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Hi @Corry P, could you report this, please?

 

What controller device is it - make/model? Only I see the full text on my iPhone XR controller. Could it be you are using a larger/bolder device font? See image below:

 


What controller device is it - make/model? Only I see the full text on my iPhone XR controller. Could it be you are using a larger/bolder deviceee image below font? S:

 

Pixel 7 and you are right about larger font, but the UI should be able to deal with this.

 


What controller device is it - make/model? Only I see the full text on my iPhone XR controller. Could it be you are using a larger/bolder device font? See image below:

 



 

Font size or type should not matter to the app if it is coded properly. People who use large fonts should be accommodated by the app. Basic accessibility. 


What controller device is it - make/model? Only I see the full text on my iPhone XR controller. Could it be you are using a larger/bolder device font? See image below:

 

Font size or type should not matter to the app if it is coded properly. People who use large fonts should be accommodated by the app. Basic accessibility.

I don’t disagree @almazri - I was just trying to help establish perhaps what the issue was here. If the Sonos Staff also don’t pickup this thread too, it’s worthwhile @furacaopr reporting the matter to Sonos Support via this link:

https://support.sonos.com/s/contact


@furacaopr

I’m suspect that the truncating of text on your device has anything to do with the Sonos app. I have a iPhone 15 ProMax and the following slides detail how I have maxed the Display Settings for Text and Zoom. The last slide shows the Music Playback section for surrounds in the Sonos App. The rendering is in full complete text and graphic (readable)…but just blown waaay out of portion. 

That said I’d look further into your device software and settings. You might try rebooting your device to correct the issue.

Edit: If using an Android device there may be an issue with the Sonos app code when using enlarged text and zoom features. However, I can’t prove or disprove that theory. That said you may want to contact Sonos Tech support. If you want @Corry P to look into it I’d send him a PM for a faster response.

 

Bold Text

 

Text Size

 

Display Zoom_Larger Text

 

Sonos App_Rendering

 


It's the app which doesn't adjust correctly on Android. At least on my Pixel 7:

Font and Display size reset to default settings:

 

 

Larger Font and Display sizes:

 


Font size or type should not matter to the app if it is coded properly. People who use large fonts should be accommodated by the app. Basic accessibility. 

Same goes for Landscape mode, far too many things are unreachable until you rotate your device to Portrait.

Worse if like me you use both. 


@furacaopr 

I apologize….I do have an Android device. However, it’s a Galaxy Tab A9+ running Android 14. I only recently bought the device to get a modicum of understanding of how the Sonos App behaves in the Android OS.

I’m still learning the device and haven’t yet mastered uploading screen shots so I can’t provide visuals. However, this is what I did;

  • In settings I went to Accessibility (for Vision, Hearing and Dexterity) and selected  Large Display

I realize that my Galaxy Tab has much more display real estate in both portrait and landscape mode. However, in both modes the section of the Sonos app being discussed herein; rendered properly. 

That said IMO it’s either a Software incompatibility depending upon what version of Android OS your Pixel 7 is running; or it’s just that Android tablets do a better job of displaying apps in the Large Display mode.🤔


Yes I have an Android tablet that works too with the largest text/display settings. I just don’t have an Android phone, so perhaps not a good comparison - the iPhone XR I have displays that same text okay too with largest text size.


That said IMO it’s either a Software incompatibility depending upon what version of Android OS your Pixel 7 is running; or it’s just that Android tablets do a better job of displaying apps in the Large Display mode.🤔

The Sonos app has known issues with scaling fonts eg the still unfixed bug that blocks accepting the EULA with large fonts active. It seems way more likely this is a Sonos issue notwithstanding your Galaxy Tab. 


Yes I have an Android tablet that works too with the largest text/display settings. I just don’t have an Android phone, so perhaps not a good comparison - the iPhone XR I have displays that same text okay too with largest text size.

You might be able to reproduce if you also slide the display size setting all the way to the right on your Android tablet. 
 


I was able to get the text size so BIG on an iPhone XR that the text-display is extra/extra large and still the Sonos App works - Using the chosen screenshot mentioned here, just as an example, I had to record a video to get all the display included as the text is that big.

However as you can perhaps see from the attached, all the information is still there and not truncated. So it’s perhaps just an Android matter, or Pixel 7 matter, that Sonos need to look at.  


I was able to get the text size so BIG on an iPhone XR that the text-display is extra/extra large and still the Sonos App works - Using the chosen screenshot mentioned here, just as an example, I had to record a video to get all the display included as the text is that big.

However as you can perhaps see from the attached, all the information is still there and not truncated. So it’s perhaps just an Android matter, or Pixel 7 matter, that Sonos need to look at.  

Yeah your video shows how it should work. Like you I don’t see it on my iPhone -but it’s there along with a number of other LP display issues (eg can’t accept the EULA) on my Android phone (Essential). 


Yes I have an Android tablet that works too with the largest text/display settings. I just don’t have an Android phone, so perhaps not a good comparison - the iPhone XR I have displays that same text okay too with largest text size.

You might be able to reproduce if you also slide the display size setting all the way to the right on your Android tablet. 
 

It can’t get any larger text on my tablet as far as I can ascertain - but the iPhone text in my last post is the largest I could achieve with any device and the Sonos App seems fine - it’s just too big for the small phone to perhaps cope with clearly, but that could be said for any App on the App Store, I suspect.

The Sonos App display though did not truncate the text, like that seen on the Pixel 7 - so Sonos likely need to just look at the display for that Google device and see if it’s something on the Sonos side that can be fixed or pass it onto whoever can resolve the issue.


At the risk of stating the obvious, the Pixel 7 is literally a Google product and is a gold-standard-kind-of-thing wrt Android. So I agree with Ken that this is something Sonos ought to examine, as the issue likely crops up with a good slice of Android phones.

The OP has certainly done a thorough job of explaining and screen shotting things. 👏👏👏


Hi @furacaopr 

Thanks for your post!

Thanks for flagging - the app should indeed be able to adjust for bigger font sizes. I’ll report it up the chain. Thanks for the screenshots too.


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