Please go back to the last app, the update sucks SO bad!

It's easier to post harsh words on with the relative anonymity of a board, much harder to do so when on the phone with someone, although I've certainly been on the receiving end of the occasional rant. And yes, I've always been much more interested in helping those who aren't yelling at me than those who feel that it's their right to yell at me. I think that's human nature.

If you are downloading the old APK, you should note that when your controller app is not the same version as your hardware, you will lose much of the Settings menu. This includes adding/editing Sonos devices, music service management, and adding or updating your music library, Even if all your versions are equal and you never update again, external changes will eventually cause music service support to drop off, such as what happened to folks frozen at version 4.x when the BBC changed codecs, Spotify changed APIs, or Sonos changed authentication security on AWS. Also, if you are frozen at a previous version, even if the version numbers match across the software and hardware, there is no way you can add any new Sonos units to your system without upgrading.

So one may want to assess if losing these functions (and eventually rendering the controller useless) is worth reverting back to an older version of the app. It may just be the case that ripping the band-aid off now is better than later, but that is up to the individual.

At the very worst one can just "upgrade" to V8 if any of the above causes a problem and, having done whatever is needed, reinstall the V7.4 version. And presumably all the settings/features etc. you mention would still be available from an up-to-date controller on, say, a PC without having to alter the one on a phone. Though in fact I cant remember when I last added a Sonos device or altered my music library settings or other music service settings. It must be at least one year ago and maybe two.

All I care about on a day-to-day basis is not having that appalling white screen on my phone and being able to navigate easily to/from my music folders, and using functions like the sleep timer and volume control. V7.4 covers all these requirements.

Cross posted from another thread - I made the mistske of telling Google Store to update the Sonos app. Once the app updated it self and all my speakers were upgraded, I found the new UI to be terrible and not have dark backgrounds, among many other issues. I uninstalled the 8.0 app and found an apk mirror for Sonos 7.4, I reverted back to 7.4 for android to get the original, useful UI back that also has the wonderful dark backgrounds and a host of other things. No issues so far... :) I can find dark backgrounds in the new app but that's about it. It's horrible

I can only see the ‘next’ track in the playlist - how do I see them all as in v7.4?

If you are downloading the old APK, you should note that when your controller app is not the same version as your hardware, you will lose much of the Settings menu. This includes adding/editing Sonos devices, music service management, and adding or updating your music library, Even if all your versions are equal and you never update again, external changes will eventually cause music service support to drop off, such as what happened to folks frozen at version 4.x when the BBC changed codecs, Spotify changed APIs, or Sonos changed authentication security on AWS. Also, if you are frozen at a previous version, even if the version numbers match across the software and hardware, there is no way you can add any new Sonos units to your system without upgrading.

So one may want to assess if losing these functions (and eventually rendering the controller useless) is worth reverting back to an older version of the app. It may just be the case that ripping the band-aid off now is better than later, but that is up to the individual.

Meh - reverted on my Android phone and I can now use the interface. I can honestly say that if the current interface was what it looked like when I first came to buy my first component, I would not have bought it. I swear I even saw red text on a white background for which room I wanted.

My phone is main access point for Sonos playlists etc. Had a forced update this morning when adding a new Play1..

How many who have gone back to 7.4 APK have lost a lot of functionality when all hardware is udated to the latest firmware?.

How many who have gone back to 7.4 APK have lost a lot of functionality when all hardware is udated to the latest firmware?.

I reverted to V7.4 on my Android phone. I lost no functionality that I am aware of. My PC is still running V8 (which doesnt seem to be any different to V7.4 to me) and so I assume that if I did need to access some particular function that was no longer available on my phone then I could just do so from my PC.

How many who have gone back to 7.4 APK have lost a lot of functionality when all hardware is udated to the latest firmware?.

I reverted to V7.4 on my Android phone. I lost no functionality that I am aware of. My PC is still running V8 (which doesnt seem to be any different to V7.4 to me) and so I assume that if I did need to access some particular function that was no longer available on my phone then I could just do so from my PC.

Thanks, will give it a go!.

Reverted to 7.4 here too. I could just about cope with the new UI but every time I switched rooms I lost all music services including my local music library. If I re-added one, they would all come back.

Very disappointed with V8, I would be shot if I let software out of the door in this state.

Just tried 7.4, I've lost room settings for surround etc so looks like I'm stuck using 8.0.

All because I bought another Play1, wish I hadn't bothered now...