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Leigh
Avid Contributor I
May 17, 2013

FULL spotify integration (and other 3rd parties)

  • May 17, 2013
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Now while its great to see that Spotify radio is going to make it into the Controller app, having used Spotify for a few weeks now on my Sonos system i think Sonos need to go a step further. In effect i think that the spotify app, for ipad for instance needs full integration into the Sonos system (as it does for Napseter etc) What ive found annoying to date is that if im playing a tune on my Sonos system that i like, i then have to go to the Spotify app, search, and find that tune, then click on the star button for example so that its added to my Sonos Controller. That kind of functionality should be included by default.
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      Brandon_7
      Avid Contributor I
      May 19, 2013
      Really, the Spotify integration remains poor. Using Spotify on Sonos is pale ghost of the Spotify desktop controller. It is sufficiently lousy that I am debating returning my Sonos system, or adding Airplay into Sonos as a workaround,
        James_137
        Lyricist II
        May 24, 2013
        Does anyone know when the Spotify Radio support is supposed to be released? I just purchased a Sonos system and I was very disappointed to find out this didn't work. I see threads going back to at least summer of 2012 requesting Spotify Radio functionality, so I'm glad to see it planned, but does "planned" mean 30 days or another year, or something in between?
        Berrpj
        Lyricist I
        September 5, 2013
        As a long time owner of Sonos and Rhapsody user I recently changed over to Spotify due to the higher bitrate. I was surprised at the lack of features on the ipad controller compared to Rhapsody. This is a major disappointment since Spotify is number 1 in the market.
          Ian Sutherland
          Lyricist III
          November 14, 2013
          I agree that Sonos needs to improve the Spotify ingetration significantly. There are many features which make for a poor user experience but one of the most annoying things I find is that I cannot seem to simply click on a single track in a playlist and let the playlist continue from there. The only option to get a whole playlist to play is to "Play Now" the whole playlist from the beginning. I therefore find I am not using Spotify on Sonos nearly as much as I should do because I have many playlists which have 100+ tracks in them and its quite boring to listen to them all from the beginning. Only work around would be to create shorter playlists or use shuffle, neither of which are ideal. Come on Sonos - sort this one out... Spotify and Sonos are made to work together but right now they just don't!
            Phil_8
            Lyricist I
            November 22, 2013
            The integration of Sonos and Spotify apps have improved a lot with the latest versions, however they still leave a lot to be desired. Please work on better integration of the sonos app, so we can manage our spotify music/playlists from the Sono apps. Would love to see spotify radio and starred playlists being available!
            James_137
            Lyricist II
            November 22, 2013
            Does the latest version support Spotify Radio?  I even look at the features of the integration without paying for Spotify Premium again (which I'm willing to do if everything works)

            Edit: I just signed up for Spotify Premium again to test this and it was another waste of money, Spotify Radio is not supported yet.  I think I saw some new things around playlists, but I haven't had time to mess with that yet.  Overall the integration is still very weak.
            Sam_18
            Contributor I
            December 15, 2013
            Wow, I see a to of frustrated customers on this thread and no responses from Sonos… I have the same issue… what gives?
              Ludo Sak
              Lyricist I
              December 15, 2013
              It works reasonably, the sonos spotify thing. It is not optimized yet, but that is understandable given the fact that the companies are not related. I would love genre support though;)
              User372214
              Contributor I
              February 11, 2014
              This is a continued problem for me. I get Spotify emails with great playlists but can't play them through Sonos.
              drowningman
              Avid Contributor I
              September 23, 2014
              The 3 Spotify functions I miss the most when using Spotify through sonos are: 1) shuffleplay The whole catalouqe of an artist, 2) beeing able to share Music with Spotify friends and 3) The posibility to access Spotify apps
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