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Corrode
Corrode
Enthusiast II
Apr 11, 2018 2:35 PM UTC

Sonos Controller Update 8.5 - no release notes

Hey Ryan - I see a controller update was released for iOS today but the release notes are generic. “Every update delivers upgrades and improvements...”

Usually you guys are good about putting details in release notes. Please tell me this isn’t the beginning of Facebook-style release notes. From a user perspective, updates to the controller mean updating the speakers, which is inconvenient (more for some than others). Providing a reason for updating let’s us know the purpose for the inconvenience and probably results in more positive sentiment.

Thanks.
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    Sylvain L
    Lyricist I
    Apr 11, 2018 2:42 PM UTC
    Second
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    TheRocksta
    TheRocksta
    Lyricist III
    Apr 11, 2018 2:51 PM UTC
    I'm hoping it pushes through an update on the speaker that gives you the option to remove the Alexa wake tone.
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      nicka99
      nicka99
      Local Superstar
      Apr 11, 2018 3:08 PM UTC
      https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/software/release/8-5 shows an empty page currently 😞
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      Erazor
      Lyricist I
      Apr 11, 2018 3:08 PM UTC
      I fully agree on that post of Corrode, please let us know in the future what things have changed, i really appreciated this open-minded communication from your side so far....
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        chicks
        chicks
        Apr 11, 2018 3:15 PM UTC
        Only differences I’ve noticed so far:

        1. CR100 now has message about being unsupported with this version
        2. Skills like Radio Paradise, AnyPod, Stitcher, etc, which used to say the stream was playing, but silence would ensue, now say “I’m having trouble accessing your XXXX skill right now”. Sigh. In the Alexa app, the Sonos skill has not yet updated, hoping it will soon update and all these skills will FINALLY work...
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        Ryan S
        Ryan S
        Retired Sonos Staff
        Apr 11, 2018 3:25 PM UTC
        Hi everyone, the community announcement for the release is now live. We like to make sure it's available in all app stores (aside from the Amazon store) and regions before publishing the release notes. It's all set now.

        This update has some bug fixes and improvements but may not have too many visible changes. You can see the announcement here.
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          gillustration
          gillustration
          Lyricist II
          Apr 12, 2018 9:45 AM UTC
          I'm still eagerly awaiting AirPlay... hence the reason to keep checking the release notes... hence why Sonos should put a little bit more effort into writing them!
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          Erazor
          Lyricist I
          Apr 12, 2018 9:55 AM UTC
          A native integration of AirPlay would be really nice but i doubt that this is coming soon... 😞
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          nicka99
          nicka99
          Local Superstar
          Apr 12, 2018 10:01 AM UTC
          I'm still eagerly awaiting AirPlay... hence the reason to keep checking the release notes... hence why Sonos should put a little bit more effort into writing them!

          you need Apple to release Airplay 2 first !
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          Alan_6
          Prodigy II
          Apr 12, 2018 2:15 PM UTC
          Noticed a couple of of UI tweaks straight away (including an actual fix/improvement!).

          On the mobile "My Sonos" screen:
          1. Regular favourite categories like "Others" (AKA "Artists") scroll to list all your favourites, not just the first 8 alphabetically (this is awesome, finally approaching the promise of "fast navigation to your favourite stuff" that desktop controller has had for years)
          2. The list of Sonos playlists now only shows the first 8, not all (odd that they fixed the favourites and broke the playlists), I can't test the old "favourite playlist shown twice" bug, because...
          3. It appears to be no longer possible to mark a Sonos playlist as a "favourite" / "My Sonos item" either on mobile or desktop (though if you have any they still show up on desktop favourites screen).

          Obviously, the desktop and mobile apps still look like the products of different companies, the queue / play button issues (eg. expired-queue-play-next inserting) are still untouched, but as long as you learn the UI it's OK...
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