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How do I sort Pandora alphabetically?

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
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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Yur_Customer

Lyricist I

If we (multiple users) access Pandora through the Sonos system it is seen as one device. No problem. If we each run the Pandora app on our pocket computers, Pandora sees that as multiple devices. A no-no on the paid subscription. Looks like the free version might be better. Am I missing something?

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MichaelBenton

Avid Contributor II

I received a similar reply as someone else related to the sorting issue. This was not caused by Sonos, but instead by Pandora. They only indicated they would consider the feedback. They acknowledge this was caused by them.

My other opinion, about what is seemingly a useless grouping ('My Stations'), has changed slightly. I did not realize that Pandora now offers a third tier of service - Premium. With this third tier active, there are additional features which appear with the 'My Stations' grouping. This gives you the ability to search by artist, album, etc. Without the premium service, however, you only see the 'My Stations' and it seems pointless.

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knoxvillelindseys

Lyricist I

I am one of Sono's biggest promoters and have been for years. It's a one of if not my favorite purchase ever.

However, sloppy half baked updates fixing things that weren't broken are highly annoying. Please restore the alphabetical sort function for Pandora. In the future, please ask us as users what changes we would like and beta test these with a broader audience BEFORE rolling out updates and causing discomfort to our entire user community. We have confidence you can fix this and restore SONOS back to the product with which we all fell in love. Thanks for caring.

jgatie

Pandora is in charge of the user experience on the Sonos app, via their implementation of the Music Partners API. If you read the Pandora threads, it has been confirmed by at least one poster that Pandora admitted the change was done by them. It would be a good idea to lobby Pandora as well as Sonos to get it changed back.

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Karl_13

Lyricist II

Yes need alpha sort back, please. In Windows app and in iOS app (the two I use). Also, I have NO NEED for the useless extra click where I have to select "My Stations" or "Thumbprint". Liked it better when Thumbprint was just listed in my list of stations.

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mwh55304

Lyricist I

Yes! I just joined Sonos community for this reason and this reason only. I love everything Sonos and I still use pandora and I NEED pandora stations to sort alphabetically!!!

scrybka

Contributor I

I e-mailed Sonos about this a couple months and still haven’t heard anything don’t know what their problem is

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amardesich

Lyricist I

Adding another reply here to make it clear this functionality should be fixed. A user wants to be able to look up the station they want to play, not based on most recently played. Please fix, thanks.

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jdgossett

Lyricist I

Although more money, guess I'm gonna have to step on over to Spotify or Apple Music

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Yur_Customer

Lyricist I

Dear Sonos, advising your customers to call someone else when the problem they are having is exhibited through your software might not be the best play here. It's your GUI we're using, not Pandora. (Or at least it appears to be, it's got your name on it.) You really ought to own this. It could be an opportunity for you. A lot of people could be very happy. Just let your software guys do what they love to do...show the other guy whose really in charge.

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