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Trending Lyricist I
January 9, 2020

Creating new playlist in Sonos app from Android

  • January 9, 2020
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I recently purchased a Sonos 1 and downloaded the Sonos app onto my Android phone.  I am having a hard time creating and saving a new playlist and need detailed steps to do this.  I had (thought I) created one playlist, then tried creating a second, which did not work.  Then when I tried going back to my original playlist it disappeared and I now do not have any playlists.

Is their anyway of importing my playlists from my Android phone?

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19 replies

January 9, 2020

If the music is stored in the default location on your phone then playlists created in your music app should appear in Sonos under Playlists within 'on this device '.

You cannot create Sonos playlists from tracks stored on your phone. 

Bob95235Author
Trending Lyricist I
January 9, 2020

I have 2 playlists stored on my phone, in the default spot. Neither one is showing up on the Sonos app.

I have been trying to create playlists with the Sonos app without any luck.

January 9, 2020

Are you trying to create Sonos playlists using tracks stored on your phone. If not, from where?

And where are you looking for those two playlists?

Bob95235Author
Trending Lyricist I
January 9, 2020

All my music is stored on my Android Phone.  I have also installed the Sonos app on my phone.  The Sonos app discovered all my music on my phone, but unfortunately the playlists, stored on my phone, did not transfer over to the Sonos app.

Thru the Sonos app I have been trying to create playlists, but I have not been successful.  Should I be able to create a playlist in the Sonos app which is located on my phone?  If so how would I do that?

January 9, 2020

You cannot create a Sonos playlist from tracks stored on your phone. Stop trying. It cannot be done.

 

January 9, 2020

Also, please answer my second question about where you are looking for the playlists you had created on your phone? You won't find them in Sonos  Playlists. 

Bob95235Author
Trending Lyricist I
January 9, 2020

So all I can do is select albums to play and enter them into the que.  There is no way to save the que as a playlist.

January 9, 2020

So all I can do is select albums to play and enter them into the que.  There is no way to save the que as a playlist.

Correct if tracks are stored on your phone.  You should however be able to see the playlists you have created on your phone,  but not under Sonos Playlists. 

Contributor I
November 20, 2020

i can confirm this still does not work.

no matter which music app i use to create the playlist and no matter where i store my playlists on my Android phone sonos never sees the playlists.

 

are there detailed instructions on how to get this to work?

Bob95235Author
Trending Lyricist I
November 20, 2020

I have a Samsung phone, and Samsung Music Player app worked for me. You can create play lists in that app.