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How to use Sonos in homekit

@BretonMaitre There are still some issues with HomeKit but if you Airplay to a Sonos speaker registered as an accessory in the Home App and...
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Mike ShockContributor I
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Error 1000 - SOLVED (in my case)

This topic is older and might not have the most up to date information. Please click here to see a list of more topics around the same subject.  Recently I bought 2 Sonos Roam speakers and tried to add one of them to my system in the mobile app (v.80.01.07, Android), but the setup failed at the last stage - at adding and trying to update the speaker. After this my new Roam was seen in my system but its state was “Not registered”. I couldn’t use it - the app suggested to update the speaker but I got the “Error 1000” message.Then I Thought about adding my Roam in the Sonos controller program (v.16.2, MS Windows 11) on my PC. On starting the program suggested to update (I thought - to update the program, but it updated my speaker as I understood later). I aggreed and the update succeded.After that I made factory reset on this Roam speaker (https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/reset-your-sonos-product).Then I tried again to add this speaker in the mobile app and heard the greeting sound

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WillyeckerslikeAvid Contributor I
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Amazon Unlimited

Hi all,I’ve just got Amazon unlimited music to replace YouTube music.  I’ve restarted router, iPad, android phone and all my speakers and deauthorized YouTube.  I authorized Amazon and all my playlists show, but they’re empty.  Sometimes they show up but disappear rather quickly.  I followed a few guides clicking the heart button on all songs but it’s the same.  All worked well with YouTube so can’t understand.  There’s only 5 playlists, maximum has 99 songs and probably 30 to 40 albums.   Deleted apps, reauthorized Amazon numerous times bu still nothing. Any help appreciated.Possibly go to Spotify if that better integration?Will

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kevinboardleyEnthusiast I
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Update on 'new' Sonos App

Well it's been over 5 months since I was, last posting here about problems with the new app. That's if the count on that old and now closed post is still updating as time moves on. That was when ​@Ken_Griffiths kindly offered to assist me and suggested a whole list of re-configuration to try with the assumption the issues MAY be something to do with my network. As I said, very kind of Ken but a list I looked at with a sense of dread at the time it would take me, on my own, to make those changes, let alone understand the technicalities of some of what was suggested.Well, the good news is that the app is much more responsive now and functions more as was presumably intended before the premature launch. The unsurprising thing, to me, is what this considerable improvement in app responsiveness required me to do. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.Which tells me that my assertion that the issues I was experiencing were nothing to do with my network/ Sonos configuration was CORRECT.I have changed nothing on

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Duplicate listening history with Deezer API

Dear sonos support,While working with listening history tracking tools, I’ve encountered what seems a bug with how Sonos communicates with Deezer. Each time I listen to a track, the track is always put two times in the listening history: once the song is started and once song ends and going to the next one.Also each time I pause and restart a song the song is put once more in the listening history.The issue is not related to the tracking tool I’m using, it can be seen directly on Deezer webapp/mobile app.Maybe it’s related to the fact I’m still using Sonos S1 and didn’t upgrade to the new versions (I’m limited by my 1st gen play 5 speakers).

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bo.furustamContributor I
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Sonos Play 5 gen 1 Spotify vs. Tidal

Hello, I have a play 5 gen 1 and had interruptions during music through Spotify. When I switched to Tidal the problem was solved. 

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Jat1nContributor I
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unable to find Ibiza live radio on sonos app

unable to find Ibiza live radio on sonos app you can’t add the URL into TuneIn Radio either  please advise...

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App reliability gone backwards again

I was one of the many users who experienced issues with the app re-write, but slowly, very slowly most the issues were fixed. Then a few weeks back there was a minor app update, supposedly to fix bugs and improve reliability, but it has had the opposite effect for me. Issues have included:* Being logged out repeatedly* Having individual speakers disappear - particularly my Beam.* Having the entire system temporarily disappear* Having my favourites or recently played lists grey out / disappear.Nothing has changed on my network. Its a simple single wifi router network in a freestanding house with little network interference. Router is a ~9 months old mid-range TP-Link.This is driving me nuts. I was finally not detesting using this system and now I'm back to wondering about the resale value.Have others noticed recent downgrades in reliability? What can be done? 

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jonathaContributor I
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iOS Sonos App Error: 'This content is not available' for Shared Library Albums"

With the latest versions of the iOS app, when trying to play favorites or recent listens, I get the error “This content is not available” for any album in the shared library. However, using the Sonos app on a Windows PC, the same favorites play without any issues. Is this happening to you as well? Do you know how to fix it, considering Sonos support didn't go beyond asking me to restart the phone and reinstall the app?

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PeterMaherContributor I
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the S2 app not working

What is going on with Sonos? Has it been taken over by a bunch of grifters. The S1 app was useless and now after making its customers suffer through the S1  They have come up with the S2. Which won't even let me sign in on Android,  but will ask me for money, so that I might be able at some time in the future to actually use the speakers I purchased ... this is  a class action in the waiting .. Sonos for some reason can make speakers, but not a control system 

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Wayne356Contributor I
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Rename a room

I’ve just put Sonos Era 100 in my workshop. But “workshop” isn’t an option I can choose as a room name. Is it possible to customise the list of rooms that Sonos provide??

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schnawlTrending Lyricist I
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No products found

Starting to lose my patience with this now. I’ve had numerous phone calls and chats, read up on the site forums. Is it just me or does sonos and BT not work? I’ve tried disabling all security on all devices 🙄 Any help before I stick this lot on ebay and buy something that actually works? Is it me or the product? 😔 

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warbuff24Contributor II
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unmuting with Airplay

I noticed that after updating the app and speaker firmware, when I unmute by clicking the mute button, the volume jumps back to what I set it to but no music plays from that speaker. After a few seconds it drops to 0. This only happens with airplay. This is not happening when using bluetooth or playing directly from the app. 

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group volume sync - feature request

There is still one big issue for me regarding to volume control of grouped rooms. In the past the most comfortable way to set all grouped rooms to the same volume level was setting the main slider to zero. Then you immediately were able to raise volume for all grouped rooms at the same level.Now I have to wait for about 8 seconds!!! after setting to zero before I can raise volume in sync. Otherwise the grouped rooms won’t set to zero.I really hope Sonos will find a way to get this sorted. A maximum of 2-3 seconds to wait would be welcome for me, or an optional button in group control would be fine to activate synced volume for all grouped rooms (maybe at level of the most „silent“ room of the group).  

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New App and System release. The return of A to Z local library scrolling.

At last it seems A to Z scrolling of local library folders is back along with some Sonos Ace features including, it would seem, the long awaited Truecinema.  I can’t see the scrolling yet so assume it’s rolling out to devices over the next few days, how does that work though even I’m on the new versions?

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MetaurielContributor I
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Using Spiritune with Sonos

I would like to listen to Music from Spiritune, a third party music streaming service, through my Sonos system. So far, it seems to not be supported by Sonos.It would be nice if support for the service could be added to the app.

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Di donatochrisContributor I
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controle vocal systeme

Hello Le système de contrôle vocal ne fonctionne plusnous vins fais la mise à jour en suivant les recommandations mais rien a faire .. Moderator edit:Google Translate- The voice control system no longer works.We tried updating as directed, but nothing worked.

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twrvaTrending Lyricist I
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Preserving a 3 speaker Group with TV as the source

Given the system/configuration: Room 1 with a TV/Ray and Era 100, and adjoining room 2 with a TV/Ray. Sourced from room 1’s Ray, but muted so that sound is only playing from the room 1 Era and room 2 Ray.It is awesome that Sonos supports this configuration. However it is impossible (so far as I can tell) without the Sonos app to restore this configuration when it is lost. And, even with the app, it can still take several steps (and become frustrating) to restore it exactly as described, and very challenging to train someone unfamiliar with the app (i.e. just make it work they tell me).So my question is what is the easiest way to set / restore that configuration?I have tried, for example, to use Sonos Voice (talking to the Era since the Ray’s done support voice), e.g. “hey Sonos, source room 1 ray from the TV” almost works but breaks the TV/Ray off from the original group (and starts playing the Era’s previous source on the speakers left in the broken group). 

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cshwoneContributor I
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System only lays 2 out of 4 devices

My system is a Roam, OneSL, Play:1 and Connect.  All four appear in the app and disappear, reappear if I recycle the power on an individual unit. For some reason both the OneSL and Play1 are no longer able to play. When I select a source on the App I get “Couldn’t play content, try again” and “something went wrong” This has only occurred recently, but can’t identify any specific date. Nothing in my network has changed.Both the Roam and connect perform as normal. Any clues?

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laconicEnthusiast I
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Apple Music Lossless on Play 5s Gen 1 via S1 app

Just pulled my old pair of Play 5 Gen 1s out for a listen. They still sound so good.  Does anyone know if they are capable of playing a lossless stream from Apple Music?  I’m playing it but there’s no “lossless” logo appearing as it does in the new Sonos app when using a compatible speaker.  I found a list of Sonos devices that don’t support lossless and the Play 5 isn’t on it so I assume it can support it - I’m just unclear whether it’s actually playing lossless due to the lack of the lossless logo.  EDIT - I’ve confirmed that Deezer HiFi is supported as you can see the track format is showing as FLAC.  Here’s the list of devices from Sonos: ”Can all Sonos products stream lossless audio from Apple Music?Most Sonos products can stream lossless audio from Apple Music. However, some older products don’t support the required streaming protocol (HLSv7) and will stream audio at a lower quality. The following Sonos products won’t stream lossless audio from Apple Music:Connect (Gen 1) Connect

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loungebobContributor II
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"Unable to play XX - the share //XX does not exist"

I use m3u playlists created elsewhere to play my SMB shared music on Sonos.The playlists are imported/added through folder add in library.All files are on the same share, in the same folder structure.The playlists are added properly as far as I can see in the (Windows) desktop app and it plays fine when I hit shuffle until it stops randomly. I can see (on screen and in the useless help/log) that Sonos desktop app thinks the share does not exist (or the file, the wording points to the whole share) "Unable to play XX - the share //XX does not exist".It was playing just fine until this. So I hit play manually on the songs it thinks it cannot access and sometimes they play right away, sometimes Sonos keeps stating the same error for a few tries and then plays it anyway. I’ve also seen it playing a file while simultaneously saying that it cannot play it because the share does not exist.What is this? Is there any better logs than the help/error log that says almost nothing?Just to weed out s

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Scott SBContributor I
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WIFI Password Incorrect Fix + SONOS temporary WIFI network not appearing during setup

If you’re getting a “password incorrect” error when you’re trying to connect your SONOS product to your WIFI, below is what is likely wrong (*Spoiler alert, it is likely NOT that you entered the wrong password, accidentally copied and pasted a space into your password, or used a “tricky” special character). The culprit is most likely that your SONOS component (or app if you are a S1 user) is a model that cannot connect to your router’s current setting...BUT...you can probably do a quick setting change to your router to fix the issue. For example, my old Connect Amp running S1 needs my router to be set to 2.4 ghz and 802.11g. My new router broadcasts in both 2.4 and 5 ghz (so no issue there), but it defaults to 802.11n only. I had to access the router’s settings and switch it from 802.11n only to 802.11 n+b+g to finally get passed the dreaded “password incorrect” error. If you’re curious what WIFI mode your SONOS component is compatible with, see the following link:https://support.sonos

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tmaddisonContributor I
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How to get Sonos ERA 100 to play all personal Spotify playlists?

Hi,New Sonos user here, just bought an ERA 100.  Have it all configured the way I want it, sounds great, but am having a problem with personal playlists with Spotify.  Spotify is connected just fine, I have a premium subscription, I can play anything I want through the Sonos with it using the Spotify app, BUT it seems to have difficulty finding some of my personal playlists using voice commands.If I say “Hey Sonos, play ______ playlist from Spotify” it works sometimes, but other times it ignores personal playlists with the exact name I gave and and jumps to some other playlist (not my personal one) that has a similar-but-not-the-same name.My list names are not complex.  For example, “Female Vocalists” works fine, but “Dance Music” does not.  Asking for the former results in hearing that playlist, asking for the latter results in playback of a similar playlist from somewhere else on Spotify.The interweb thinks there’s somewhere in the app one can go to manage playlists, I see that for p

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PmetContributor I
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Cannot play different music on different speakers using I-Pad app

I can’t play different music on different speakers.  Have two I-pads and whatever selection I make on one I-Pad effects the app running on the second I-Pad.  Went round and round with suppport chat and got no answers.  On either I-pad I can’t control other speakers independent of the first selection running.  On the desktop app can control speakers independent of that is happening on app.What am I doing wrong?

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emgeeseaContributor II
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Why is Sonos Web so Terrible?

I have been a Sonos user for over 10 years, and it seems like the web app just keeps getting worse. Who designed this? It’s seems to have been designed by people who don’t ever use the service. I like to have Sonos music playing in my house all day, and it is easiest to use my MacBook for this. But this requires using Sonos web, and the website app is horribly designed. Navigation is tedious, requiring far too many clicks to get anywhere. For example, to select a new playlist from the My List function I have to close all current windows and go back to My Services/My mix. This is just an example; there are many other problems with the design of the web app.Another issue is that the system keeps dropping the multiple speakers I have set up, requiring me to reselect them whenever I open the app.It seems as though Sonos is just interested in selling products and not investing in good app design/functionality.Very frustrating after spending hundreds of dollars on 3 Sonos speakers.

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Alonso ASContributor I
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youtube videos in Sonos

Has anyone found, created or known a way to play the YouTube music video in the Sonos app to be able to enjoy the video in The computer application while enjoying the music with the Sonos system?

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