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stefanks
Contributor II
January 18, 2020

annoying things with Sonos

  • January 18, 2020
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I've found more than one thing that's extremely annoying when using Sonos.

 

1: 

If you are playing music from spotify and you have set the volume for different levels in each room and want to adjust the volume by turning the volume up or down it will set the volume to exact same level in all rooms.

On top of this you can't adjust eash room volume in spotify so you have to try to find your way back to the main menu in the Sonos app

 

2.

After the latest update to the Sonos app you are not able to choose "genres" in spotify in the Sonos App so you have to go through spotify's app. This will result in more annoying phases that relates to topic 1. 

 

3. 

You can't ask google or alexa to group rooms. So when I ask Google or Alexa to play music on Sonos it will only be in that room. When I go to the bathroom I can't ask Google to play the same or group with the other rooms.

 

I just can't seem why Sonos is not doing anything about this. It should be so easy to program.

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    John B
    January 18, 2020

     

    Yes you can do it in the beginning. But If I walk to another room for example my bed room and a song I playing in the living room. Then I can't get Google or alexa to play the same song or group these two rooms together. 

     

    You are correct.  On walking into the room,  before you sit down,  you have to perform the onerous task of a long press on the speaker's play-pause button. 

    Voice control is just one control tool among many.  

    stefanksAuthor
    Contributor II
    January 19, 2020

     

    Yes you can do it in the beginning. But If I walk to another room for example my bed room and a song I playing in the living room. Then I can't get Google or alexa to play the same song or group these two rooms together. 

     

    You are correct.  On walking into the room,  before you sit down,  you have to perform the onerous task of a long press on the speaker's play-pause button. 

    Voice control is just one control tool among many.  

    So I have to have a chair or ladder so I can reach my speakers mounted in the ceiling? 

    You are just a person that can't point out flaws in the product you own - exactly like iPhone owners. This is a way they could make their product even better. And every professional company would take constrictive feedback for something good. 

    I'm not saying Sonos is not good, but with minor effort they could do it even better. 

     

    John B
    January 19, 2020

    Of course Sonos isn't  perfect. These things are 'nice to haves'. They are not under Sonos' direct control, and I suspect your suggestion that these are simple changes is incorrect, at least as far as getting voice control to group Sonos speakers.

    I am sure Sonos welcomes suggestions for improvement. And then prioritises the ones it thinks are most useful and can actually change, as resources are always limited.

     

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