Controllers & Music Services

Ok so I don’t understand the tech… but I am intelligent enough to know Sonos have made a huge error of judgement. The ridiculous update/new app whatever “lost” my music library - like a lot of other people it seems. Hours on the phone with Sonos (not including the HOURS waiting for someone to answer the call) fruitlessly trying to re-add my library (including them telling me it was Apple’s fault, which then involved 90 mins on the phone with Apple, who confirmed all my settings were fine and it should work) and then FINALLY someone senior at Sonos admitted it was the app …. and told me to try Plex. I’ve done this and it plays - BUT - here’s my question…Recently added music in Itunes :  Because I can’t see My Library in Sonos, even though I click Update Library, it doesn’t seem to be doing it, and I can’t see if it is ? New additions don’t seem to be there ….Does Plex automatically copy an update in Sonos (supposing it works) or do I need to do something to Plex settings ? What a TOTAL

For what it’s worth I have experienced the same issues as most of the posts here regarding the recent upgrade. I have a beam, sub, and 2 100’s connected and they were clearly out of balance after the update. I have tried a number of times unsuccessfully to retune the system with Trueplay. Then all of a sudden today I try again and it tunes them immediately.

Sonos dropped a new update today, and I was sincerely hoping that this one would (FINALLY) restore our ability to link to our local stored music, making it available through the Sonos Music Library.   Alas, despite that promise of a “mid June” fix, today’s didn't work.  I have a MacBook Pro (late 2018) running the latest MacOS. So does anybody know  the latest ETA for when we will be able to play the music we’ve purchased and stored on our systems, via SONOS? Perhaps as an aside, I cannot fathom why SONOS chose to take so much away from the many who have already invested in SONOS systems, so that SONOS can introduce new headphones.  There’s no way in hell I’m going to buy headphones from a company that took away some of the most relied-upon features for our existing SONOS products, to hit a release date for their new product.  Why would I assume any headphones I might purchase wouldn’t be treated the same way down the road?

Hello Sonos Community,I am writing to express my frustration with the recent update to the Sonos app. As a loyal customer, I have always appreciated the quality and performance of Sonos products. However, my experience with the Sonos Roam SL has been disappointing.I recently purchased a Sonos Roam SL, excited to integrate it into my existing Sonos system. Unfortunately, after the latest app update, I am unable to add the Roam SL to my system. Despite following all troubleshooting steps and ensuring that both the app and firmware are up to date, the problem persists.This issue is highly frustrating, especially considering the investment I have made in Sonos products. I rely on a seamless experience and compatibility across my devices, and this disruption has significantly impacted my enjoyment of the system.I urge Sonos to address this issue promptly. It is crucial that updates are thoroughly tested for compatibility with all products before being released to avoid such inconveniences.

What the actual *? Why would Sonos, a large company with high levels of investment available replace a working app with a junk piece of crap that is buggy, crashes, lags, pauses and lacks basic functionality???? Way to go. Just treat your customers like complete mugs.*Moderator Note: Modified in accordance with the Community Code of Conduct.*

After many hours of frustration with my full system and Apple Music (especially Lossless) with some help from this community, I used a workaround to switch to SonosNet by wiring one speaker.   This worked for me and ended the constant dropouts, loud bursts, delays, lag, etc.  See this post…https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-and-music-services-228995/apple-lossless-extreme-dropout-stability-issues-with-multi-room-audio-6897710 Now a new issue…. I’m travelling in my RV with just a Roam and a Move (I know - “roughing it”).   Roam and Move show up in the app via “connect to new system”, and start and sync up immediately.   However within a song or 2, both will go silent, while the app still shows them as playing.   No errors, no sound.   Skipping, scrubbing, etc. does nothing.    Only happening with Apple Music.   I can stream perfectly fine from Amazon Music.  Suspect this may be the new Lossless support - but have no way of disabling it to test.Anyone else having Apple Music issu

Will the ability to re-arrange and delete songs from the queue be added back?

Something went wrong: Try again Sonos take your own app’s advice and try again, I used to proudly show off my Sonos set up and the ease you could play what you want and have it playing in multiple rooms at the same time. Today my mum was child minding for us and mentioned a song she hadn’t heard in ages, took out my phone tried several times to play the song that is in my several years old playlist but you guessed it: Something went wrong repeatedly where I finally admitted defeat and said I couldn’t actually play it or anything really. Bravo Sonos, and no I don’t want your headphones.   

Hello,I happen to like the SonoPad third-party controller on iPads and I have been looking for an alternative for use with Android tablets.The app must be optimized for tablets, and optimally should feature a multi-column view.Any suggestions?

Old S1 only players compatible with latest S2 controller?

I am trying to install the new app.  It won’t install correctly and requires several reboots of my iOS devices to open. Even then it has completely screwed up my home audio system. It constantly gives incorrect “cannot connect” messages.  It won’t recognize my Sonos products.  It won’t recognize my third-party music apps.  The search function is defective.  When I finally got some music to play, it defaults to blasting music from my back patio speakers only.  When I change to indoor speakers only, it plays different songs out of different speakers.  Then some of the speakers disconnect.  Then all of the speakers disconnect, and, at the same time, it reverts to blasting music out of the backyard speaker. Are we sure that this is an official Sonos app?  It feels like some sort of joke or maybe malware?

Since the app I have not seen my Sonos playlists. From what I have read the ability to create or edit playlists is not available but should I be able to see and play these playlists? If you can see and play your playlists did you have to do anything to regain that ability? I have figured out how to get my library back and can play a track from it but the playlists has me baffled.

A word of caution: when I opened the iOS Sonos app 80.02.44 (updated 3 days ago) you’re immediately presented with new “Terms of Use” which you must Accept to use the app: PLEASE REVIEW SECTION 13, TITLED "DISPUTE RESOLUTION" CAREFULLY, AS IT SETS FORTH HOW THIS AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO BINDING ARBITRATION, AS WELL AS YOUR RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF SUCH PROVISION. IT IS IMPORTANT YOU READ THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT BEFORE PURCHASING, DOWNLOADING, REGISTERING AND/ OR OTHERWISE USING SONOS PRODUCTS AND/OR SERVICES. It seems all the talk of a class action suit have reached management. In section 13 (j):Right to opt-out of the Arbitration Agreement. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE BOUND BY THE “ARBITRATION AGREEMENT” AS SET FORTH IN THIS “DISPUTE RESOLUTION” SECTION 13, THEN: (1) you must notify Sonos in writing within thirty (30) days of the date that you purchased a single Sonos Product or otherwise become subject to this Arbitration Agreement (or any subsequent changes to the provisions of the secti

 I’m having lost of problems with it. the conexion is bad with the system, it’s more xomplicated and the selection of the rooms always have problems. i have 11 speakers at home and I can not enjoy my system since the update

Not counting prior issues/problems/up-down grades to the apps/equipment in the past.How many hours of your personal time have you spent trying to play audio/music from your Sonos whole-home-wireless-audio system with the new app?  4hrs + and counting here...YOU?

So the new app sucks in many ways. Here's one. Now that the Alarms function has returned to the app, I find that the time picker to set the alarm time is horrible to work with. Tiny font, hair trigger scroll wheels. Olympic eye-hand coordination needed. Is it just me?

Plenty of bad comments concerning the New S2 App out there. In order to provide a balanced opinion. Are there any users that? :-Have it working in all respects. Prefer the new to the previous S2 Version. Do not regret upgrading to the current version. 

Ok everyone who’s going first?🤣 Let us know how if it’s safe to update. ETA I updated. The app didn’t make me sign in or search for my speakers on first start so that’s a win.  80.01.08 (Android)80.01.30 (iOS)Release date: 5/29/2024 In this update: Fixed issues encountered when adding a product that is running older software.   Fixed an issue where VoiceOver on iOS could not toggle switches in settings. App requirementsAndroid 8.0 or later iOS 16 or later iPadOS 16 or later Fire OS 7 and higher 

Hi, Sonosstill in trouble to find the way to listen my favourites podcasts via my Home Sonos setup.I have podcasts collection on my Spotify acc, but for some reason, can’t find Podcast section in Sonos app. To address this issue, I’ve created message in Spotify Community portal, but no progress.Still dont know what is the problem.. Details os here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Live-Ideas/All-Platforms-Connect-re-categorise-podcasts-as-AUDIO-so-they/idc-p/5893811/highlight/true#M282455 As well, my podcasts were hosted by Google Podcasts mobile app. Due to Google decision to close mobile app and migrate podcasts to YTM - all shows I’ve migrate to YTM. Using mechanism provided by Google.Hoped it resolve my problem and I’ll be able to listem podcasts via Sonos. Finally.No way ((Sonos app, select YTM, select Library, select Podcast - it display ONLY 30 shows, even not episodes, as mentioned in some topic here. But 30 shows. WHY? I’ve subscribed to far more than 30 shows! What the issue

I have two separate Sonos networks, one at my house one on my boat. Every time I leave either one of these systems, I have issues connecting with them when I return. My house has a boost that I usually end up having to unplug and then plug back in for my system to work which I think is absolutely insane. My boat is the bigger issue, I don't have a boost on this network, I'm connecting two play 5's to a T-Mobile home internet wireless router.  I'm currently not able to connect to my network unless I unplug both speakers and plug them back in. Sometimes I even have to hold the button down to reset each one. Why is this a constant issue? I've tried other routers before and had the same issue. Should I just drop the speakers in the water and try another brand? So I've tried six times now to reset both speakers on this network and have been unable to do anything with them. Is this where I start my class action lawsuit?  Moderator edit: Combined posts

I’ve been a long time user both at home & office. The new upgrade fails miserably!!!!  The previous version equalizer was easy to use & change in milliseconds. The new version is way too challenging. Secondly some of my playlists won’t work & I receive a trouble message with no suggested solution. One giant step backward for what was once a fairly simple app. Do better!!

Sonos have absolutely ruined the experience. The software updates are absolutely trash, I spend ages waiting for the app to load and have connectivity issues as the Sonos speaker can't be found even when logged into the app. Why have they ruined the software and ruined my experience. Thanks sonos for destroying your software and making it so hard for users to even play there music through your speakers now. Great job 👍

Given the aggravations folks are seeing with playlists going missing and not being recoverable it would be good if the Sonos App could export/import some of the internal data, playlists, stations, favorites and anything else that would be useful.This would also be handy for folks having to Factory Reset their devices.

The new Sonos app is missing the sound settings shortcut in the play screen. The play screen is the screen showing the music title, progress bar, play, skip forward/back, volume,….The previous version had a link to change the settings of the used speaker systems. The button on the bottom allows to turn on off additional systems but there are no sound settings like EQ, balance. It would be great to include other sound settings as well like surround, height, sub.

This is really ridiculous.  Sonos...WHY would you harm your brand like this?  When I try and use your app, I get a default to a System Settings page that says it cannot find my system.  That’s it.  Mic drop. p.s. I have Sonos set up at both my primary residence and my cottage...same experience at both.