New App

No. They didn't. They never made it a full blown tablet app. They didnt fix the unused space. They didn't fix the portrait view. They didn't fix the color scheme. They didn't fix the single panel view to the three panel view everyone liked. They didn't fix the grouping. All these things were bashed voiciferously, and they never changed them. They fixed the queue view and tweaked a few things like adding a track progress bar. That's it. The basic layout, design, color scheme, controls, and functionality of the tablet app stayed exactly the same from 5.0 to 7.4, except for the infamous queue changes. Yet, people claim to love it now after the entire design was originally declared crap.

V5.3.

https://9to5mac.com/2015/03/03/sonos-controller-iphone-ipad/

Also new in the update is an updated user experience for iPad users that offers new, separate views for currently playing music and discovery features:

More engaging browse experience for tablets. Version 5.3 provides separate views for music discovery and what’s currently playing.

Except for the progress bar, all those were on version 5.0. The difference was the queue view.

Besides, what about the terrible color scheme, the bad borderles buttons, the lack of three panels, the terrible swipe down action, the unintuitive interface, etc., that everyone complained about. What happened to that?

Bit more research required next time JGatie if you want to stay top dog ?

Bit more research required next time JGatie if you want to stay top dog ?

Top dog? Pffft. ratty is and always has been the Top Dog around here. I'm a frigging piker compared to him.

But maybe you should do more reasearch. Would you like me to list the things people complained about that didn't get changed on both the phone or tablet version? It's a pretty long list.

As I mentioned some minor tweaks to the app and tablet mode. Nothing major it’s basically the same with tweaks. Obviously tweaks made it go from most hated to beloved. So that is good history that with tweaks everyone will be loving this one.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/21/sonos_slips_out_new_speaker_control_app/

"Really like the Update to the iPhone app, but very disappointed with the iPad version. It seems like a cost cutting exercise to basically have the same app on the iPhone on the iPad, which they have succeeded in."

My memory serves me correct that when 5.0 was released the phone app and tablet app was pretty much identical. The tablet app was changed to provide a better experience.

I don't need one of your lists. You are trying to go off on a tangent, v5.3 was an improvement on v5.0 for tablet users and my 'research' shows there was a fairly significant change which seems to have slipped your memory.

I never said there weren't improvements. I stated there were tweaks, which is exactly what they are mentioning. What I said is there were no changes to the things most people were complaining about, the color scheme, the borderless buttons, the layout, the unused space on the tablet app, the iOS 7 look and feel, the bad portrait view, etc. none of which changed

Bottom line, you are arguing something I agree with already. If that makes you feel like a winner, go for it! :8

Life isn't about winning JGatie, it is about getting the facts correct.