Controllers & Music Services

I have all my music stored locally on my iPad for when I travel. I have a mobile router WiFi that I use in the van for network and internet. My phone, iPad and 2 Sonos Roams are connected to this network. I can use the iPad Music app and stream music from it to the Roams via Airplay, but I notice that when I am doing this and I open the Sonos app, it shows what’s playing and let’s me control volume, EQ settings, pause etc. But when I go to look for another album etc, I have to go back to the iPad Music app. Is there a way to add the music stored locally on the app directly to the Sonos app? I could then utilise the Sonos app via the network, rather than Airplay and have full control (using Airplay, I can’t adjust volume separately for each speaker etc.). I tried adding a source from Music Library settings in Sonos app, but it wants a network path that I have no idea what to put there for access to the iPad. Thanks for any advice.BTW, those little Roam speakers are sensational, the best

I have a mutli-room setup and use a Beam to listen to music and for the TV.  When I switch between music and TV on the Beam I have to adjust the volume each time.  Is it possible to configure a default volume by input source?  If not, can it be added as a feature request?

Almost every time a new song plays the sonos screen pop-ups.  I have to close it. IT IS DRIVING ME CRAZY!!  I tried to find resolution in the community. I am using a PC with Windows 11. 

This morning I noticed the desktop app on my PC is empty:  On my iPhone its fine, but for some reason today the desktop app is empty. The PC has just been rebooted and the problem remains.

I have a sonos connect. I can either:a: have my flac files on plex and play them through sonosb: use the sonos app on the mini to add those files to my music library and play from there.I've had some issues with b since i think the sampling rate on some of the files is not supported by sonos. However using plex to transcode seems to work for all music files. Is there any issue with going through plex vs. the sonos music library in terms of sound quality?

I’ve been trying to subscribe to Radio HD for about three months without luck. When I select sign up for free trial it kicks me back to a profile page. This happens on different PCs with different browsers. I’ve contacted support and frankly they were worthless. Here is a short video that is occurring:https://www.screencast.com/t/KWc6smknNWBI thought perhaps it was a temporary issue. Sometimes I will get a popup, short 1-2 seconds that states that it is temporarily down. I waited several weeks to see what would happen. Same problem. I thought I would email the CEO on the support page. Of course, that link doesn’t work. This is ridiculous. I have about 20k of Sonos stock that I’m going to dump as soon as I can. I thought this was a buying opportunity for Apple, Wrong. 

Hello. I am looking for a way to switch to Bluetooth mode on the Sonia roam from the app. Since I have put the speaker out of normal reach, I would like to have the ability to put the Roam in Bluetooth connection mode through the app.

Hi.  I see at times my Sonos S2 and S1 apps losing connections to my speakers my new Mac Mini M1.  Is there a date for when a M1 native app will be released?

I have a Sonos Beam connected to my TV via eArc with two Sonos One surrounds as my home theatre system. In addition, I have two Sonos Ones in my bedroom and one in the kitchen, too. Plus, two HomePods in the mix. If I’m watching a program on my Apple TV and then switch the tv off to listen to music from my iPhone’s Apple Music app thru any speaker in my house, the Apple TV insists on to playing the previous tv show thru all the speakers. The Apple TV actually switches the song out for the TV show.  It takes at least 15 minutes to convince the Apple TV to give up control. Sometimes I just want to through the Apple TV out.  Is there anything I have mis-configured?

I may be wrong on this, but I am sure when I looked through my album list in the music library, I got a grid view of the album names and cover art. Now I get a list view. This using the controller app on Android.Is it my imagination that it used to be a grid view? I can’t seem to find any setting option to toggle between grid and list views.On my iPad mini, I still get a grid view of the albums. 

Every phone, computer, Apple TV, and SVS streamer turned off and powered down yet 1SL was playing music. In fact it’s playing a 67 song playlist which was last thing I was playing but with everything off where is the music coming from? 

Hi, Today I’ve been listening to my Apple Music playlist via the Sonos Apple Music service (NOT streamed via AirPlay 2).I noticed that some songs were louder than others during playback and I know that if I was streaming from my phone they’d be at the same volume with sound check enabled (which it is on my phone).Is there an equivalent function in the Sonos settings that will achieve the same as Apple’s sound check?  If there was I’d not have to keep upping and lowering the volume.CheersWhingbag 

HiI am new to sonos and really enjoy my Sonos one. We are 4 people in the house and I'm the only one who installed and configured the Sonos app and One. When someone asks Google to play music from Spotify on the Sonos, which Google and Spotify accounts are in use? Mine? If I leave the house with my phone the music stops. So who owns the music? Who controls the device? Hope my question makes sense. Thanks   

App improvement suggestion…In the Sonos app, when searching Spotify, would it be possible to clearly differentiate an artists full length albums from their singles and other songs?  The Spotify app itself has a ‘Show Discography’ button, that clearly shows all albums and the year they were released by an artist. This tiny change would make the app experience so much better.  I often find myself having to go to the Spotify app to first confirm the latest album released by an artist, then going into the Sonos app to select it from (what appears to me to be) a jumble of songs - EPs, albums, singles - in no defined order. It does appear that, in the Sonos app, the latest release by an artist is the top result, but even a year next to this would help to confirm.

Dear Forum,Any idea why 1 of 4 of my iOS devices wont login to Sonos S2 app? Simply says ‘Network Pronblem Detected’. There is no network problem as 3 other devices are logged into same app, and the rest of the network is operating fine.I have reset app rom with settings; nothing.i have delted app and reinstalled it, same issue.Any ideas?

I have woken up this morning and launched the new Placebo album, "Never Let Me Go" via my Samsung S21 Ultra Sonos App. I looked to see what the current track title was and noted that it was still displaying the opening track. I checked on my Kindle and that is continuing to show the correct current track ( three changes since I found the Android issue)

I can add a song to a playlist, including a song playing on, for example: pandora to my playlist.But I can’t add the station I set up on Pandora to my play list.this seems like an obvious use case, WHY didn’t you provide that functionality?

I have a number of Sonos amps and want to use my music library for an alarm. This should be an easy task for engineers to implement. I do not want to create music lists as I takes too much time when I can simply select a genre, album or an artist from my already existing music library.I also don't understand why Sonos closes out requests such as this when the community would like to add comments at their will.To me, this is just a nuisance and reason to move to another product.

Hi.I am just curious why the Sonos app updates so frequently?The app seems to update 2 or 3 times a week!Everything is working okay now after the latest update but prior to that the sound (whether coming directly from the TV or from streaming music via the Amazon Music app) kept sporadically going mute and I had to fiddle around to get it working again.I am currently on Sonos OS S2, Version 14.4 and Build 67127100Anyone else had this problem and by the way it's no fault with my fibre optic internet connection or WiFi !Cheers 🍻 

Today I started testing Amazon Music HD, and I see the HD tag when playing music on Beam, I know that Sonos announced that the Play:1 does not support HD, but I know that for example, they work with Dolby Atmos when connected to an Arc. Does the same thing happen when they are connected to Beam?  That is, if I group the Play:1 with the Beam, will the Play:1 play music in HD?

why did Sonos S2 v14.3 drop support for my Connect:Amp? it was happily working with all my other devices until this release. the C:A is hardware version 1.17.3.1-1.1 and has S2 v14.4. It still works in S2 v14.2 on my iPad but not v14.3 on my iPhonei see there is S2 v14.4 on the itunes app store, will it restore support?

Bonjour,Est-il possible de créer un home cinéma 2.1 avec 1 Sonos Five et 2 One sl ?En gros, puis-je configurer le 2.1 en diffusant par AirPlay sans investir dans une barre son Beam pour l’instant?Merci d’avance de votre retour.

All the music avail thru Amazon Prime Music app will not play on Sonos Move. Example: “JS Bach St Matthew Passion” is avail on Prime but does not show up under search in Sonos app. Only limited sub-set of Bach music appears on Sonos app. I have successfully connected my Amazon account under the settings/services in Sonos app.  Have others had same experience? Alternatively, can Sonos speaker function solely as bluetooth connection (not thru Sonos app) to smart phone or is this too simple?

Upgraded my iPhone and cannot connect to Sonos

I store my music files on my PC and when I view the music library by artist I have a lot of artist names with only one or two tracks each on a compilation. They are contributing artists.  I there a way I can change the library settings so that contributing artist is ignored.