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My Sonos iPhone App can no longer find my Sonos system on my home network.

I can connect to my Sonos system on my MacBook, my iPad and use the voice control to operate it but the iPhone app just won’t connect.

I did try following the in app instructions to update my Sonos system wifi settings to the wifi it is already using but when I try this the set-up fails.

My iPhone 16 Pro Max is running iOS 18.1 (22B83)

  • Yes,  have checked I have updated to the latest Sonos app version - V: 80.11.39 that updated 2 days ago.
  • Yes, “Local Network” is enabled and I am using the same internet connection on my phone as my Sonos system.
  • Yes, I turned off and on again all the speakers and my iPhone.

 

Any thoughts as to why the app has stopped working?

 

 

One additional fix I’ve found that after enduring these same issues for MONTHS!!!!  I use the Sonos Boost to create the mesh network, and it’s now hard-wired to my WiFi hub.  If you go to manage  Networks settings, make sure that it doesn’t have a WiFi connection still active as it seems to confuse it.  As soon as I deleted the WiFi reference everything worked swimmingly!

Hey there all,  If your Sonos app on an iPhone/iPad won’t get past the ‘Update Required’ page, yesterday I found a solution that worked for me.

Unknown initially, my Sub and 2x Era300 needed updates, but for whatever knockery, these updates wouldn’t apply until I powered-down everything, then:

  1. Powered up Arc + Sub (part of same group).  Updated Sub (took 2 attempts)
  2. Power-cycled Arc + Sub, then powered-up 2x Era300 (rear surrounds for Arc)
  3. Discovered update for Arcs.  Applied this and tested.  App lags terribly.
  4. Proceeded to power-up remaining speakers (4x Play:1, 2x Play:3, 2x Play 5 & Connect Amp)
  5. Use Google Home or Sonos Web app to control.

I don’t know why but neither my iPhone nor iPad (both running IOS 18) work properly - they’ll connect to the Sonos system but there’s never anything playing, volume controls don’t work etc.  Randomly the app will show me something, but when I try to use the app it’s hopeless.  My wife’s and kid’s Android devices work fine, so no idea what the problem is.

 

Rather frustrating.

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