S1 app - new icon

Not only is the icon name irritating, but I also really hate the colour - the grey looks like a washed out black, and as such looks like an app that’s in the middle of updating! I hate the icon so much I split my system into an S1 and an S2 System just so I don’t have to use it much and can move it onto a different screen (so I guess they know what they’re doing with the annoying app lol)  
Having said that the washed out yellow irritates me too. Choose a colour - don’t choose a colour and then put a 20% transparent white layer over it!

Rant. Over.

I assume this was done to ensure that the new app comes up first for people that have both apps right now. 
 

Makes sense.

Agree 100%
i Love the clean look of everything with sonos

But now with this new S1 app icon look is awful

black background vanishing color and name looks awful on iPhone devices.

please change it to S1 name and old black dark shiny look.

The other annoying thing is the new “rooms” icon in the S2 app. It used to be a house with equalizer bars. Now it’s just the equalizer bars which doesn’t make sense. 
 

Also I’ve seen some users asking what the S2 app is as “mine just says Sonos” as they put it so why not make the app icons consistent by renaming the S2 app as ‘Sonos S2’?

I also think it has devalued the brand and looks lost on my screen. Not keen. I have also lost the lock screen control on ios

Lock screen controls will not appear in the following scenarios:

• A non-Sonos AirPlay capable device is present.
  • Disable the AirPlay feature on all non-Sonos AirPlay endpoints to allow lock screen controls to appear when using Sonos.
• Another app on the device is playing music or video.
• While connected to a Bluetooth audio device.
• VoiceOver is enabled.
• Headphones are connected to the iOS device.

Hooray they fixed it! Thanks Sonos! 

I love the way the ‘icon’ Is such a simple way of getting the Same text across in a pictoral way. The fact it’s written exactly the same below kind of defeats the point. Surely Sonos have some kind of emblem or an S or something or just S1 as an icon? Very strange choice of ‘design’ maybe they don’t have a full team working due to COVID and they just let the janitor take a crack at the icon design? 

Yeah, it doesn’t look right having the text repeated. And it goes against Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines:

“Use words only when they’re essential or part of a logo. An app’s name appears below its icon on the Home screen. Don’t include nonessential words that repeat the name or tell people what to do with your app, like "Watch" or "Play." If your design includes any text, emphasize words that relate to the actual content your app offers.”

The trouble is that the Sonos logo is the word “Sonos”. Perhaps the word/logo Sonos could be part of the icon, and the text below could be “S1 Controller”. Still not ideal. Sonos need a graphic logo. I think they used to have one.

Cheers, Peter.