Alarms "hidden" in System Settings with 10.4

Just thought I’d add my feedback:

1. Alarms are a function and should not be buried in a settings menu
2. I’ve had Sonos for years (now got 12 rooms/devices) and am continually amazed how you’re making the core product worse not better - getting rid of the old controllers that used to do the basics perfectly every time and forcing us to use an app that now seems to keep changing for no reason. I used to love Sonos and recommend it to anyone who asked - now I stick with it because it’s in most rooms in the house and I can’t be bothered to research a replacement.

I too find that burying the alarms is ridiculously complex. I eventually found where they were, but multiple levels of menus plus having to scroll past very rarely used options makes no sense at all. I can’t imagine what Sonos is thinking.

I use alarms daily, too, and agree that there are way too many clicks required to get to them now. Just adding my voice to the chorus. I hope Sonos will make alarms more accessible in the next update -- which can't come soon enough for this very reason!

What an incredibly stupid change.
revert this change immediately

I also adjust and add or remove alarms daily. I do not like the alarm position/page change or the UI/UX changes this update has made.

Same here; alarms are set daily by all members of my familiy. Has this change even been beta tested? Please move ‘alarms’ up in the menu directly under ‘settings’.

+1 from me also to restore the Alarms option to the page immediately under Settings. I use my bedside Sonos as an alarm clock and visit the Alarms screen daily to adjust check wake up times due to changing shift patterns. For this reason (and to cater for the lack of snooze button functionality on the players) I have 12 alarms set up for different scenarios which I switch on and off as required.

Unfortunately the redesign also wastes a lot of screen estate. I could previously see all my alarms easily on one screen, and the green colour on the button when an alarm is ON made it plain at a glance which were on and which were off. I now have to scroll to view the alarms due to wasted space and the monochrome version of the buttons doesn't make it plain at a glance which are on and which are off. You've made a screen which was a pleasure to use rather frustrating.

just to add to my previous post about usability of the redesigned screen:

In the previous app version I could see up to 10 alarms on screen at the same time. In the new I can only see 2 and a bit, so no way to see at a glance which are on and off without scrolling.

It used to be quick to visually scan down the list of Alarms to see which times/days of the week were set, but the addition of extra text appended to the end of the days telling you what sound each alarm will play (whilst a good idea) actually slows down this process as the brain (at least my brain when I'm just about to go to sleep at night) has to process the extra information.

The new monochrome buttons are smaller than the old, seem to be a bit more 'sticky' to use and more difficult to 'hit' without accidentally going into the associated alarm amendment screen. I do prefer the old larger style of button much easier to use with accuracy and found the green coloured background when 'On' much easier to pick out quickly (and more visually attractive to look at).

Please please please move the Alarms screen back up a level under 'Settings' - Alarms aren't a System option, and take another look at the GUI design and layout. I've now decided that I really don't like this new design. It's annoying and frustrating. (Sorry).

Sorry, folks. Alarms are not a “set and forget” function. People whose schedules change regularly go there daily or more. Nice that we have figured out where it’s been hidden, but really, it’s not a system function — it’s a primary Sonos function, and should be easier to get to, not harder.

… Alarms are a system setting which are usually set and then not changed frequently ...

Totally disagree with your statement, Ryan! I change them daily and like to have them back on where they were before so I don't have to do so many clicks. Putting them at the same level like Accounts or Audio compression does not make sense to me. Alarms needs to be 1 level higher, at least.