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Corrode
Enthusiast II
April 11, 2018

Sonos Controller Update 8.5 - no release notes

  • April 11, 2018
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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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    jobehoy
    Contributor I
    April 13, 2018
    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!

    Less airplay anymore and much more amazons multi room support. It’s a bit perplexing that the One was pitched so hard as an Alexa compatible, yet still is without the ability to use the multi room stuff.
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    April 13, 2018
    Sonos is Sonos Multiroom. Amazon multiroom (which is fairly limited) is only on pure Amazon devices and that is an Amazon directive.
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      chicks
      April 13, 2018
      Sonos is Sonos Multiroom. Amazon multiroom (which is fairly limited) is only on pure Amazon devices and that is an Amazon directive.

      Interesting that they announced the Multi-Room Music SDK way back in August last year, but none of the many 3rd party Alexa-enabled devices appear to have implemented it. Maybe they decided to keep it to themselves, or the licensing fees were too steep, or they ran into patent infringement issues. Dunno.

      https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/alexa/post/7c9343ce-425b-4baa-ae63-49c36afb5341/giving-device-makers-more-ways-to-bring-voice-forward-music-experiences-to-their-products
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