14.20 update

I installed the new update yesterday and whilst it seemed OK on my iPad, on my Android phone I started a radio station playing on my lounge speakers and then after a few seconds of it playing OK I pressed Stop on the Android app and it didn’t stop even though the button changed to the Play button. It took nearly a minute for the speakers to stop playing.

I didn’t experience this on the iPad app though, that responded to the Stop immediately.

Yep.. many have turned off auto updates in fear of a worsening sound. Many wonder why they are always updating. When it’s good , they should leave it alone. 

So is it safe to update? No terrible sound signature? 

No, it is absolutely NOT safe to update! There is a high risk of spontaneous combustion of all Sonos speakers, combined with a rapid spreading contagious disease within a 20 miles radius and, to top it all off, you risk instant suffocation. So no, do NOT update, no matter what anyone else is saying.

I think you’re exaggerating. The disease radius is only 10 miles, and the spontaneous combustion risk is only “medium”. 😜

After 14.19.1 volume is 15% lower than before on arc. Subs clip on low end and ones are noticeably louder not matching the arc’s low volume..14.20 no different. 

I also saw this, the update fails first time, click retry and it works, on both 14.20 and previous update.

I submitted a diagnostic, and spoke to support, they said all OK, nothing to worry about it it works second time. They said there is a small bug if using iOS 16, it reports it fails, but it hasn't. Also, it can report its failed when using SonosNet, if a speaker is rebooting as part of update, and other speaker(s) connected to the speaker that is rebooting are unable to connect to another speaker via SonosNet, maybe due to location etc. Sonos support reassured me if it works second time, nothing to be concerned about.

I didn’t notice any spontaneous combustion though. 😮

Last update prior to 14.20 had serious issues with sync drifting in my system. Never had that issue before, hoping it's fixed in 14.20...

Did someone update from 14.19.1 and regret it?

I did. No problems at all for me. With 14.20 and latest beta for apple tv, I have no longer pops and other sound issues while watching dolby vision or any other content, not a single one !