Allow controllers to pair with multiple home systems

+1 As loyal customers we've been enjoying our Sonos system and it's various sound source upgrades for many many years now... I posted for support on this on an alternate thread 8 mos ago when we began constructing a vacation home 1000 mi away and I realized the potential issue. Assuming Sonos would no doubt come forward with an elegant solution in plenty of time, we went ahead and incorporated a sound system centered on Sonos Amps driving ceiling spkrs in various rooms. Now that we've received an Aug 1 completion date frankly I'm surprised and disappointed that after 8 mos and all the postings Sonos hasn't even gone as far as to put this on their "future upgrade" list! Sonos, won't you finally consider all your loyal customers who have posted on this (plus I'm sure many more "non-posters")? Think of the sales/marketing potential when you can add a "multiple home" feature to your advertising!

I look at it like Logitech not having one single sign in where you can have multiple remotes under it so you don't have to remember login and password for every remote. Something like that just seems so basic and not difficult to implement.

I also ask for this function, i switch between, 4 sonos systems every week, controller schould feel when i am connected to the same wifi and is assigned previosly to this sonos system and i also want to set up for the kids in my main house, so they have their own sytem in the house

I also ask for this function, i switch between, 4 sonos systems every week, controller schould feel when i am connected to the same wifi and is assigned previosly to this sonos system and i also want to set up for the kids in my main house, so they have their own sytem in the house
Johan, we are all waiting for the multi system support upgrade, and hopefully we will see it soon (but dont hold your breath). As far as your kids are concerned, you can set that up now: just hardwire a cat5 to one of their sonos devices directly to your current router, and then set it up as if were a new system, this will allow you to have 2 systems on 1 network. I have tested this configuration and it works great. Let me know if you have any issues , i'll be glad to help out. J.K. Fitz

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Let me share a story of why it's incredibly bad product strategy to ignore this issue. I've just come back from my in-laws house where I had re-paired with their system. I had a friend over at my house, I wanted to put on some music - and we had been talking about home music solutions. I tried to re-pair with my home system but it wasn't being responsive during the connection process. Friend says, "so far, I'm not impressed with sonos." I say, yeah, "neither am I right now." So there you go, you just lost a potential customer, a customer who might have bought a few units, and a customer who might have told his friends about the product. Those of us who have multiple systems are your quote "power users" and power users have huge impact through proselytization of the product. If we stop being impressed, we stop proselytizing. The attractiveness of Sonso is based on the principle that it "just works" - this is one of the very few ways in which it doesn't "just work" - so it cuts into the very heart of what makes it a good product or not. To quote Oscar Rogers, FIX. IT.

Well said! Same scenario has happened to me and family that have Sonos. This is the one thing about Sonos that honestly drives me nuts because it should have been a required feature for release from day one.

Let me share a story of why it's incredibly bad product strategy to ignore this issue. I've just come back from my in-laws house where I had re-paired with their system. I had a friend over at my house, I wanted to put on some music - and we had been talking about home music solutions. I tried to re-pair with my home system but it wasn't being responsive during the connection process. Friend says, "so far, I'm not impressed with sonos." I say, yeah, "neither am I right now." So there you go, you just lost a potential customer, a customer who might have bought a few units, and a customer who might have told his friends about the product. Those of us who have multiple systems are your quote "power users" and power users have huge impact through proselytization of the product. If we stop being impressed, we stop proselytizing. The attractiveness of Sonso is based on the principle that it "just works" - this is one of the very few ways in which it doesn't "just work" - so it cuts into the very heart of what makes it a good product or not. To quote Oscar Rogers, FIX. IT.
Well said! Same scenario has happened to me and family that have Sonos. This is the one thing about Sonos that honestly drives me nuts because it should have been a required feature for release from day one.

Hi everyone, This topic is now marked as Planned. We'll introduce multiple Sonos household support to the iOS and Android Controllers in a future software update. Thanks for your support!

Awesome! Thanks!