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How do I sort Pandora alphabetically?

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November 14, 2017
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I just ran the most recent update of the controller on Mac (version 8.2, build 39247040). I notice that Pandora created a new subfolder of "My Stations" and inside of that, my stations are sorted by date most recently played. I'm sure that was requested by some users, but is of no use at all to me. I want to browse channels alphabetically as it has been. Is that a preference I can change or is this the new sort order we all have to use now?

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Best answer by Ryan S

Hi Jeff, that's odd. The person you spoke with should have known what you meant by the sorting of Pandora stations. I'll follow up on that internally. He is correct that it's not a feature that's available. You can't edit the sorting of the Pandora listing within Sonos. It used to be alphabetical but was changed to most recently played with an overhaul of the Pandora on Sonos integration. I'll make sure your request for either an option of sorting or a reversion to the old format gets passed to the right team. If you haven't yet, it'd also be good to let Pandora know that you're looking for this too.

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Neald

Lyricist III

This such a pain. Bring back A-Z listing!
SO disappointed in you folks. Completely unusable! Hurry, or bye-bye.

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Desu

Lyricist I

Sorting the music by date is worthless to me, how moronic a customer interface that you don't have a choice to alphabetize. Sonos and Pandora, change this!

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kpaq

Lyricist I

I am also very disappointed that, it appears, Pandora is not allowing Sonos to sort stations alphabetically and requiring an additional click in order to drive users to the Pandora app and away from the Sonos app. This is probably designed to make it more difficult or inconvenient for users to access other music services and to drive traffic to the content on the Pandora app. This appears to be a strongarm tactic that I would expect Sonos to stand against. Very disappointed in this change.

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mschweid

Lyricist I

I just ran the most recent update of the controller on Mac (version 8.2, build 39247040). I notice that Pandora created a new subfolder of "My Stations" and inside of that, my stations are sorted by date most recently played. I'm sure that was requested by some users, but is of no use at all to me. I want to browse channels alphabetically as it has been. Is that a preference I can change or is this the new sort order we all have to use now?

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mschweid

Lyricist I

Amazingly useless update. Sad. Sonos, you’re usually on top of this. This needs to be changed now

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engelsen8

Contributor I

I too would really like to be able to view my Pandora stations (ALPHABETICALLY), directly within the Sonos controller app.

plhoward

Avid Contributor I

[quote=rld53]
Message from Sonos technical support:

I understand that you are having some issues with finding your music in Pandora. So Pandora recently updated what they give us to include in the app and unfortunately that includes the inability to organize the station alphabetically. This is something that is out of our control and something that Pandora decides and controls. With this change though they have allowed Pandora listeners to control Sonos directly from their app which does allow you to organize them alphabetically. Simply download the latest version of the Pandora app, start a station and hit the "cast" button to play to your Sonos speakers. Here is a guide about this new feature. https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/64/kw/pandora

This statement "With this change though they have allowed Pandora listeners to control Sonos directly from their app which does allow you to organize them alphabetically." is not true. I have the latest Pandora app and you can not alpha your stations. I wish both platforms bring back alpha ASAP. I have over 50 Pandora stations and it's very difficult to find the one I want.

Also, in the Sonos desktop version, when playing Pandora, you use to be able to give the thumbs up and down on a song but it looks like that has disappeared as well. Am I crazy thinking that was there before?

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joepfiore

Lyricist I

I'm am unhappy. What were the thoughts behind this decision? I use all 100 stations allowed. Major pain in my ass. "If it aint broke, don't fix it" . Let me a have my a-z back. Please,

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scubacatco

Lyricist I

AGREED!!! please put the option back to alphabetize Pandora stations. Sorting by recently played makes no sense when you have a lot of stations!!!

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EthanZ

Contributor I

@Sonos - it would be appropriate for you to relay this feedback from your customer community to Pandora on our behalf and then come back to the community to let us know that you've done so. Take care of your people.

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