Controllers & Music Services

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Hello, since the new update I can not create or save alarms.I use an iphone 14 pro max with the newest app updateand an old iphone 7 plus with an outdated app. I onlöy can add/update it on an outdated app (iphone 7plus) now...From the current app and main device (iphone 14 pro max) I can not edit or save it.Still can not create or save on both devices.

Hi guys. How come when i play music straight from say, apple music it seems alot quieter than if i play through the sonos app/apple music. I always control my music through sonos app due to this. Also will there ever be an addition to the app to allow me to control music with the sonos ace, just as i do with the rest of my products. 

I have S2 Controller Version 16.1 build 78151030 on my iPad. When I use the app on my iPad, there appears a message that the iOS version on my iPad is “no longer supported”. However, it works perfectly. That’s good. On my Mac, I have S2 Controller Version: 16.6 build 83161210. When I attempt to use the app on my Mac, I does not work, but demands that I check for updates. I do not want to update on my Mac because of a long history of Sonos updates causing my system to fail and requiring laborious troubleshooting and repair.How can I get my Sonos S2 controller on my Mac to work again without risking the failure of my existing Sonos system?Thanks for helping if you can. 

Hello everybody,when I launch the app, select my speakers (2 Play5 Gen1 Stereo) and choose my TuneIn radio station and put volume to e.g. 5 as soon the music starts the volume goes up automatically to 25! Independent of last volume when turning off (at any other speaker of my system). When adding additional speakers it seams to refer to latest volume on that speaker.I read that there is no default volume in any settings. So how can I fix this anointing way to loud start up volume?Thanks from Munich 🤗

I would like to have the results from a search list items according to my preference.  I’ve been using Sonos for many years because I could prioritized by music library, not paid streaming services.Searching from the home screen has music library as the LAST group!?  Why Sonos?  I can rearrange the home screen to have my music library first, how do I have my music library results first in search results.I know I can go to the music library first then search, but why make this an extra step.  Why do you push streaming services first, because it is financially advantageous to you?  Unless I am missing a setting, I see no way to change the search order results. Please give us music lover back the control to set our own priorities. 

How come when I use Alexa on my era 300 to set a alarm for the morning using Apple or Spotify music Alexa doesn’t cooperate and just say I don’t understand that

Ever since the new app came out, we’ve lost the ability to set inputs as favorites. Is this on the roadmap to add to the new app?

Where is the EQ setting in Android app ?In IOS (IPad) i could find it in Device setting.The inconsistent menu between IOS and Android is confusing. 

Trying to listen via S1 App to Mixcloud content via my Sonos system.Can search Mixcloud OK but not getting any audio at all - I can listen via the Mixcloud site after listening to an ad.Is anybody else having this issue?

I’ve been muddling through getting my local Mac music library accessible to Sonos (something I used with no issues for years before the App was improved).  I have it working sometimes but also not working.Some of the tracks work exactly as they should, launched from the Sonos program on the Mac or from the App on my  iPhone.  Some of them fail from my Mac, but then work from the iPhone, and then also work from the Mac. Others pop a persistent error message of the form:Unable to play '<track name>.m4a' - cannot connect to /<HOSTNAME>/<DIRECTORY> because the server cannot be found. My music library is on an external disk mounted directly on my Mac which is sharing the filesystem (SMB enabled).  I am trying to launch the music from the Sonos program on my Mac and also from two family iPhones.It seems bizarre that some tracks are just fine while others that in some cases are in the same subdirectory can not be played.  Or perhaps, its that the server cannot be found for s

SonosNet Channel is showing as an option in the Network settings on my Sonos app, but I’m not sure why.  The reason I’m asking is that I’m trying to get to the bottom of why my app lags more than it used to. I have tried Sonos support and given them diagnostics, but after 1hr and 20mins on the phone to them nothing had improved and I’m none the wiser. They asked me to connect a speaker via Ethernet to create a SonosNet but that seemed to make the lag worse.  I have since done a hard reset of all speakers, uninstalled and reinstalled the Sonos app on my iPhone. But the SonosNet channel still appears as an option. I have 5x Sonos Play 1 speakers and 2x Sonos One speakers in my system. All of them are showing as WifiMode1, so are connecting to my WiFi. I have an EE Smarthub router, with WiFi turned off and use a TP Link Deco X50 mesh system in AP mode. I have reserved the IP addresses for the Sonos speakers. I get a strong, stable and 70mbps+ WiFi signal from the mesh system in all the ro

I have created playlists within Sonos for years and have had no trouble moving tracks around, but now there doesn’t appear to be that option anymore, is that correct, or am I missing something?I sincerely hope Sonos haven’t removed that feature, or it could be the final straw.

I understand the technical aspects of the sampling rate, bitrate and mastering of media sources. However, if I play a Max Quality (24 bit, 192 kHz song on Tidal) or the high res lossless version in Apple Music from within the Sonos app or the Lossless capped version in Apple TV and compre vis a vis a Bluray, I find that the sound quality in terms of the fidelity, overall tight sound, louder, wider soundstage and greater feel  iis observed when the source is Bluray.  My setup is Sony A95, Apppe TV and a mid range Sony Bluray player with Sonos Arc, 2 Era 300s and a Sub in a single room. ​@jgatie ​@Corry P 

Hvorfor får jeg ikke vist Spotify playliste i Sonos (S2)? Jeg abonnerer på Tidal uden problemer. Har netop oprettet en Spotify konto (free) for at prøve det af, men jeg mangler som sagt min playliste. Alle aps er opdaterede med sidste versioner. Moderator Note: Google Translate- Why can't I see my Spotify playlist in Sonos (S2)? I subscribe to Tidal without any problems. I just created a Spotify account (free) to try it out, but as I said, I'm missing my playlist. All apps are updated with the latest versions.

Is firmware updated automatically?

Hi All, In my living room I have a Beam, a Mini Sub, and a Five. Here are my dreams… 1. Have the Beam and the Mini Sub for watching TV / movies. 2.Be able to swap to the Five and Mini Sub when listening to just music / records. I want better quality audio than a sound bar can offer for music listening, plus my record player is on the other side of the room and want a speaker near that.  3. Being able to go all out and have the 3 speakers play.  The issue I am running into is I cannot get the Five to join the others in one room on the app or I can only connect the Mini Sub to either the Beam or the Five. Is what I am dreaming possible?Does the Port solve any of this?Would a pair of Era 100’s and 300’s plus the Five make this possible and just ditch the sound bar?Ditch the single Five and go with a pair of 300’s or 100’s and keep the beam? But then theres the problem of turntable connectivity and the Port is pricey...Can I make a group with all the speakers and just mute the beam? Bonus

I live in France and have been using Sounds to access Radio 4 live, for many years.  I now hear I will not be able to do so. Any solutions please?                                                                                                   

I’ve been using a Sonos Port for many months now making the switch to Sonos when the Apple Lossless support was introduced.I’m very happy with the solution and appreciate that ‘features’ take time to implement but I really do think its about time a better way to navigate through the Album and Artist lists is introduced.It is currently very laborious to have to scroll through complete A to Z lists just to get to the item you want.It surely should be possible to add a capability to jump to the starting letter of choice.Here’s hoping…Thanks 

Hi all.As with other posts of this nature, I am also experiencing issues with different volume levels of the Era 300 surrounds after Trueplay tuning.I have an Arc Ultra with 2 x Era 300’s and a Sub Gen 4. All of which sound excellent - especially with Trueplay enabled.However….I have tried all of the usual techniques to try and mitigate this volume issue - but so far, the situation has not improved. It’s always the left side of the acoustic that’s always louder.I am using the latest software and hardware firmware (as of 14/03/25).To be clear, the sound levels of the surrounds are fine without Trueplay enabled or configured.I have also tried swapping the rear speakers around and re-configuring (to see if it’s a hardware issue) but still the same result keeps occurring.So with this in mind, I have the following questions:is it possible to send Sonos techs diagnostics of before and after Trueplay calibration to see if there is an issue here? after Trueplay is enabled, it is impossible to

As per the title… I use a Sonos connect and have tried to reinstall the Innuos Zenith MK3 library, but comes back with cannot find music… was working fine earlier

Hi all, any news on when Playlists will be showing Artwork and the ability to add and create new ones?

I have 6 x Sonos Ones and SL’s, 2 x Sonos Amps and 3 x Sonos Ports which, as you can imagine, was a huge investment on my part to channel my YouTube Streaming Music via my Android phone across my property. Recently YT Music (YT) stopped working. When I try to play a YT playlist, I get the spinning circle of death on the play symbol. On the 1 time out of 15 it works, shuffle no longer works. Or it plays one different song then repeats the 4 songs its already previously played. Then it goes back to not playing at all.     I have unlinked my account, relinked, reset my router, ‘forgotten’ my entire system, reset and reconnected every one of my components, uninstalled the app, reinstalled it, relinked YT, and relinked components. Sonos S1 gives me a really helpful option to download a google chrome app instead of downgrading my system to work on the S1 App.I see you can connect to the system by bypassing the Sonos App completely and connect directly to the system via the Spotify app. Howev

In the iOS app, I would like to be able to add multiple podcast episodes at once to the play que. E.g. by clicking the three dots of a podcast show and choosing “Add to End of Queue”. Today, in the TuneIn or Sveriges Radio channels, it is not possible to add multiple/all episodes in one click to the que. Unlike songs/albums/playlists in the Spotify “channel”, you have to add each podcast episode manually, one by one. Very tedious.It is a mystery why this simple ”feature” has not been added yet. After all, the ability to play podcasts has been around for 10 years or so.In the desktop app it is easier to add multiple episodes though, than in the iOS app. Another podcast related problem is to add podcast episodes in chronological order (or simply reverse the play order of the que). Many podcasts is published with the newest episode at top. But in some cases, as with audio books published by free public radio, this is creates a problem, since you want to listen to the book podcast episodes

Is the controller ever going to get better and actually be in control? Had to leave radio on today for 4 hours when out because Sonos wouldn’t let me turn off, having tried for 20 mins before leaving. Regularly have songs stopped and switched but most infuriated about simply not being able to connect whilst having speakers playing in rooms I’m not in. C’mon Sonos - SORT IT OUT!