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Greg Ramsaran
Contributor II
April 19, 2017
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Chromebook

  • April 19, 2017
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Hi, Any of you have success using the Sonos app on a Chromebook? I'd like to be able to control the system from it with the app since it now supports Android Apps but it doesn't update on playback all time time.
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Best answer by ratty
Operation on ChromeOS broke at Sonos v9.0. Sonos is aware, but given that Chromebook is not officially supported it's anyone's guess when the controller might start working again.

28 replies

Sonos Staff
April 20, 2017
Hi Greg

Welcome to the Community

Technically the App is only supported on Android devices at the moment.

Which Chromebook are you using?

Many thanks
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Lyricist I
May 1, 2017
I have a dell chromebook running on the developer channel and the sonos android app is fully working

Version 59.0.3071.25 (Official Build) dev (64-bit)
Contributor I
November 28, 2017
I am having success. I have the new acer Chromebook 15 and I am running the current software on the stable channel. It works fine until I update something on my phone, say change a grouping, and then the app on the Chromebook is unaware of the change. If I shut my Chromebook down and restart it, then its aware, but if I close and reopen the app it has no effect. So there is something lacking still in Googles adaption of Android on the Chromebook, but its close. If one of the Sonos developers tries this out, they may find a simple solution. This may even identify to a developer a buggy area of code that is currently being overlooked because it isn't presenting itself as an issue on the phone or tablet. Its close enough that Sonos should give the proper attention to it soon.
Lyricist I
November 30, 2017
I am having this issue as well. It's too bad this isn't considered a priority.
Lyricist I
December 9, 2017
I am interested in a solution for this as well. Just got a new Chromebook and didn't realize it would be an issue.
Lyricist I
December 25, 2017
Ditto! We had no idea we could access SONOS New Acer Chromebook 11, sad... 😞
Lyricist I
December 26, 2017
I have a brand new ASUS chromebook and when I went to set it up today, I cannot get Sonos to work. I DO have the correct router chosen, I DID unplug the router even though I was/am using Sonos just fine on my old tablet (Samsung). So, the new Sonos app won't work with Chromebooks?! Come ON...It's not like Chromebook (OS?) is brand new...
Trending Lyricist I
December 27, 2017
The Android App is supported on my Samsung Chromebook Plus and works just fine. I'm running ChromeOS Version 62.0.3202.97 and control all of my services and speakers.
Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
December 28, 2017
I'm clueless about Chromebooks, never really used one but we have it as the wife needed something to look at web pages that was light and cheap.

How do I go about finding the Sonos app for the Chromebook, a Samsung XE-503 if that matters. I have failed at that today and would appreciate any clues.

Gotta find a replacement for my CR-100 controllers that the wife can use, they are slowly dying. We don't have Apple or Microsoft so the desktop controllers aren't going to work for us. She has problems using a tablet but can get by with the Chromebook.
Trending Lyricist I
December 28, 2017
There is no ChromeOS app for the SONOS Controller, however Google is in the process of adding Android support to ChromeOS. Here is a list of the Chromebooks that can run Android apps, and thus are capable of running the Android SONOS Controller on a Chromebook:

https://www.androidcentral.com/these-are-chromebooks-can-run-android-apps

Unfortunately, I believe the Samsung XE-503 is a Samsung Chromebook 2, and Android support begins with the Samsung Series 3. The Samsung Chromebook 2 XE500C12 is on the list to get support someday, but I'm not familiar enough with Samsung's line to affirmatively say that yours too will get support someday.