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Desktop App Now Playing - Full Screen

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September 6, 2022
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Would be great on the desktop controller if we could click on the now playing artist / album / track artwork to make it full screen.

At the moment you just get a slightly larger pointless thumbnail on the mini player, it would be great if this could go fullscreen.

I understand that the image is square in shape so wouldn’t be able to stretch to fit to a rectangular screen, but a larger image against a solid colour backround (white or black) would give the desktop app a great look when music is playing. Just like the mobile app but landscape for a desktop screen.

Surely a possibility in 2022?

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ratty

Double-click on the mini-controller window to make it bigger (or smaller).

I doubt we’ll see much new functional development on the Desktop Controller. It’s appeared to be in maintenance mode for quite some while now.

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scobihughesAuthor

Trending Lyricist I

Double-click on the mini-controller window to make it bigger (or smaller).

I doubt we’ll see much new functional development on the Desktop Controller. It’s appeared to be in maintenance mode for quite some while now.

Yeah i’ve mentioned clicking on the controller in my OP.

Not really much use when you’re looking for a fullscreen solution.

ratty

You mentioned clicking on the Now Playing art, which toggles the extra window on/off. I’m talking about double-clicking on the second window itself. You can also click the “+” button.

As for a full-screen display “surely being a possibility in 2022”, it would only appeal to a tiny fraction of those using the Desktop Controller, who already are a small fraction of Sonos users. Hardly a good use of scarce engineering resources. If it came to it, Sonos would probably satisfy a lot more people by providing a TV-based Now Playing display via the HDMI from all the Sonos home theatre players.

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scobihughesAuthor

Trending Lyricist I

You mentioned clicking on the Now Playing art, which toggles the extra window on/off. I’m talking about double-clicking on the second window itself. You can also click the “+” button.

As for a full-screen display “surely being a possibility in 2022”, it would only appeal to a tiny fraction of those using the Desktop Controller, who already are a small fraction of Sonos users. Hardly a good use of scarce engineering resources. If it came to it, Sonos would probably satisfy a lot more people by providing a TV-based Now Playing display via the HDMI from all the Sonos home theatre players.

If i click on the now playing artwork, the artwork gets a little bigger (mini player) if i then click the + button it gets a little bigger still. The point i was making is that there is that the mini player is kind of pointless in a time when all UIs that play music now have a ‘now playing’ full screen feature.

Don’t see why sonos can’t implement a full screen ‘now playing’ on both TV and Desktop. I wouldn’t imagine it would be that difficult or time consuming these days.

ratty

Don’t see why sonos can’t implement a full screen ‘now playing’ on both TV and Desktop. I wouldn’t imagine it would be that difficult or time consuming these days.

Of course.

“It’s only a few lines of code.”

minimalist

Avid Contributor III

The Sonos Windows and Mac desktop apps feel like red headed step children. They could use some serious love as they feel stuck in the year 2000 compared with the mobile S2 apps. I use them when Im at my computer but I never really love the experience.