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Rob.nl
Contributor I
May 7, 2024

New Sonos v80 app is so annoying

  • May 7, 2024
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I just downloaded the new v80 Sonos S2 app and first impression is not too good. Hope they change this soon. This is what is found

  1. The app gives an error when trying to play a radiostation on MyTuner Radio service in the Recently played section. 
  2. Some contact card are so big that when you want to swipe down to close it, I open the Homescreen/Lockscreen of my iPhone.
  3. When I want to play a radio station from the Favorites section an additional unnecessary card is opened with only a Play button. Why not start playing without opening this screen?
  4. The favorites are now mixed. So Spotify and RadioStation favorites are in one list. That is annoying. 
  5. The list of favorites is not sorted in any way neither can they be ordered according to my favorites. 
  6. The room for the name of the system on top of the Home Screen is very limited and so, it is always abbreviated with dots.  

What is your annoyance?

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    LocalMusicLibraryUser
    Lyricist I
    May 27, 2024

    @Erland Sommarskog , official Sonos support articles (https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/use-a-nas-drive-with-sonos and https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/update-your-sonos-music-library) say that v80 of the iOS and Android apps don’t support use of NAS drives with Sonos, or updates to local Music Libraries.

    If your version is stil working it might be that you’re going to suffer the same fate as the rest of us soon, so enjoy it whilst you can!  Good luck. :-)

    Erland Sommarskog
    Enthusiast II
    May 27, 2024

    As I read it, is says that configuring a music library, as well as updating the index for the music library, is not supported with the Android app is not supported. It does not say that playing from an existing music library on NAS is unsupported.

    I have the update of the music library scheduled, and I also have the Windows app installed. Thus, that the app does not offer the option to update the music library is only a small bummer. (Occasionally, the scheduled update fails, and subsequent attempt to update from the Windows also fails. When this has happened in the past, requesting the update from the Android has succeeded.)

    Kahuna2004
    Contributor I
    May 27, 2024

    May 27, 2024 - After installing the latest fix to the awful Sonos 2024 app update, I was able to use my system. The app is still clunky and takes a long time to load. At least I can listen to my music. This limited success was only made possible because the Sonos helpdesk woman had me download Go to Meeting and she was able to see my iPad screen and talk me through the troubleshooting and tweaks. Many thanks to that woman on the Sonos helpdesk!

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