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It has been raised and suggested by several users for many, many years yet Sonos does not seem to be receptive.

It’s a huge paradox there is no central reboot feature in the app when reboot is the first and foremost default remedy suggested by Sonos support. I can’t think of any issue (and there are quite many) that hasn’t been responded to by Sonos: try to 1) reboot your Sonos system, 2) reboot your router. Whatever the problem, try a reboot and let us know if it didn’t work.

The latter is easy, my FRITZ box interface has that feature. However for Sonos reboot I have to climb and crawle the entire house. Up to the ceilings, down on the floors, under furniture, behind shelves. Such a pain, such an annoyance every time.

Ideally, in a perfect world it would be even better to make a system that actually works flawlessly but I’m afraid that is too much to ask for. Fixing the broken app of 2024 is a protracted, neverending story, restoring functionality is a mirage, never mind improving the system. 

So yeah, a reboot in app would be a great feature in the absence of a really functioning system.

Used to be a reboot option in the web interface but it was removed. Long ago but the discussion is still likely here if you search for it.

But yes, Sonos doesn't seem receptive. 

  • This used to be a feature, but was removed for security reasons because some fools expose their devices to the internet
  • No-one should need to reboot devices at all often
  • If a reboot is required its because of a network issue, therefore how would a reboot even work when the network connection is down

My brain isn't up to remembering details that far back and I'm too lazy to search, but I seem to recall things going wrong with playing music but leaving the internal web page / reboot still working. 

 No big deal for me as I just added remote power switches to any Sonos where the power plug was difficult to access. That was really needed here as I have 2 Sonos that I need to bring in younger family to unplug.

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  • If a reboot is required its because of a network issue, therefore how would a reboot even work when the network connection is down

Network issues don’t always = network connection down. Also IME when contacting Sonos support the first thing they want is a full reboot, would be very helpful for this. 

I completely agree. It’s frustrating that a simple central reboot feature hasn’t been added yet, especially since rebooting is often the first troubleshooting step Sonos support suggests. You can see a similar discussion here. Having it in the app would save so much time and effort. Hopefully, Sonos listens to feedback like this.

 

Moderator Note: This post is likely AI generated.

AI or not, this feature would be a Support time saver — even if it was password protected and could only be executed by a support agent.

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