apple Music to continue playing music automatically in the same style as the playlist is indeed incredibly good.

That's why I'm also asking the Sonos developers to integrate the whole thing into the Sonos app. It's super easy to discover new music that you really like and also fits the playlist.

We need Autoplay! Thanks… 😍😘😀

controlav
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Hello, guys, the feature of Apple Music to continue playing music automatically in the same style as the playlist is indeed incredibly good.

That's why I'm also asking the Sonos developers to integrate the whole thing into the Sonos app. It's super easy to discover new music that you really like and also fits the playlist.

We need Autoplay! Thanks… 😍😘😀


Sonos know nothing about the music they play (other than the name). Only the music services that provide the music know more, and this specific request should be directed to Apple.

Author of the leading 3rd party Sonos app for Windows, the only Sonos app for Xbox, and a Sonos app for iOS
G

I would also love to see this feature implemented.  I notice that Spotify does it quite happily, so it might well be an Apple related issue.  Nonetheless it would be make the whole listening experience much better if there was a way to enable autoplay similar music after playing a single song or album.

A

Just got my first Sonos product and am super bummed to see that this isn’t available!

C

As an Android user (bear with me!) who's used all the other streaming apps, this is a common missed feature. I don't want to turn around every 4 minutes to choose another song; I want the streaming service to choose for me while I eat, drink and chat! 

 

Sonos themselves state that the S2 isn't a music playing app, so please let these key music app features flow through to the S2.

A

I add my vote for adding this feature of Apple Music to the Sonos app. I don’t want to use AirPlay all the time because it takes away from the power of Sonos!  Apple Music is the only music service I subscribe to and I use it with auto play most of the time, except what I’m using Sonos :( This is a huge gap that I hope gets fixed soon!

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