When The new design of apps launched in May 2024 I found that the only controller left that would allow you to control your sonos devices without an Internet connection was the Windows Desktop App.
This appears to no longer be the case and the Windows app now fails without an internet connection.
Can I ask
in which version was this change made?
and can we get a copy of the old version from somewhere?
Hello
When The new design of apps launched in May 2024 I found that the only controller left that would allow you to control your sonos devices without an Internet connection was the Windows Desktop App.
Having internet connection is a requirement in order to be able to control your Sonos system via the Sonos App from any device, be that a smartphone, tablet, Mac or Windows PC.
In order to detect and control your Sonos, you will need the device on which you are using the Sonos App to be in the same network as your Sonos System and with internet access.
I hope this helps.
Try a third party app (eg mine, see profile), I am not aware of any internet requirement for those. Obviously you are limited to local file playback in this mode.
In fact I was not previously aware of the desktop app suddenly requiring this, particularly as it has taken very few changes for years.
I blocked the internet on my PC and did some testing.
Both S1 and S2 apps worked fine.
I also tried both of my Windows apps and they worked fine too, though were slow to startup as they tried to get artwork from the internet. Once loaded they worked fine.
Hello
When The new design of apps launched in May 2024 I found that the only controller left that would allow you to control your sonos devices without an Internet connection was the Windows Desktop App.
Having internet connection is a requirement in order to be able to control your Sonos system via the Sonos App from any device, be that a smartphone, tablet, Mac or Windows PC.
In order to detect and control your Sonos, you will need the device on which you are using the Sonos App to be in the same network as your Sonos System and with internet access.
I hope this helps.
Sonos have previously confirmed the system is capable of working in an offline mode with limitations.
The official answer confused me too. Sure, some things would require Internet access (streaming obviously), but basic control didn't necessarily need it I thought.
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