ios app is rubish

so you hate the amazon music and spotify apps as well (since they are all near identical).

Love the Sonos app and the universal search between all services and local music and not being beholden to a single supplier of my music.

and then of course if you have ios and a newer sonos speaker it will play from any app.

it will play direct from Spotify app ios

it will play direct from google music app on android

Its the switching between my conect amp use this for tv sound
and 2 play3 sometimes we want a big sound and gruppe these
together, but when we want to go back to connect amp for tv
sound it goes wrong too many clicks to get tv sound, its just
not logical

Its the switching between my conect amp use this for tv sound
and 2 play3 sometimes we want a big sound and gruppe these
together, but when we want to go back to connect amp for tv
sound it goes wrong too many clicks to get tv sound, its just
not logical

You can set it to automatically switch to TV when the TV is turned on, and you have not told us if you want the group to stay after you switch to TV or if you wish it to ungroup, but there are options for both. Go into Settings for the Connect:Amp and turn Line-In Autoplay to 'On' and Ungroup on Autoplay to 'Off' or 'On' depending on your wishes.

Also, this is a pretty specific complaint about a configuration for which the Connect:Amp was not originally designed. To call the app "rubbish" for not being optimal in this particular fringe use case is a bit of overkill, no?

The Sonos app has seen a lot of critic,now over many years and versions
and it has not got better, the connect amp works very well with my tv thanks and no
i dont like Beam or playbar the design is not in our taste big and clumpy also too expensive.
Instead of the 3 small dots when i want to play music in a room, why not a roll down menu that
asks which room would you like to play this music?

the connect amp works very well with my tv thanks and no
i dont like Beam or playbar the design is not in our taste big and clumpy also too expensive.
II am very happy for you, but it does not change the fact that the Connect:Amp was not designed or intended to be used for TV sound, and has never been marketed as such.

Learn how to use it! We're used and happy with it.

I know how to use it thank you, i have used sonos now for over 10 years.
I am also part of the Sonos beta program, but i still think it is not user friendly.
As far as i remember Sonos had a much better version a few years ago i think
the last good version was v7 much easier to use.
I love Sonos and recamend it to friends, but the app is crap.
Thats my opion thank you.

I know how to use it thank you, i have used sonos now for over 10 years.
I am also part of the Sonos beta program, but i still think it is not user friendly.
As far as i remember Sonos had a much better version a few years ago i think
the last good version was v7 much easier to use.
I love Sonos and recamend it to friends, but the app is crap.
Thats my opion thank you.And you are entitled to your opinion, there is no right and wrong here, and different approaches suit different people. But my experience is that some people who don't like the current app really have just not got the hang of it. The key to the current app is the navigation bar at the bottom of the screen. To put music on in the room(s) you want, you just:
1. Tap the 'Rooms' button and tap the room you want, or group a few together.
2. Tap the 'Browse' button to choose a particular source, or the 'Search' button to search across all sources, or the 'My Sonos' button to access your previously stored playlists and favourites.

How could that be simpler? To my mind it is logical, straightforward and efficient. You are entitled to think otherwise, but please explain what the problem with that is.

'My Sonos' has plenty of scope for improvement, IMO, but is usable.

Thanks John B
Good points i agree it is normaly easy to use in some cases,
but we use the connect amp all the time for tv sound which
works well no lip sync problems and i prefer my own speakers
for this tv sound, the problem is when i want to use my connect amp
to play music, when i want tv sound again i have to press browse
and then press line in, and then press tv room, press play now,
rather a long way to get tv sound again i think.
I know Sonos want me to buy a playbar or beam for tv but both
myself and my wife think they are ugly design but