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mikeazaz
Contributor I
August 26, 2014

Alarms - Grouped Rooms

  • August 26, 2014
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New feature request. Would be nice addition to the alarms function if instead of just being able to have grouped rooms included in the alarm, being able to select which rooms to group for the alarm. In my scenario, I have certain rooms that are grouped at night for a bedtime alarm that begins a certain playlist. In the morning, I would like to have an alarm that plays a morning playlist in a list of grouped rooms that are not necessarily the same as the bedtime alarm. Now those rooms have to be already grouped in order for an alarm to work. I want to be able to specify which rooms should be grouped when the alarm is executed, even if they are not currently grouped.
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    jgatie
    jgatie
    December 19, 2017
    I'm sure the total of 10 replies over 3 years has something to do with the priority of this "problem".
    twinwaggis
    Lyricist III
    December 19, 2017
    thank you for this sensible answer. some people just know thw world.
    jgatie
    jgatie
    December 19, 2017
    thank you for this sensible answer. some people just know thw world.

    Not sure if you are being sarcastic, but in the world of software development, priorities must be established, and a total of 10 posts in three years is definitely a factor in whether the budget and manhours are best spent on this, or on other projects that may result in more sales or more customers served. Sorry, but that is a cold fact of commerce.
    Brett K
    Lyricist II
    March 4, 2018
    Completely agree with the suggestion.
    AlistairF
    Contributor I
    July 31, 2018
    Alarm and grouped rooms is something that should be sorted without any complaints. It is a simple way of making the alarm function better, we should not have to complain, Sonos should be doing improvements without our direction. Given 1 day with Sonos i could point out things that are school boy errors with the system.
    Competition is hot, Sonos must not stand still.
    melvimbe
    melvimbe
    July 31, 2018
    Alarm and grouped rooms is something that should be sorted without any complaints. It is a simple way of making the alarm function better, we should not have to complain, Sonos should be doing improvements without our direction. Given 1 day with Sonos i could point out things that are school boy errors with the system.
    Competition is hot, Sonos must not stand still.

    While I agree that it seems like an easy win for Sonos to do, I think you're way overestimating it's effect on sales of new products.
    Danny
    AlistairF
    Contributor I
    July 31, 2018
    Can we agree Sonos is looking at the short term profit, rather than the long term satisfaction of its customers?. Personally i find Sonos a pain to use and not engaging.
    I have a Sonos unit in every room, but my family play all there music out off there ipads, ipods or imac's. What a waist of money. Grrrr
    jgatie
    jgatie
    July 31, 2018
    Can we agree Sonos is looking at the short term profit, rather than the long term satisfaction of its customers?. Personally i find Sonos a pain to use and not engaging.
    I have a Sonos unit in every room, but my family play all there music out off there ipads, ipods or imac's. What a waist of money. Grrrr

    Considering one of the main reasons for not adding features is the very limited memory in the older Sonos products, I would say Sonos is more interested in the long term satisfaction of customers, even those going back 13 years.
    melvimbe
    melvimbe
    July 31, 2018
    Can we agree Sonos is looking at the short term profit, rather than the long term satisfaction of its customers?

    No, I can't agree with that. If that were the case, Sonos would not add new features to existing products whenever possible, they would push you into buying new ones.


    . Personally i find Sonos a pain to use and not engaging.
    I have a Sonos unit in every room, but my family play all there music out off there ipads, ipods or imac's. What a waist of money. Grrrr

    Although the app could probably use some improvement, Sonos has certainly been working on providing more ways for you to control the music, from voice control, direct music app control, airplay 2.
    Danny
    AlistairF
    Contributor I
    July 31, 2018
    I don't think i have downloaded a new feature, that i have thought i was missing in the first place.
    Sounds interesting - new improvements, but i would just like features that make the Sonos grouping more flexible.
    I have all the above tec in the car, but i still use the buttons - they just work. lol
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