is there going to be option to play music direct from android devices rather than have an external source?

Dear John, About that BETA versions, there's a mention of a Prince - Public beta and an 4.1.1 open beta. I've taken part in the 4.1 beta. I'm joined to the Prince public beta(which is probably the 4.1 beta). But i'm unable to join the new 4.1.1 beta because I need to stop the Prince beta. What should i do?
I had to leave the Prince beta to join the 4.1.1 beta. But it works now.

Hurrah. Well done Sonos. The latest beta for Android has the ability to stream from Android it works perfectly and so much faster to show album covers in the listings. I will expand my Sonos system now. Playbar on the way.
You know there's a NDA which applies to this Beta 😉

got the play 3 a few days ago, and now with the beta loaded on my HTC one its just so much better...worked great from the get go, plays great, finds album art so much quicker...looking good so far

forgot to say...the sound from this one little speaker is amazing..dont think it will be long before i get another and have a stereo pair.....

Any news on when this will become available Cheers

Hello everyone ! We are thrilled to announce that software version 4.1.1, for Android only, has been released this morning. You will now be able to play music and podcasts directly from your Android devices in any room of your home. Please find all release notes here: Android Software Update 4.1.1 release notes

It's a real shame you can't play Google Play Music music direct. Not sure of the technicalities but this app can access Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sapien.music.importer so not sure why Sonos app can't?

Fantastic! trying it now and it's working a treat Playing music stored off my Sony Xperia Z right about now, so all is bliss!

It's a real shame you can't play Google Play Music music direct. Not sure of the technicalities but this app can access Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sapien.music.importer so not sure why Sonos app can't?
Hello, We downloaded the app and tested it out. It's doing something different with the music than Sonos. That app logs in to your Google Play account and either streams or downloads music from Google to your phone. What Sonos is doing is streaming that music from your phone over your network to your players. The reason for the restriction is that the default Google Play download location on the phone can't be accessed by our app. This is only for music downloaded directly from Google Play to the phone, if the music is first put on a PC and then synced over, Sonos can stream it just fine. Interestingly, when the app you linked to downloads from Google Play, it puts the music in a different folder than the Google Play default, so music downloaded in this manner can be streamed through our app. This app is free only for the first 50 downloads however, after that there's a fee. It seems other developers are aware of this download restriction. Thanks for sharing the link and I hope this info helps.

I've updated my Android Sonos app but it won't play the music on my 'droid to the selected Sonos device. The Sonos app says that the music is not encoded correctly. The Sonos app shows the track as 'Now playing' but I can't seem to make it work. The music plays fine on the HTC phone though and the same file will play from my NAS storage, so it leaves me thinking it's a problem with the Sonos app.