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How to use Sonos in homekit

@BretonMaitre There are still some issues with HomeKit but if you Airplay to a Sonos speaker registered as an accessory in the Home App and...
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Dannyiv1234599Contributor I
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volume in different

I have several Sonos devices around my house, all already grouped by area, my problem is that in the Sonos app I select a different volume in each area according to the volume I want in each area and it looks good, when it comes to uploading the volume with the “general” volume, the app does not move the rooms symmetrically, it changes the volumes of the rooms and that causes the volumes to change differently in each room and it already sounds louder or weaker than the “balance” that I give it had givenThe same thing happens to me if I do it from my IOS phoneDoes anyone know how to solve it?thank you

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HightrayContributor I
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iPhone App volume, screen update, not playing what you touch

This is terrible. It’s already November and basically I have 27 speakers that are barely worth their weight.  The volume is completely unresponsive. It can take up to 30 seconds for it to change if at all. If you can’t change the volume to your music, what is the purpose of this entire set up? This is the most basic functionality.Music shown as now playing is often wrong and it takes about 30 seconds or so before the current song information is displayed in the app   Speakers take about 30 seconds or more to group together drop in and out. It is horrible. When displaying a playlist and touch the first item in the list that item does not play. It seems to pick some random song it decides to play. I have no control over it. I had none of these problems prior to this app update at the first quarter of the year and it is baffling as to why this is not fixed yet   Is there any hope out there or does anyone have any information on what to do to straighten this out? I considered removing ever

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DJHammondContributor II
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i am still having problems with the app.

After numerous updates and apologies it is still clumsy to use. The response delay is appalling. Quite often I have to reboot the app for a response. Is this as good its going to get? I can't believe I've just upgraded my system with 3 new 2nd generation speakers on the back of empty promises. 

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wattsieContributor I
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Android App Home Page - Links not Working

When I open my Sonos App on my Android Phone many of the tiles do not form correctly. It can take several minutes for them to form. Sometimes they form but when you press them the App changes to a screen "System not Connected". When the App is reset it finds the system again. Then when the tile is pressed I get the message "Something went Wrong". It often takes a couple.od.attempts to make it work. This was working a few months ago but is getting worst with time. I have rebooted my router and restarted the connected Sonos devices.  

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BenjzContributor I
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When will the fix for Error Code 913 be released?

I have tried the suggested workarounds to add my LaCie external drive (contains my music library) as a networked device, but I cannot get it to work on my MAC desktop. Has Sonos provided a release date when this error will be fixed? Thank you.

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GBTCContributor I
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YouTube music search

Hi there, When searching on Sonos app for YouTube music playlist/artist or songs then selecting YouTube Music to view more search results, the app crashes.  This happens on iOS 16.1.1. and iPadOS 15.6.1. I have tried another iOS device running same versions as above with same results.  I’m using Sonos 14.20 anyone else experiencing the same?

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CyclopopsContributor I
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Sonos suddenly cannot access music which now only seems to be on Onedrive

Yesterday I was suddenly unable to play my music as seemingly could not be found. The only thing that has happened is for first time I allowed Onedrive to sync all my laptop files, and now I cannot see them on my C drive, just Onedrive. However, my C Drive seems still very full as though all my files are still there but I (and SONOS) cannot see them. I am at a loss as I’m not that technical.  Thanks for any help with thisBrian

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Naplesnole77Contributor I
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new sonos app not working on Android

Keeps saying I have no system...hard to get to my music

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Ryan GraubnerContributor I
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Local music library has never worked since the infamously bad app update

Well, I’m at my wits end and never before have I regretted dropping over £1000 on what I thought was a well researched purchase. You know the score, Sonos pushes out probably the worst app update in the history of app development (seriously, if there’s been anything worse I’d be curious to hear about it) and my local music library, one of the things I bought all these speakers for has not worked since.I’ve read and tried everything that the guides suggest to no avail. I can get the app to recognise and add my music library but no content ever appears. Checked all the Smbv2 settings and Windows 11 seems convinced that nothing is wrong. Out of desperation I did a full windows re-install from scratch and of course that didn’t help.Can anyone who’s managed to achieve the seemingly impossible tell me what they did to finally get it working?

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BaehrmmiContributor I
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Album list limited to 50 items

The new Sonos app shows no more than 50 items in the album list. This means that it is no longer possible to browse typically older albums of artists who have many, For example David Bowie and Frank Zappa. But there are many many more of course.Will this be solved soon? Is this a known issue?

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pschweichContributor I
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Siriusxm 'something went wrong'

I have removed sonos app, siriusxm app, removed siriusxm from sonos app and added it back as well as rebooted router and still get ‘something went wrong’ when trying to play anything from siriusxm. streaming works in siriusxm app. 

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CecaubContributor I
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volume control

Why in the world was volume control removed from the iphone app????  This is very frustrating.

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JJDContributor I
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App menu timing

The App Volume menu closes within seconds  of opening.  Is there a way to keep the menu open for more than 3 seconds before making a choice?  it constantly closes as I am looking at the different volumes - very frustrating to keep reopening  it appears the only menu with a rapid/ quick dwell time - others remain open until closed 

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essenbyEnthusiast I
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Music Library structure.

Have had issue with the indexing of my Nas based Music Library I decided to try an tidy it up at file level.   First I must state that some of the library was impoirted from an iTunes library on my laptop an some was ripped directly into the destination without being “doctored” by iTunes.  Consequently, at Windows file level the shared folder on my NAS contains a variety of entries as follows:Some subfolders are named after the title of the album and contain all the album tracks Some are named after the artist with a subfolder for each album and the individual album tracks in those sub-folders Some have the artist name, with an album sub-folder containing just one track - these are from compilation albums.Before I start re-arranging these files my question is - does Sonos have a “preferred” structure, or do they all have to follow the same standard, or id it totally agnostic to this?   My preference will be to have each album in its own folder as that will make it easier to ensure the