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brymills
Enthusiast I
September 10, 2019
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Alarms "hidden" in System Settings with 10.4

  • September 10, 2019
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Ah come on Sonos, alarms used to be so easy. It used to be click ‘More’, click alarms. Now in 10.4 it’s click ‘Settings’, click ‘System’, scroll around a bit, click ‘Alarms’. Why? Sometimes it feels like Sonos is constantly changing stuff for the sake of change, not to improve the functionality.
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    Best answer by Ryan S

    The team has concluded their testing and the alarms shortcut is being sent out to all Sonos households today. You will be able to access your alarms screen from the Rooms tab, by clicking on the alarm bell at the top left of the screen. If you don’t see the shortcut yet, check for updates in your Sonos system, as there is one that released today, and then you might just have to wait a little while. The setting is rolling out to homes today and might not have reached your system yet.

    Thanks for your patience everyone, and I hope this shortcut makes it easier on your evenings. I’ve also passed on the other feedback for other functionality and displays.

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    Augustin
    Contributor I
    December 6, 2019

    @Ryan S Is it also planned to add a feature for alarms to be set on a group of rooms ?

    Ryan S
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    December 6, 2019

    @Ryan S Is it also planned to add a feature for alarms to be set on a group of rooms ?

    We don’t have an announced plan to add that as a feature, but we’ve heard the request before and I’ll make sure the team knows people are asking for it. Generally speaking, we don’t announce a lot of features before they are added for a number of reasons.

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      Digital Man
      Trending Lyricist I
      December 7, 2019

      The team does appreciate getting feedback, and they are still working on this alarm shortcut as well. I’ve made sure to share the requests on this topic with them.

      Can you also please pass along my thoughts (which I’m sure others have expressed):

      • When viewing the Alarms page, consider adding the source of the audio to each alarm; bonus points if it includes the duration. For example on iOS:

      Patio

      9:30 AM

      Daily * Groovy Radio * Pandora * No Limit

      12:30 PM

      Daily * Groovy Tunes * Music Library * 1 Hour

      3:30 PM

      Daily * Groovy Playlist 1 * Sonos Playlist * No Limit

      5:30 PM

      Daily * Groovy Playlist 2 * Plex * 2 Hours

       

      Neither the iOS app or the MacOS app have source info on the alarm page and its difficult to figure out if I want to duplicate an alarm, say, for a one time use, or play something on demand that is setup as an existing alarm, but can’t remember where it is sourced.

       

      Also, I’m sure other have chimed in already, but here’s my +1 to the request…

      • Instead of or in addition to an alarm, it would be beneficial to have an actual scheduler with start and stop times; bonus points if it included zone group themes & music schedule themes. (ex, a schedule setup to play holiday music from a variety of sources including streaming services.) 

      Looking forward to seeing any and all UI improvements from Sonos. Thanks.

        Ryan S
        Ryan SAnswer
        Retired Sonos Staff
        December 11, 2019

        The team has concluded their testing and the alarms shortcut is being sent out to all Sonos households today. You will be able to access your alarms screen from the Rooms tab, by clicking on the alarm bell at the top left of the screen. If you don’t see the shortcut yet, check for updates in your Sonos system, as there is one that released today, and then you might just have to wait a little while. The setting is rolling out to homes today and might not have reached your system yet.

        Thanks for your patience everyone, and I hope this shortcut makes it easier on your evenings. I’ve also passed on the other feedback for other functionality and displays.

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          Galeran
          Avid Contributor I
          December 11, 2019

          Thank you, Sonos. The inconvenience of the previous alarm setup had me enviously eying the Andoid-based clock thing on my wife’s nightstand.

            Philippe_3
            Lyricist II
            December 11, 2019

            Thank you - That is a huge improvement!

              Joppe
              Contributor I
              December 12, 2019

              Thanks for acting on the user feedback! This is a good solution.

                Digital Man
                Trending Lyricist I
                December 13, 2019

                Thanks for your patience everyone, and I hope this shortcut makes it easier on your evenings. I’ve also passed on the other feedback for other functionality and displays.

                Just fyi… After updating, the intermittent missing alarm issue still remains. Here’s a shot of my iPad & iPhone side by side so you can see. Its currently missing on the MacOS app as well. (note: the alarms showed up fine the other day on the iPad and eventually on the Mac, but not on the iPhone.) Is there a anticipated fix date for this? Thanks.

                dvmierlo
                Lyricist III
                December 15, 2019

                The team has concluded their testing and the alarms shortcut is being sent out to all Sonos households today. You will be able to access your alarms screen from the Rooms tab, by clicking on the alarm bell at the top left of the screen. If you don’t see the shortcut yet, check for updates in your Sonos system, as there is one that released today, and then you might just have to wait a little while. The setting is rolling out to homes today and might not have reached your system yet.

                Thanks for your patience everyone, and I hope this shortcut makes it easier on your evenings. I’ve also passed on the other feedback for other functionality and displays.

                What a very very terrible choice of “fixing” a feature that is used so often. Sonos really needs to rethink it’s UI/UX design!

                jgatie
                jgatie
                December 16, 2019

                What a very very terrible choice of “fixing” a feature that is used so often. Sonos really needs to rethink it’s UI/UX design!

                 

                 

                Why would making it a shortcut visible all the time from the main Now Playing screen instead of hiding it in a menu in Settings be a “terrible choice”?

                 

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