I'm curious what others feel about Sonos favorites in the new (v80) app. I'm sure people have provided feedback previously but a lot of this feedback is probably buried in the massive general feedback threads. I think it would be interesting to have a dedicated thread on Sonos favorites. Please add your thoughts.
Here are my thoughts...
I'm not particularly fond of the way favorites has been implemented in the new app. In the old (v16) app different favorite sections were placed on the My Sonos tab and if I remember correctly I could re-arrange the order of the different sections to my personal preference. In the new app its not possible to arrange the order of favorite sections within the main favorites screen, and the favorites we see on the home screen are not under our control. It seems to me that recently added favorites are shown on the home screen. This isn't the favorites section that I want on the home screen, and so for me is just a waste of space, even more so since it occupies two rows instead of one.
Here are my suggestions for favorites….
1. On the Home screen, the link to the main Sonos Favorites page should just be a simple small link (like the link to Music library). It does not need to be accompanied by 2 rows of recently added favourites beneath it (or anything Sonos assumes we want to see). Those who do want to see recently added favorites on their home screen could be catered for by implementing suggestion # 2 below.
2. We should be able to pin favourite sections to the home screen, so if I want to see my favourite stations, albums (or whatever) on the home screen I could and I would have control over which sections are added. Those who want to see recently added favorites on the home screen could obviously choose to pin that section.
3. We should be able to re-arrange the order of the sections within the favorites screen (like we can re-arrange the order of sections on the home screen). Although for me the need for this would be lessened if we could pin favorite sections to the home screen as per suggestion 2.