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cnf
Contributor I
July 25, 2016
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No Windows App

  • July 25, 2016
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It looks as though Sonos will NOT be developing an App for the Windows Phone - which is very disappointing. As they know, Windows is by far the most popular OS on desktops and laptops and I choose to use the Windows phones because of the tight integration with the desktop and laptop and the unique ability to share people directories and calendars which can be read/updated from any Windows device. I'll probably have to abandon my plans to use Sonos in every room... unless someone has first hand knowledge and recommendation for a reliable 3rd Party Phone App that is compatible with Sonos speakers? Does anyone use one?.
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chicks
chicks
July 26, 2016
Didn't Microsoft recently throw in the towel on their miserable failure in the smartphone arena? Why would any company build software to run on phones that no one wants?
jgatie
jgatie
July 26, 2016
Didn't Microsoft recently throw in the towel on their miserable failure in the smartphone arena? Why would any company build software to run on phones that no one wants?

Be prepared for the cut-and-paste canned response that "it's not about Windows Phone, it's about UWP, which has two hundred and eleventy million users and it's the bestest there is."**

**Note: Now that Sonos announced they will not do a UWP app, these cut-and-paste declarations that "it's not about Windows Phone" are exclusively from Windows Phone users.
jgatie
jgatie
July 26, 2016
I think you will just have to shout "Stop Motorhead" as loud as you can.

Why would anyone want to stop Motorhead? 😉
Pierre2bzh
Lyricist I
October 3, 2016
Hi Sonos!
I wanted to buy for more than 3420€. Unfortunately, there is no Windows 10 / 10 Mobile app. So I decided to postpone. That's really sad because you will not earn monney from me and because I will not enjoy with your products. There are other good sound products so I will reconsider my purchase. According to me, that is really a looser-looser deal! There are more than 400 million Windows 10 users. Ok, Windows 10 Mobile is not the most used phone OS (but according to me the most pleasant but it is a personnal point of view!). And with the Universal app, you can developp only one app and it is available for PCs, Pads and phones. That's creazy you don't do this app. When you see Phonos or Zonos who created one, I guess you could make this effort to develop one. read about the UWP apps. With Xamarin project that is easier to develop and app... You can also convert and iOS app in Windows 10 / Windows 10 Mobile...
So if you say it is a financial reason, I guess that is false: more than 3420€ you loose juste because you have no Windows 10 app. How many people like me?
If that is a political reason: that is your choice to ignore more than 400 millions people. But in this case, that is my choice to ignore Sonos... Leave the looser-looser deal for a win-win deal!
Thanks for considering! :)
Pierre, from France
    jgatie
    jgatie
    October 3, 2016
    Pierre, I'm sure Sonos got your message. Please refrain from digging up every old Windows 10 thread to post the same message. Repeating the same message in multiple threads is considered SPAM.
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