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December 22, 2020
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  • December 22, 2020
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When will the Sonos controller for MacOS be updated to run natively on Apple Silicon?

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    Best answer by Airgetlam

    As I indicated, Sonos doesn’t release that type of information in advance. You’ll know probably if you’re in their beta group, or find out like the rest of us when they release it publicly.

    I wouldn’t expect it anytime soon, though, there wouldn’t be a significant benefit involved, since the controller is essentially only a display layer to the actual process running on the speakers. There is no significant computational effort being expended by the controller.

    And, for that matter, Sonos isn’t expending much energy on desktop controllers at this point, having stripped most of the set up functionality out in favor of mobile controllers. 

    I’m  sure your request will be added to a backlog list somewhere, but I suspect it won’t rise to the top anytime soon. 

    42 replies

    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    December 22, 2020

    Sonos doesn’t release timelines for software development. 

    Are you running in to speed issues on your controller?

    Bruce
    bdeboard
    bdeboardAuthor
    Contributor I
    December 22, 2020

    I’m merely looking for confirmation that it’s in the works. The controller is definitely slower than usual under Rosetta and can be unstable at times.

    Brandon
      Airgetlam
      AirgetlamAnswer
      December 22, 2020

      As I indicated, Sonos doesn’t release that type of information in advance. You’ll know probably if you’re in their beta group, or find out like the rest of us when they release it publicly.

      I wouldn’t expect it anytime soon, though, there wouldn’t be a significant benefit involved, since the controller is essentially only a display layer to the actual process running on the speakers. There is no significant computational effort being expended by the controller.

      And, for that matter, Sonos isn’t expending much energy on desktop controllers at this point, having stripped most of the set up functionality out in favor of mobile controllers. 

      I’m  sure your request will be added to a backlog list somewhere, but I suspect it won’t rise to the top anytime soon. 

      Bruce
        bdeboard
        bdeboardAuthor
        Contributor I
        December 22, 2020

        I appreciate your response. It dawned on me this morning that I can install the iPad app and try that. I recall reading somewhere that most iPad apps run quite well on the new Macs. I will install it today and update this thread with the results.

        Brandon
        Airgetlam
        Airgetlam
        December 22, 2020

        I’d be interested. I’ve not yet picked up an M1 device, but it is in my future. 

        Bruce
        bdeboard
        bdeboardAuthor
        Contributor I
        December 22, 2020

        Unfortunately the iPad app is not available on M1 Macs. I will be emailing Sonos urging them to support M1 Macs sooner rather than later. 

        I highly recommend the new M1 Macs, I’ve had an M1 MacBook Air for a few days now and it runs miles around my 2019 Intel MacBook Pro.

        Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

         

        -Brandon

        Brandon
          Belly M
          Belly M
          December 22, 2020

          I got the M1 Mac Mini to replace an i7 Mini Server.

          Daily use the M1 is faster but when doing CPU intensive operations and writing data to the SSD it’s bloody fast.

          Converting a hi res FLAC track to Apple lossless, including writing the tracks to SSD takes about a second. I can run 10 conversions simultaneously and the Mini is still fully responsive, runs cool and no sign of the fan kicking in.

            timeian
            Contributor II
            December 23, 2020

            Sonos on my M1 MacMini with BigSur refuses to index my library on an external USB-C SSD. It says it does it, but when I click on library, there aren’t any entries. This behavior started after the setup was moved to the M1 MacMini. Puzzling. 

              Airgetlam
              Airgetlam
              December 23, 2020

              Since that work occurs at the speaker’s computer level, it is puzzling. Perhaps the command is not making it from the controller to the speaker?

              Bruce
              controlav
              controlav
              Lead Maestro
              December 23, 2020

              Since that work occurs at the speaker’s computer level, it is puzzling. Perhaps the command is not making it from the controller to the speaker?

              Possibly, but more likely some config issue with the sonoslibraryservice in back-compat mode failing when accessing the local library.

              Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
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