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Hey everyone,

My system is well connected to my WiFi. It shows all my speakers and surround in the app as being connected and available. But the app seems unable to actually send / play the music or any other service to the system. When pushing play the icon just kind of is on hold as if it’s trying to connect. 
i have updated the system and reconnected to my WiFi a million times now. 
what am I missing?? 
Greetings from Denmark🇩🇰

Have you tried restarting your router and your iPhone?

You can also try resetting the app and reconnecting to your system.


Hello. Since 10 days all my Sonos speakers can’t play Spotify and stream Spotify via Airplay Wifi. I have been in contact with Sonos support 5 times and yesterday they said that there has been a lot of users with the same problem. I have also been in contact with Spotify and they were not aware of the issue? I have updated all devises, re-installed Spotify and Sonos and done everything the supports have asked me to do. The only thing which is working is Sonos Radio and other music services but not Spotify.

I told Sonos support to put this as an issue so other users could be aware of this enoying issue. But not seen anything posted. I guess they prefer of spending hours of support of people like me contacting them instead...


For several months I've experienced multiple connection issues. Most of the time the 5 devices don't connect to any devices. I've restarted my phone (Android) and it may connect. Please don't ask me to reboot my router, I have 20 devices with no issues. This is most likely an app issue. I found articles online from ZDnet that indicated there was a bad upgrade to the Sonos app. When will this problem be addressed.  I have a lot invested in this system and I'd like it to work without problems. 

Regards,

Gary Lloyd


Sorry, I only agree with the ZDNet article in terms of when the new Sonos software  was originally released, there have been ongoing improvements since that point. 

I’m afraid it is much more likely duplicate IP addresses being handed to your Sonos devices by your router. If you’re unwilling to ‘fix’ this by a router reboot, you can, more laboriously, set up reserved IP addresses for your Sonos in your router’s DHCP table. Check your router’s manual on how to do this process, it seems as each router does it slightly differently than another.
 

This is unfortunately a condition caused by the router, and exacerbated by Sonos, as Sonos, every time you update the speaker’s software (not the controller itself), it asks your router for a new IP address. If your router is ‘lost’ in its DHCP table (caused, I suspect, by a power surge, but I am guessing, I’m not overly familiar with each router), it can hand the Sonos a duplicate IP address, which is being used by another device. While most devices don’t require a constant connection, unlike Sonos, this may be less of an issue for them, especially as they don’t usually ask for new IP addresses. 

Or,  it could be something much easier to deal with, such as wifi interference . Note that all interference may not come from ‘inside’, I have had experiences from errant microwaves, as well as new neighbors setting up their network, which interfered with my own.

However, if you think there may be something else going on, I would recommend that you submit a system diagnostic within 10 minutes of experiencing this problem, and call Sonos Support to discuss it.

There may be information included in the diagnostic that will help Sonos pinpoint the issue and help you find a solution.

When you speak directly to the Support staff, they have tools at their disposal that will allow them to give you advice specific to your network and Sonos system.


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