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Contributor I
September 9, 2014

Sonos for Apple Watch

  • September 9, 2014
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Hey guys, please tell me you are going to or have already started working on a control for Sonos from the apple watch, I use my iPhone or iPad all the time but a watch control would be awesome.
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    Lyricist I
    April 16, 2015
    Judging by the explosion of Apple Watch enabled app updates I've seen over the last few days, it doesn't seem overly burdensome to develop for the platform. What say you now, Sonos?
    Lyricist I
    April 16, 2015
    Get it done Sonos. Don't be lame.
    Lyricist III
    April 16, 2015
    I disagree that this should be a priority and would like to see Sonos address some of the long standing requests around basic operation before they consume any more resources (and ROM space) in supporting new Apple products or streaming music service features.

    Some of the obvious priorities should be:

    -Persistent room groups

    -Fix the group volume problem on locally muted players

    -Ability to back up configuration and play lists for restoration after a system reset

    -Option to have the LED dim or turn off to indicate player is in standby mode

    These and several other basic system 

    I totally agree...
    Of course it would be nice to control the system directly from the wrist, but there are many other features/fixes with higher priority IMHO
    Lyricist III
    April 16, 2015
    I disagree that this should be a priority and would like to see Sonos address some of the long standing requests around basic operation before they consume any more resources (and ROM space) in supporting new Apple products or streaming music service features.

    Some of the obvious priorities should be:

    -Persistent room groups

    -Fix the group volume problem on locally muted players

    -Ability to back up configuration and play lists for restoration after a system reset

    -Option to have the LED dim or turn off to indicate player is in standby mode

    These and several other basic system 

    As support for Apple Watch is a thing that ONLY needs adaption of the iOS app (at least as long as the Apple Watch SDK does not support standalone apps on the Watch, it should be comparably easy to add the "second screen" functionality to the existing iOS Sonos app, which seems to get some attention anyway.

    All mentioned features presumably need firmware/SW adaptions. Apple Watch does not.
    Jeff S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    April 16, 2015
    Hi everyone,

    There is definitely a lot of interest in the Apple Watch. We've passed along this idea as a feature request and we'll let you know if we have any news to share.
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    Enthusiast I
    April 19, 2015
    I've ordered my apple watch today and a sonos would just make sonos experience better, using the digital crown for volume control I'd image would be insanely great
    Lyricist II
    April 23, 2015
    +1 for Apple watch Sonos App. That would be awesome.
    Contributor I
    April 23, 2015
    I have 5 watches on order for the whole family.... 3 are now shipping (and will be with me tomorrow) and the two bigger ones (42mm) no delivery date.

    I have 3 x Play 5's , 4 x Play 1's, 2 x sub and 2 x playbar - so I'd love to control and play from the watch..... come on Sonos make us all happy and give us an Apple Watch Sonos app for tomorrow please !!!
    Lyricist III
    April 23, 2015
    I have 5 watches on order for the whole family.... 3 are now shipping (and will be with me tomorrow) and the two bigger ones (42mm) no delivery date.

    I have 3 x Play 5's , 4 x Play 1's, 2 x sub and 2 x playbar - so I'd love to control and play from the watch..... come on Sonos make us all happy and give us an Apple Watch Sonos app for tomorrow please !!!

    That won't be happening (as stated before from Sonos rep.), but if more and more Apple Watch owners & Sonos users demand it, maybe it will happen.

    Sad that Sonos - for once - really does surprise us with a quick reaction to something.
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    April 23, 2015
    I have 5 watches on order for the whole family.... 3 are now shipping (and will be with me tomorrow) and the two bigger ones (42mm) no delivery date.

    I have 3 x Play 5's , 4 x Play 1's, 2 x sub and 2 x playbar - so I'd love to control and play from the watch..... come on Sonos make us all happy and give us an Apple Watch Sonos app for tomorrow please !!!

    Where have you seen a Sonos rep state anythjng about? As far as I know there has been no statement about.
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