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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. 

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    jschroeder1
    Contributor I
    March 12, 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.

    Right.  Let the DT software just rot in place. Ask pandora how that’s working out for them. Mobile controllers are nice, unless i’m sitting at my desk in front of my computer.  

    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    March 13, 2023

    I really haven’t noticed any rotting of my Mac controller on either my M1 or older Intel Macs. Both perform flawlessly, as they should. Slightly annoyed by the lack of setup functions, but I have my iOS devices, it’s just not that onerous on the extremely rare occasions that I need to deal with a setup function. 

    You might be over reacting here. I get your point without the dramatics. 

    Bruce
      acrophile
      Lyricist II
      May 25, 2023

      Apple makes it stupid easy to port these things over though, all it usually takes is a recompile. I hate that desktop software is now just a second class citizen. 

      helly
      Lyricist I
      August 1, 2023

      Two years later… Sonos cannot be bothered to recompile the app?

      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      August 1, 2023

      Not since they announced several years ago that all development, except for bug fixes, for both Windows and Mac applications had stopped. I would have to assume that includes any recompile process for ‘new’ hardware that the OS runs on. 

      Bruce
        Simone G.
        Contributor I
        November 9, 2023

        Still no chances to get an Apple Silicon native controller application?

        Airgetlam
        Airgetlam
        November 9, 2023

        No. 

        Bruce
        Simone G.
        Contributor I
        November 9, 2023

        No. 

        Clear and concise 🙂

        ratty
        ratty
        November 9, 2023

        The Sonos desktop controllers -- Mac and Windows -- are on the ‘sustaining maintenance’ list, and have been for some years. We’re highly unlikely to see any significant feature development work on them now.

          controlav
          controlav
          Lead Maestro
          November 9, 2023

          The only chance for a native controller is if Apple stop supporting Intel code generation in XCode, but I haven’t seen any timeline for such a step. Would likely be after the last MacOS update for Intel devices.

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