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Greg Ramsaran
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.

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    Stanley_4
    Stanley_4
    Grand Maestro
    December 29, 2017
    Well rats, thanks for the help anyway. I'll keep track of this in the future and see if it progresses to the point it would work for the wife.

    I should have bought more CR-100s on ebay back when they were going cheap!
    Jan_5
    Lyricist I
    January 4, 2018
    I have Android apps running on my chromebook (Asus flip c302ca). It works fine although a little strange... I have the impression I'm missing some things. But what...
    311tim
    Lyricist I
    January 28, 2018
    stanley how's the wife
      311tim
      Lyricist I
      January 28, 2018
      stanley how's the wifeWell rats, thanks for the help anyway. I'll keep track of this in the future and see if it progresses to the point it would work for the wife.

      I should have bought more CR-100s on ebay back when they were going cheap!
      Stanley_4
      Stanley_4
      Grand Maestro
      January 28, 2018
      [quote=311tim]stanley how's the wife

      Wife is fine with the Sonos, aside from an inability to deal with touch screens, they aggravate her to no end. She wouldn't say no to a Linux desktop controole though.
      Greg Ramsaran
      Greg RamsaranAuthor
      Contributor II
      February 6, 2018
      I just tried the app today with my Asus C302A AC on the off chance that it would work and so far so good. It's even supportive of the larger screen.
      Greg Ramsaran
      Greg RamsaranAuthor
      Contributor II
      February 6, 2018
      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

      Hi Matt, sorry for the delay, I never got a notification about your comment. It's the Asus C302c. So far, so good.
      ratty
      ratty
      February 6, 2018
      Superficially it appears to work on the ASUS. However one then realises that event notifications are a bit hit-and-miss, so the controller doesn't always respond when the track changes, nor when for example volume is adjusted on a different controller.

      It's been gradually getting better, and maybe ChromeOS 64 will bring additional improvements.

      I suspect an issue is that occasionally the Sonos player sees the controller as being on an IP address which is evidently the internal Android/ChromeOS bridge, rather than on the Chromebook's usual IP. Before the censoring of the diagnostic information at x.x.x.x:1400/status I recall seeing a strange address in some of the logged error messages.
      btbt
      Lyricist I
      July 6, 2018
      I'm seeing this issue as well. I'm on a Google Pixelbook running ChromeOS 67.0.33.96.99. The Sonos app has never worked properly. I have a connect bridge (old school), Play 5, Play 3 and two Play 1s. Using Google Wifi as my router if that makes a difference.

      - I installed the Sonos app from the Play Store and it's running as an Android app.
      - I have two other devices that work perfectly: a Google Pixel 2 XL and a Thinkpad running Windows 10.

      Behavior I see:

      1) Chromebook Sonos App showing no queue.
      2) Rarely the Chromebook will show the proper song playing back and proper queue. If I skip a song via my phone, it won't reflect on the Chromebook and it will just get "stuck" on the original song and the queue will disappear.
      3) I've tried closing the app and opening it again with no success. The progress bar on the song is stuck, and the song remains the same even when the next song starts playing. The queue usually shows "No Queue" at this point as well.
      4) One time out of the many I tried, togging between the Now Playing screen and the My Sonos screen would refresh the Now Playing screen

      I am a huge Sonos fan, and got the Chromebook to use as a home automation hub. I never thought that the Sonos Android app would be the one to let me down!
        colin 1960
        Contributor I
        July 14, 2018
        acer chromebook 14 cb3-431 according to google this chromebook runs google apps . when i install the sonos app it will not connect to the internet even if sonos is running on my phone
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