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JustinN
Contributor II
December 31, 2019
Question

Any interest in a "Kiosk Mode" for tablets?

  • December 31, 2019
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Does anyone else have tablets in their house that they use to display (and control) their Sonos music? I would be interested in what a “kiosk mode” would look like for at least the Now Playing screen. Some ideas: 

  • Album art is the hero visual 
  • Artist and track text easily visible at a distance 
  • Large tap targets for track and volume
  • Easy access to adding/removing rooms 
  • Optimized landscape layout 

Anyone else interested or have similar ideas? 

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      CianMcLiam
      Lyricist III
      January 10, 2020

      Yes, they need at least two modes, one like the current interface for people with the tablet or phone in their hand and also a simplified display with larger controls and album art. Deezer and Spotify apps do this with their ‘car mode’. The Sonos app is great for me to use when listening to music but in a busy kitchen with people coming and going it’s fiddly and not easy to see what’s going on from a few feet away. 

      When we were using the Echo Show everyone in the house used it with no guidance or help, when we switched to using the Sonos app I had to sit everyone down and show them how to get around the interface, get back to selecting music, finding radio stations etc. 

       

      Kumar
      January 10, 2020

      All I need is for the Show to display artwork, to go along side with voice commands and new music discovery that is facilitated by the net; unfortunately this is possible at this time only when using the Show wired to line in jacks on such Sonos kit as has them.

      CianMcLiam
      Lyricist III
      January 10, 2020

      See “TV Display Mode” on this page: http://www.phonos.org/windows/

      Just installed this on a Windows 10 tablet from the Microsoft Store, the interface doesn’t look like the screenshots? I downloaded Phonos Universal, is that the right version for me? When I check the version it says 4.1.1104.0 Trial

      controlav
      controlav
      Lead Maestro
      January 11, 2020

      See “TV Display Mode” on this page: http://www.phonos.org/windows/

      Just installed this on a Windows 10 tablet from the Microsoft Store, the interface doesn’t look like the screenshots? I downloaded Phonos Universal, is that the right version for me? When I check the version it says 4.1.1104.0 Trial

      Sorry, no, you need Windows 8.1, not 10 for that to work. Kiosk Mode on Win 10 is totally different and not supported.  Also the Win 10 version of the app (which you tried) doesn’t have TV Mode as no-one seemed to be using it in the older version, so I never re-implemented it.

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