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Doug_4
Contributor II
September 6, 2012

Default Groups

  • September 6, 2012
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Would be nice to set up a couple of default groups and just be able to select those instead of alway having to go individually and select. I have 9 rooms on Sonos. Usually have a group of 3 together and a group of 2 together.
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      Dfuerpo
      Contributor I
      October 8, 2015
      Just want to add my vote for this feature; the ability to define and save named groups. The post referenced above by Sven Willert shows this was requested 10 years ago!
      upstatemike
      October 8, 2015
      I would like to see more group options available in the Sonos app.

      I would also like to preset the default volume for each individual speaker in a group. This way, when the group is enabled, the speakers are at a known volume.


      Excellent idea!
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      Flippowitsch
      Contributor III
      October 10, 2015
      Hi,

      one month ago, I started a thread with a similar topic. The idea is to create profiles: E.g. click on "Night" to
      -select only speakers in living room
      -set defined low volume
      -start defined music
      ...

      Please see here:
      https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/idea-create-profiles-6731325

      Philipp
        David_198
        Trending Lyricist I
        October 22, 2015
        This is so easy to implement. And for the money we spend on these gadgets...
          Michael_198
          Lyricist II
          November 1, 2015
          I really hope that we get an auto-join feature that regroups devices after power off. Because otherwise, the power consumption is really too high.

          Maybe Sonos could give us some feedback whether such a feature is planned?
          User197808
          Contributor I
          December 15, 2016
          Yes, please! I currently have 9 rooms w/Sonos... soon to be 11. This would be tremendous! I envision this working as a default group assigned to a device... when a device is removed from its most recent group it simply returns to its default group instead of becoming a standalone device. You might consider having the default group names persist, even when all devices have been reassigned to other groups. That way when I want to play a song in the "Kids Rooms" default group, but all those devices are currently reassigned, Sonos simply asks if I want to pull all devices back into "Kids Room" group... I click "yes" and the music plays with fewer clicks.

          The beauty of assigning default groups is that it doesn't meaningfully complicate the primary interface, this is an advanced setting assigned to each speaker, it doesn't need to be exposed to all users... just Sonos power users with significant investments in the products.
          User197808
          Contributor I
          December 16, 2016
          Honestly, it's kinda crazy that I need to recreate all my speaker groups after using "party mode", for instance. I recreate speaker groups at least twice every day... it makes no sense.
          AK_
          Lyricist III
          December 30, 2016
          Very much support this - an obvious step. I only have 2 devices and its a pain in the butt.
          Shellyfish
          Lyricist I
          December 30, 2016
          I would love to have this feature! This thread is 4 years old, it would be nice to have some kind of response.
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