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macOS controller and Apple Silicon

Forum|Forum|7 months ago
February 17, 2026
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Yes, I realize that this has been asked before, but with macOS losing Rosetta 2 with macOS 28, coming out in 2027, is there any chance of the desktop Sonos app being ported to Apple silicon?

I primarily use the macOS app, and am not really looking forward to relying on the web app, since I live in an area with poor internet availability.

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Best answer by Airgetlam

Since they haven’t done any work (other than egregious bug fixing) on either the Windows or Mac ‘desktop’ apps for years, in favor of their web app, it does seem unlikely that there would be resources dedicated to a port.

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Waugust

Avid Contributor I

Looking at the Controlav post from about 5 hours ago, I assume this is what you were suggesting. Not sure what to search for in the Android Playstore; Micradot, controlav, or something else. I need an Android version.

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

You could always message the author, forums advertising policies might prevent a public response.

Didn't ask, don't want to find out. :-)

controlav

Lead Maestro

Looking at the Controlav post from about 5 hours ago, I assume this is what you were suggesting. Not sure what to search for in the Android Playstore; Micradot, controlav, or something else. I need an Android version.

Searching app stores is a challenge unless you pay for the ads, which I don’t. Android is at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.controlav.phonosultimate

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

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Chrispyk

Contributor I

Hey, this is a concern for me as my internet is garbage due to various geographic reasons. Im a software engineer and sonos fan since the beginning. Ive played around with bespoke sonos control apps for personal use since the early phones began replacing the original hardware controllers we used to have.

Anyway, long story short, ai is here and theres no reason software cant do what you want. I spent the afternoon ai/rewriting the basics of the functionality I wanted in native apple silicon using swift. I’ve pushed it onto github (SonosController on github) so you can grab and build it yourself or use the single release build I dropped in there.

Be aware of limitations (cant hook into services directly due to keys etc). check out the readme and I built architecture documents in the docs folder too.

I have been using it this afternoon as a replacement and it doesnt look like there are any major bugs but who knows. Worst case is it may crash to desktop.

Hope it helps.

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I came to the community forum because I wondered what would be happening due to the rosetta-related messages I’ve been getting.

As a result, I saw devScott’s comment and found his app by searching for “sonos macos” on GitHub (fyi it appears to have been renamed to Choragus). It looks to be a brilliant app with nice documentation and I’ll be giving it a try. Thanks, devScott, for putting in the work and sharing with the community! fwiw, I, too, would much rather have a standalone desktop app. That’s my preference; if people are happy with a web-based app, I won’t argue or disagree :)

buzz

I’m not an Apple person. Would one expect a virtual machine to become available? Of course this would not be viable for the feint of heart. Also, I expect the SONOS desktop controller to fade away at some point.

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contre-fistule

Contributor I

Does no-one look in the App Store for Sonos apps? Guess not. Shame. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/phonos-ultimate-for-sonos/id6740011689

hi controlav, looks like this Phonos app is unavailable in my region (France, Europe).. damn!

controlav

Lead Maestro

Does no-one look in the App Store for Sonos apps? Guess not. Shame. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/phonos-ultimate-for-sonos/id6740011689

hi controlav, looks like this Phonos app is unavailable in my region (France, Europe).. damn!

Well that is weird, as I have customers in France. Maybe that url doesn’t work in France, can you replace the “en” with “fr” maybe?

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

106rallye

This is from the Netherlands: https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/phonos-plus/id1511326524

Plus instead of Ultimate?

controlav

Lead Maestro

This is from the Netherlands: https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/phonos-plus/id1511326524

Plus instead of Ultimate?

That’s my iOS app, which is more of a utility app than a player, but it will work on Apple Silicon Macs.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

kdowling

From a recent post on reddit. This is the first I’ve heard anything from Sonos about this. It doesn’t mean it will happen, but it’s something anyway.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sonos/comments/1ti2q5f/comment/omrlv3o/

ShaunFromSonos

• 20h ago

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The changes to macOS that would affect the Sonos Mac app are scheduled for fall 2027 so there's more than a year before anything happens. We're evaluating options ahead of that timeline.

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