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IC0510
Contributor I
September 1, 2017
Question

Dark theme option for SONOS controller

  • September 1, 2017
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I sometimes use the SONOS controller (on a tablet) in environments where the room lights have been dimmed at night and so find the current white background on the contoller very bright and intrusive.

Am I missing a setting that can change this, or is there a work around available?

If not, are there any plans for SONOS to introduce Skins, or at the very least a dark theme option?

Thanks
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    nicka99
    nicka99
    Local Superstar
    October 6, 2017
    For iPhone and ipad users you can try the following
    Go to settings -> general -> accessibility and scroll down to 'accessibility shortcut' and choose 'invert colours' when triple clicking the home button.

    When using the sonos app, triple click the home button to switch to white on black. Unfortunately it applies to everything else on your phone so you'll need to toggle back to use everything else!
      devicenull
      Lyricist I
      October 6, 2017
      +1 I definitely preferred the darker theme
        Dean_25
        Avid Contributor I
        October 6, 2017
        One more vote from me for dark theme on Android app. I use tablets on walls around my house, and they are garish.
          Guy_19
          Guy_19
          Enthusiast II
          October 6, 2017
          And another - dark theme please. It is essential, and of course much better for AMOLED screens, as it preserves battery.
          7 rooms: One SL Stereo Pair, One SL x 2, Move, Play:5 Gen2 & Port into Arcam AVR with AE floorstanders, Port into Denon microsystem.
            untiefe
            Trending Lyricist I
            October 6, 2017
            +1 for a dark theme
            +2 for a setting for different themes
            -1 for my battery life
            -1 for my sleep in the bedroom using the new gui...

            customers are different and need choice...
              csinsc
              Contributor I
              October 7, 2017
              I want the dark theme back.. update also broke my music service... not a fan.
                augustearth
                Lyricist II
                October 7, 2017
                The white theme is horrible!!! It's way too bright. My phone is like a torch burning my eyes with it. Please bring back the dark theme!
                  christoph schwarz
                  Lyricist I
                  October 7, 2017
                  Give us a dark theme or night mode!
                  All display settings tried, there's just no way to make using the controller easy on the eyes in the evening or at night now.
                    Per Goetterup
                    Per Goetterup
                    Contributor I
                    October 7, 2017
                    Yes! - Came here after searching for a solution. The white theme is awful! - Bring back the old color scheme!
                      AMFMSB
                      Enthusiast I
                      October 7, 2017
                      Long day at work— I come home, dim the lights, and a few chill tracks come to mind. I fire up the Sonos app to build a queue to relax to and bam — I’m greeted with a white-hot retna burner.... nice.

                      The white does look clean, fresh, and sterile - very modern and Apple store–ish, but not very record store-ish. The new navigation improvements will become second nature eventually, but the white will always hurt my eyes. I know it looks just like the Apple Music interface, but I use Apple Music during the day when I’m out and about, in the sun or under bright office lights, Sonos is part of my home, where I relax in the evenings. The music should be the focus of the experience; not a bright white screen. I want to look down at the cover art; but can’t comfortably do that anymore - it’s like trying to look at an LP cover with, well, a bright white iPhone screen in the way. The white theme and music just don’t seem to go. It’s like going to an intimate live performance in the evening that’s lit with bright fluorescent lighting — it just doesn’t fit. I dont know what else to say, we music fans just want to be in the dark and jam out - without mom flipping the lights on!

                      Please give us a dark theme option.... please.
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