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Rip Torn
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New SONOS App - Adding to queue

I’m unable to add an album to existing queue. Is this feature gone or am I missing it?
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David Weller
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New SONOS App - Alarms

App has been upgraded,  We onlu have IOS no access to Mac or Windows, Lost ability to use alarms etc  Can we reverse upgrade and go back? Ne...
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aitchgf
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music library after latest app update

Hi mvoslooThanks for the response tip, will try it our and see how I get on!
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KosEnthusiast II
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Sign-in once a day in the new app... what is going on?

Approximately once a day, the app prompts me to sign in.With the old apps/controllers, I stayed signed in for 15 years... Am I missing something?

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rosswells127
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lithdocTrending Lyricist I
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YouTube Music playlist problem - only 100 songs?

I have a 17 device setup and have extensive 300+ song playlists on YouTube Music.They're leftover from the days when Google Play Music worked flawlessly with direct casting to Sonos, pre lawsuit days.Until recently everything worked fine, but today I noticed that the playlists are limited to top 100 songs, the rest do not show up!I deleted the service, reauthorized it, only to run into the same issue.Any advice of how to fix this?

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2 months ago
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beynymLocal Superstar
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Where is the Mute button - New Sonos App?

I can't seem to find the Mute button, in either the new app or in the web app. Can anyone guide me in the right direction?

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4 months ago
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JStormContributor I
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SONOS S2 App Update Problems

I just found out that SONOS had an app update and I was fine with it hoping to see connection updates or any UI improvements. When I open the app, everything was gone including services, systems, and other features. Why'd they release an app update when everything isn't even working properly? I can't even connect any services, ie. Spotify or SoundCloud. Anyone got any suggestions? Samsung S20 FE btw. I managed to connect to my Symfonisks but only through the Spotify app.    Also, the UI is very laggy and glitchy. SONOS if you see this, bring back the old S2. At least it works.

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corwinyuContributor I
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Access is denied when trying to play Audible book

Getting Access is Denied when attempting to play a book through the Audible service.  Audible works as a standalone app on my iPad.

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Krishma M
4 years ago
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Johnny RicoEnthusiast II
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New app does not display music library album art

Despite downgrading to the 16.1 app on my main Android phone so I have something that works, I am keeping the new app on another Android phone and Android tablet so that I can be aware of updates and hopefully, fixes. I have a large music library on a Synology NAS, with several thousand MP3s with embedded album art.From the start, the new app has sporadically not shown the music library in my sources. When it does, I can play music, but the album art will not display for the current song, or any songs in the queue view. Even when the music library is not shown in the new app, when I start music from the 16.1 or Windows app, it will show as being played in the new app, but will still not display the album art.I’ve spent a LOT of time curating my MP3s and embedding 600x600px album art into each, so this is a real deal breaker for me. Is anyone else seeing this in the new app, and is there anything that can be done? The album art displays properly as expected in the 16.1 and Windows apps.

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2 months ago
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wisebloodContributor I
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TuneIn BBC Radio Shows “song not encoded correctly”

I have issues connecting to BBC Radio shows as “listen again”, I keep getting “unable to play ‘Steffen Peddie: **/**/2021’ - the song is not encoded correctly.”They were playing fine this morning, but they don’t play this evening.

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2 years ago
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JohnG666Enthusiast II
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Planet Rock unable to play unless select again from My Sonos stations

I have the proper Planet Rock plugin (or whatever it is called!) for Sonos and it seems to work every time on my Roam, but on the lounge speakers, if I don’t play it for a day or so, when I then press play on the Lounge it is never able to play - it comes back with “can’t find Planet Rock station” or something like that.I then have to re-select it from my radio stations on My Sonos and then it plays fine. It does the same thing no matter which app I use - I have it on an iPad Pro and on an Android phone. They both have the same issue. 

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Corry P
2 years ago
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unahppyownerEnthusiast II
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Contact Patrick Spence CEO of Sonos

Here is the posted email address for CEO Patrick Spence:  ceo@sonos.com I doubt he personally sees or cares about what we say. But worth a shot. I will say, when a company tells you who they are, it behooves us to listen. Personally I hear Sonos loud and clear, they do not give a hoot about its customers.

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3 months ago
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press250Prodigy III
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Adding a Windows SMB Share, Step-by-Step

For those who have been using the Sonos proprietary(ish) file sharing built into the about-to-be-deprecated Windows desktop client (SonosLibraryShare.exe), here are the steps to enable Windows 11 ‘native’ SMB file sharing (applies to Windows 10 with some nomenclature differences). Godspeed to all.If you’re running an up-to-date version of Windows 10 or 11, you’ll automagically get SMBv2 which is forward-compatible with Sonos. (SMBv1 and SMBv2 discussed at length elsewhere in these forums).1. Switch your LAN to “Private Network”Settings > Network & internet > Ethernet/WiFi- Select “Private Network” radio button2. Enable file sharingSettings > Network & internet > Advanced sharing settings- Under “Private networks” (current profile) section    - Set “Network discovery” On    - Set “Setup network connected devices automatically” checked    - Set “File and printer sharing” On3. Setup local account specifically for music file sharingOh man, I can’t tackle the whole “loca

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Ken_Griffiths
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ArkaedenContributor I
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Sonos Mobile App / Why?

How can an audio system that sounds so great have the primary method to manage this system on a mobile app that NEVER works. My app will not:stay connected to my wifi that is never down remember any of the systems I set up remember any of the devices I set up can rarely FIND my devices I’ve had in my home for yearsIt has NEVER worked for any reasonable amount of time. Extremely frustrating. I really regret investing in so many Sonos devices.  smh

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Rickey RocketContributor II
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For those of you who hate having to use the sonos app, here's a useful alternative

Of you're like me and despise the Sonos app and the inability to use apps like you tube (well technically any app since the Sonos app only works 1 out 20 times). I've found this app called Air Music, that allows you to cast audio to your Sonos speakers using any music service or app/player/webpage that produces audio for Android, it's basically the closest thing to Apple Airplay that if found. I can just launch you tube or spotify or my local file player and cast the audio without having the headaches of being forced to you use Sonos beyond terrible interface, highly recommend it, it's been total ges changer for me and actually makes Sonos products useable.  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.airmusic.trial

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mpnagelContributor I
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App loses connection to devices when logged in!

I’ve been struggling with the Sonos S2 app. All works fine with the app until I log in. At that point, all of my devices become unavailable. If I log out, close the app and go back in, my devices become available again. Clearly there’s something in my profile that’s completely screwed up. I’ve tried countless times to reconnect the devices, but the app always fails once I log in. It seems like I have to delete my account and recreate it, but that may be extreme (and might mess up my registrations).Of course, despite my system working fine when I’m not logged into the app, I lose access to all of my services unless I’m logged in.How do I fix this?Thanks!

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1 year ago
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aliosa27Contributor I
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The "I can't add my Ikea Symfonisk since the new app was released" thread

It seems like it's time to try to collect at much info as possible on not being able to add  Ikea symphonisk’s since the last update.In my case, I bought some Symphonisk picture frames. Via ethernet and or wifi, you can get to the very last step, verify audio pin and then you are told that there was an issue adding the product to your system no matter what route you take, manual pin verification, audio pin verification, same outcome. For science I returned the first set and got another set. Same exact issue. For science one more time, I returned those and tried it again, same exact issue.  I was able to successfully add a sub mini which is great, but pointless at this point. This was attempted with both an ios and and an android device on the latest release for both platforms. Attempting to use the 16.1 app on android to try to add these speakers does not work either. Not because it doesn’t work but because the app refuses to let you add anything IF you are not running the latest app.

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KongenTrending Lyricist I
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radioplay

HiWhy canˋt I not get RadioPlay 

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i_valentineContributor I
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SONOS App update - problems

Hi everyone!I updated the SONOS App and have been experiencing several peoblems since.I had an alarm clock that started playing music every morning with the old app. Since the update the alarm clock does not work anymore and I cannot find it in the new app anymore.Furthermore, I usually listen to a radio station via Radioplayer, but it does not work. There is always a error message (without saying what error it is).I’d really appreciate your help, especially since I practically do not/cannot use SONOS at the moment.Thank you!

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VinndalfAvid Contributor III
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Sonos app on wifi cannot see Plex server

SHORT VERSIONThe Sonos app on my desktop machine shows content from the Plex server on my NAS. Sonos apps on my iOS devices on the same network do not show any Plex content. Why not? DETAILSMy music library is on a Synology NAS.I installed Plex Server on the same NAS. I have installed Plex as a content service in Sonos.The Sonos app running on my desktop machine sees the Plex server and shows its contents.The Sonos apps running on my iOS devices do not see the Plex server. They show Plex as a service, but when I select that service there is no list of available content. It’s just blank. Looks to me like they are not connecting with the media server.I also have the Plex app installed on the iOS devices. The Plex app on those devices is finding and displaying the Plex content just fine.The NAS, the desktop machine, and the iOS devices are all on the same network. Their IP addresses are all on one VLAN.The desktop machine is connected via ethernet. I’m guessing that’s significant.The netw

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Gary CouchContributor I
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“Accept” terms and conditions button won’t turn black. It is always grey so cannot work.

“Accept” terms and conditions button won’t turn black. It is always grey so cannot work. This seems to have been a problem for over five years now with no fix. Just waiting an hour to hear back from customer support, who pointed me at a four-year-old thread to remove Sonos one and Sonos two apps, reboot your phone and start a fresh. Have repeated this a dozen times with no success. Next bit of advice from Sonos was to get an android phone instead of an iPhone. Customer support told me that my two-year-old iPhone on the latest iOS was “old”, and I should get an android to be able to use Sonos. How can this problem have been going on for five years with no fix, and no fix in sight? I have a fortune invested in Sonos one and have started investing in Sonos two which is now unavailable to me.

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Corry P
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error 913Contributor I
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cant play my own music anymore ? ridiculous

So I can’t simply play music from a folder from my 5000$ computer.. Sonos can well and truly F $ R K OFF I will deposit this rubbish out the window and spend weeks advertising you cant play your own music on this junk. pay thousands for a full set up and error 913.

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dani.w_ndersTrending Lyricist I
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Cannot adjust volume buttons with Android phone unless I'm in Spotify or Sonos app

Hi Team! I rented a Sonos Five for a few months on Grover and was very happy with it.Now I purchased my own device and I ran into the following problem which is quite detrimental to the experience.This applies to the Spotify Listening, which I always use via the Spotify App on my Android Phone. Before, I could always control the volume from wherever I am.Now I cannot control the volume unless I am currently in the Spotify or Sonos app.If I change the volume when the phone is locked or I am outside the Spotify or Sonos app, it just controls the phone ringtone volume.So every time I have to adjust the volume, i need  to unlock the phone, open one of the 2 apps, and control the volume. this does take up a lot of time because i need to adjust the volume very frequently. I already adjusted the settings as shown in the following articles Control Sonos volume with a mobile device’s hardware buttonsControl Sonos from the Android lock screen Any clue on how to fix this?

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sklein11Contributor I
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Sonos won't search Spotify

Sonos App has stopped searchin Spotify.  Both Sonos and Spotify are “working” -- i can play spotify content from within Sonos -- but I cannot seach from within Sonos.  I have (soft) repooted the speakers, rebooted my phone and removed and then readded the service,  None worked.

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1 year ago
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Doug AmesHeadliner I
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Can't add Apple Music

When I try to add Apple Music service in the S1 app (Android 11), I get a blank white screen at the point where it’s supposed to bring up the Apple login page. I tried on two different Android 11 devices. I tried adding other services as an experiment, and they all transfer correctly to the particular service login page at that same point. I asked Sonos support, and they tried some suggestions on Chat and looked at a diagnostic dump, but in the end they were stumped. I’ve successfully connected Apple Music to Sonos before, so it looks to me like a new bug between Sonos and Apple on Android 11.Unfortunately Sonos doesn’t provide any options. The Windows app is not allowed to add Apple Music. Neither is my Amazon Fire tablet running FireOS 7.3 (Android 9). Neither is the S1 app running on Android 7 any more, the device I’ve always used before.  And my iOS devices are too old to run the latest S1 app. Update: I tried updating to S2 - didn’t help, same problem.I’m out of ideas. Any suggest

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EldorkableContributor I
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My speakers/app doesnt want to play music from my phone anymore

I used to be able to play music i have stored on my phone and suddenly "this device" option has completly disapered as an option under any tab on the app. I updated by phone and the app, i check permissions, all the file locrion stored on my phone are under music, nothing has changed from when i could play from my phone to now when i cant. This is very frusting as there are some songs i have that arent availiable on streaming services.  How do i fix it?  

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dmashmoreContributor I
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Sonos PC app can't individual speaker volumes in a group

I have the Sonos app installed on a Windows 11 PC.  I have a group of three rooms that are almost always grouped together.  On the Windows app I can control the group’s volume as a whole, but the individual room volume sliders don’t work, and the icon to mute/unmute is darkened out and can’t be clicked. For reference I can control individual room volumes on my phone app.

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timmycTrending Lyricist I
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Plex integration: "Unable to play '[track]' - the connection to Plex was lost"

Sonos version: 11.2.13Plex version: 1.25.0.5282 (same issue encountered with 1.24.x.x)Plex running in Docker container on an HP MicroServer serving music stored on same server. Plex app works fine and can browse/stream music from internal LAN and from outside LAN. Sonos app can browse music on Plex fine.Until recently, I’ve been able to stream Plex music to SONOS without issues. It stopped working a couple of days ago. A new Plex update became available today and I’ve tried that with no success. Problem description:I believe the following are related issues as they started at the same time.Variant 1:Using the SONOS appFind and select track from Plex. When Sonos attempts to play track it reports error:Unable to play track '<track name>' - the connection to Plex was lost.Variant 2:Using the Plex web app, the cast locates SONOS boxes but when trying to connect reports:Playback ErrorAn error occurred loading the media being played on "<sonos device>". Expected behaviour:SONOS p

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Ken_Griffiths
2 years ago
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