Controllers & Music Services

When Sonos first launched, they were strictly a music product. Frankly, they changed the way a lot of multi-room audio was done back then. Average consumers without any audio experience could start creating "zones" and the coolest thing was the ability to have a different music source in each zone at the same time! Many of us early-adopters jumped on the chance (at the recommendation of SONOS I might add, a feature/benefit they really pitched) to put our CD Collections onto a hard drive or preferably a NAS device. My God I could now listen to all the music I bought on CD in any room individually or grouped together with no lag or delay ... this IS the reason I bought into this eco-system from the beginning and spent lots of $$$ over the years. The surround sound market came years later. Suddenly today the music seems to be secondary, ... I was surprised to see how many people wanted the new headphones for TV and not music. So a new App launches and all of a sudden, this old crowd didn'

I’m at a different location away from my Sonos products.  I tried to open the app and it just says no products found and won’t go further.  Do I have to be with my Sonos speakers to open the new app?  

My Mac desktop controller keeps asking to upgrade. I’m refusing given the app debacle and I don’t want to lose a controller that actually works. I am I being overcautious and a desktop upgrade won’t have the same issues, or should I keep refusing for now?

I have a Sonos 5, Tidal, and an Android phone.Pre-update, I could select Tidal>My Collection>Tracks, then I pick a song and it would play that song and every next song without me selecting it.  Just like I wanted.  Pick it and forget it.  Hours of songs on my Sonos 5.Post-update, I could select Tidal>My Collection>Tracks, then I pick a song. Now, it plays that one song and stops.  No automatic advance to the next.  If I want the next song, I have to select it.I’m sure I haven’t found the correct settings to make it work like pre-Update.  How do I make it work like it did pre-Update?  I, humbly, thank you for your help. Oz

Updated app is horrible. Why change something that works? Disappointed in Sonos for this move. Time to move on of things don’t change 

My problem is the reverse from the original question in the Sonos community that I found while trying to research the issue, “I can play to my neighbour's Sonos system via Airplay but I'm not on their wifi - should I be able to do this?”My neighbor deliberately connected his speakers to my Sonos and he is also able to play my own iPad music through his speakers. If try to play my own music on my iPad and if he has his system turned on, my music will blast out loudly through his system. He can turn the volume up or down and can turn off My Music on my iPad. One day a couple of months ago, he took his laptop into the kitchen (directly above my kitchen) while I was listening to music on my Sonos in the living room. He was tapping keys for several minutes.  It was then, a few days later, that problems began for me with my own music. I first had cheap Bluetooth sleep headphones and one night all of a sudden, the music that I was listening to on my iPad was turned up very loudly in my ears b

Muy malo el nuevo sistema Sonos App deseo que le pongan fin a todos los cambios de criterios para escuchar música. La nueva app es muy lenta y no me permite poner música a continuación. Tienen que rodar cabezas con lo hecho. no cambien las App s. !!! Moderator Note - Translation by Google:The new Sonos App system is very bad. I wish they would put an end to all changes in criteria for listening to music. The new app is very slow and doesn't allow me to play music next.Heads have to roll with what has been done.do not change the Apps. !!!

How to downgrade to the last working verion? The new one is obviously still a BETA 0.001 Version 

I can find this function on the android app (although unreliable) but not on the iPad app? Does it even exist?I Can’t find the words to say how much I dislike this app! 

Adresse im Internet hat sich geändert Wie erfolgt die Aktualisierung  Moderator Note - Translation by Google:Address on the Internet has changed How is the update done?

I came back from a work trip, and when I came home I noticed that Sonos needed some updates. So, I did. But now the widget of the android app is gone, but most annoying of all, I cannot use my music library anymore. I can update it, but I cannot browse it's folder sturcture, nor can I search it's contents. I have a huge library on both my laptop as on my phone, with songs that arent on Spotify. Main points:1. I have this music to listen to.2. Sonos has made it impossible to listen to.3. I'm now unsure what the advantage is of using Sonos, opposed to just plugging a mini-jack into one of my devices? So, Sonos, get your shit together, and make sure users can access their libraries again. And maybe, if your developers might have some time left, let them develop a widget. But without that library function all of my stuff will go right into the bin. 

My “recently played” content no longer updates in the new v80 app. Is anyone else experiencing this bug? The new app is such a disappointment (as this is one of many issues) and has forced me to consider moving to Bluesound - the latest update has exposed serious organisational issues at Sonos that are unlikely to be rectified by the current management team. 

Can Sonos please work on ability to edit favorites list on Apple iOS ? When I add a Sonos Radio stations it loads to top of my list.*** I’d like to adjust favorites list to my preference at top, not my last searched & saved radio station.Thanks! 

Hello has the forthcoming redesigned Sonos App (announced on 23rd April 2024) been tested for compatibility with the voice-over screen reader in IOS? I am totally blind and currently use sonos very successfully with the S2 app on both my Iphone and Ipad. can you confirm whether the app has been tested with voice-over and that it will continue to be accessible to voice-over users. I am slightly reluctant to update if the app ends up being less accessible to me. at present the current app works beautifully with the exception of a few minor quirks. Thanks for any info you can supply. Best wishes Angus

Last night my SONOS iOS app was FORCED updated to the latest version and has now rendered my system inoperative. Attempts to connect to my SYNOLOGY NAS are failing. The APP is PURGE GARBAGE!!!! I tis not easy to navigate My SONOS system was setup to NOT automatically update. Attempts to contact SONOS are useless. The wait time are extremely long. I do NOT care about their important launch that is coming up. In fact, based on how they are treating their loyal customers I am considering selling everything and looking for an alternative.  

Everything I’m finding on the Google is a few years old or involves lots of words like XML.I have built a number of playlists in Sonos.I’m hearing that a number of users have lost theirs when they “upgraded” their app.Is there a way to backup (or export) the lists, so if that happens, I can re-import them into Sonos?(And if “yes”, how?)Thank you 

Hi all. I’m less than amused with the alarm being removed from the latest app update, is it coming back? if not how can I turn off the 2 alarms I have set? They are still coming on every morning at 6:45am in my bedroom and 7:15am in my sons bedroom….. Rather annoying. cheers Stu.

Since the Sonos S2 Version 80.00.08 controller for iOS iPhone 13 (v 17.4.1) was introduced a few days ago, it cannot be used consistently producing error messages. “A problem has occured”. Stations previously listened to in MyTuner Radio are no longer available. Some speakers “disappear” and cannot play. “Applying” a change of speaker does not work consistely. My Web version with 5 speaker units still works perfectly.The worse thing is that obtaining support, whatever the time of day, produces 50 minute waits. This is totally unacceptable. Considering the investment made in Sonos (including change from S1 to S2 units, the company is failing its customers and needs to react very quickly. With very comprehensive explanations for a new corrected software.RegardsM.Ransom(French client) 

In the new appWhere are my playlists gone?There appears to be no option to recrate my playlists My music is stored on a NASCan’t play any music! 

I’ve just upgraded to the new, May 2024 Sonos S2 app.  It wants local network access (photo).  It already has this.I’ve toggled Sonos’ local network access on and off in iPadOS settings.  No luck.  The app just keeps asking for access.  I’m now unable to use my Sonos system from the device I use most.Does anybody else have this problem, and is there a solution other than to wait for Sonos to fix it?Peter  

Hello, I own 2 Era 300 and want to complete with the Move 2 - ca you built a multi room via WiFi with the 3 of them ? 

Hello,there are so much dis-mal-functions with the new mobile app. It seems you have no date for publishing a fixed release. True ?Could you please put the S2 release into stores ?Thx

Is it possible to revert to the previous version of the app. I installed the new version about a week or ago and now my entire system is pretty much unusable.  I can’t play anything from my music library which previously was fine and if I try to play a radio stream it plays in random rooms and I can not turn it off.

App randomly tells me no products are connected, makes it's own decisions when to increase or decrease volume, and at the moment tells me Abba is playing although I know 100% it's Black Sabbath!How can I go back to the previous version.?Not running a large or confusing system - 4x1's, 1x3, 1xconnect.