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Sonos Radio HD - "Your Listening to...." constantly being played

  • December 29, 2025
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Subscribed to Sonos Radio HD. the music quality and mix of music is good, the one thing letting it down is the constant station idents - “90 Mixtape on Sonos” being played. Why do I want that when im paying for a music service…. 

Really ruins the experience and caused me to instantly cancel. Assumed that on the free one you might get that but on one that is almost on par with the cost of Spotify/Apple Music and limited to the Sonos speakers (cant listen in the car, headphones etc...) and still just constantly being told what the playlist I selected is is just annoying. 

Sonos - Give the premium experience and dont ruin the atmosphere with station idents. Why would I want to use a Dinner Party Playlist for a dinner party when every few songs me and my guests are reminded we are listening to a Sonos Playlist…. 

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Corry P
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  • Sonos Staff
  • December 30, 2025

Hi ​@Stonesynchro 

Welcome back to the Sonos Community!

Thank you for sharing your feedback! I've noted your suggestion as a feature request, and it will be passed along to the relevant teams for consideration. We truly appreciate your ideas, so please keep them coming!

Just to clarify, station idents are a standard part of the radio listening experience. Unlike traditional music streaming services, Sonos Radio is designed as a radio service. By subscribing to Sonos Radio HD, you gain benefits like higher-quality playback, access to additional stations, and the ability to skip tracks.

I hope this helps.


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  • December 30, 2025

Fair enough, however the reason for the promotion is due to listener numbers and advert, but im paying. Im not sure anyone would use a traditional radio experience for background music to a cocktail party or whatever. The creepy semi ai voice who randomly decides to tell you the artist as well is a bit jarring. 

I have unsubscribed and would prefer to use Apple Music Radio as it doesnt do this and is more of a music service not a paid for radio with idents and interruptions to music. Probably wont be using Sonos Radio again if that is how the service is designed, might be people who want that, but it's not made clear that idents still play. 

Except for that, was a really good service as mentioned with alot of good mix and music and genres. 


Corry P
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  • Sonos Staff
  • December 30, 2025

Hi ​@Stonesynchro 

Thank you for the additional feedback!

I can’t say if the voice is AI-generated or not - I really don’t know.