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December 22, 2020
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Apple Silicon Support

  • 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. 

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    kostthem
    Contributor I
    December 29, 2021

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

      LimpElephant
      Lyricist I
      March 28, 2022

      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. 
       

        deverman
        Lyricist II
        January 21, 2023

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

          Matsfan85
          Lyricist III
          February 5, 2023

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

            controlav
            controlav
            Lead Maestro
            February 5, 2023

            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.

            Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
              Matsfan85
              Lyricist III
              February 6, 2023

              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. 

              melsea
              Lyricist I
              March 5, 2023

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

              Airgetlam
              Airgetlam
              March 6, 2023

              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. 

              Bruce
              controlav
              controlav
              Lead Maestro
              March 6, 2023

              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.

              Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
                jschroeder1
                Contributor I
                March 12, 2023

                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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