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Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
Dec 22, 2020 6:11 PM UTC

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. 

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kostthem
Contributor I
Dec 29, 2021 6:10 PM UTC

I would love to be able to use the iPad app on my M1 Mac since the macOS app’s GUI is not good.

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    LimpElephant
    Lyricist I
    Mar 28, 2022 6:25 PM UTC

    Lately Sonos app on apple silicon just freezes up, uses excessive CPU and is unresponsive always requires a Force Quit. Congrats on being my first Rosetta2 crasher 😀.  

    Would be nice if they either release an apple silicon native app (New iPads are all going to have the M series CPU now...) or fix whatever it is that has caused Rosetta to perform so poorly over the last couple of released updates to the desktop app. 
     

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      deverman
      Lyricist II
      Jan 21, 2023 2:10 AM UTC

      I would also like an Apple Silicon version of the app.

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        Matsfan85
        Lyricist III
        Feb 5, 2023 5:56 AM UTC

        Apple Silicon has been available in production for been over two years, it is simply a lack of focus now. 

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          controlav
          controlav
          Lead Maestro
          Feb 5, 2023 2:25 PM UTC

          Apple Silicon has been available in production for been over two years, it is simply a lack of focus now. 

          64-bit Windows has been available for over a decade, but there is still no 64-bit Sonos app for it, despite almost no-one running 32-bit Windows these days. Windows on ARM has existed for longer than “Apple Silicon”, still no version for that either.

          Why is there no version for 64-bit or ARM Windows? Well #1 because the desktop controllers are in life-support maintenance mode only, and #2 because the emulation layers on all these platforms work well enough. Apple is no different in this regard.

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            Matsfan85
            Lyricist III
            Feb 6, 2023 4:13 PM UTC

            Apple Silicon has been available in production for been over two years, it is simply a lack of focus now. 

            64-bit Windows has been available for over a decade, but there is still no 64-bit Sonos app for it, despite almost no-one running 32-bit Windows these days. Windows on ARM has existed for longer than “Apple Silicon”, still no version for that either.

            Why is there no version for 64-bit or ARM Windows? Well #1 because the desktop controllers are in life-support maintenance mode only, and #2 because the emulation layers on all these platforms work well enough. Apple is no different in this regard.

            You are right and this makes sense overall. Companies face these development decisions all the time. 

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            melsea
            Lyricist I
            Mar 5, 2023 7:24 PM UTC

            Catch 22?  No desktop app for Apple Silicon or W64, and the stats say no one uses desktop app.  Funny that.

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            Airgetlam
            Airgetlam
            Mar 6, 2023 12:28 AM UTC

            They stopped ‘development’ of both desktop apps several years ago, and stripped out all ‘set up’ functions. The desktop controllers are now just receiving bug updates, but Sonos has said that the mobile apps are what should be used moving forward. I use my desktop app for music playback, but any time I need to do anything substantial to my system, I use the mobile controller. 

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            controlav
            Lead Maestro
            Mar 6, 2023 1:50 PM UTC

            Catch 22?  No desktop app for Apple Silicon or W64, and the stats say no one uses desktop app.  Funny that.

            I can’t speak for Apple users, but I’ll wager most Windows users cannot tell the difference between a 32-bit or a 64-bit app. The WOW (Windows-on-Windows) subsystem has long made the difference invisible.

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              jschroeder1
              Contributor I
              Mar 12, 2023 8:34 PM UTC

              Yah, no more sonos $$$ for me.  The lack of M1 desktop support, general DT apathy, and speaker priorities don’t really align well with a lot of what I value.  Maybe fewer lawyers and a couple of engineers who can recompile code for M1?

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