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Kiwi_1
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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      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      April 26, 2015
      My assumption from the communication the other day is that Apple Watch is on their radar.  I would imagine in seeing how Sonos operates they would not think of full development of the app until they had an apple watch in their hands for testing (and then in hands of users for beta testing).  If in fact they are looking to develop an Apple Watch remote app I would say minimum 3 months from now and that would probably only be to beta.  Not wanting to be a negative nancy but I haven't seen Sonos go through the development stages any more swiftly in past.
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      Eli_5
      Lyricist I
      April 26, 2015
      Yes!!! Sonos on Apple Watch would be just the thing
      J_18
      Lyricist II
      April 28, 2015
      They did post on Thursday.
      Add another Sonos user to the "Please develop an Apple Watch App" list. Would be a great fit.  
      JotWee
      Lyricist I
      April 28, 2015
      any news?
      JotWee
      Lyricist I
      April 28, 2015
      Hello Sonos, anybody out there? What's the status?
      Alexander_12
      Lyricist III
      April 28, 2015
      Dear JotWee, please read the thread. "News" was posted last Thursday by a Sonos representative. I doubt that the situation has dramatically changed since then.
      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      April 28, 2015
      +1 on the apple watch app
      If they are working on they will not confirm.... they just don't comment on future plans.
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      Alexander_12
      Lyricist III
      April 28, 2015
      Hello Sonos, anybody out there? What's the status?
      Read the thread!! The status is in there!!! Also read the post just above yours!! Jeez!
      jgatie
      jgatie
      April 28, 2015
      Hello Sonos, anybody out there? What's the status?
      "Anybody" posted a status last Thrusday.  Now I know that doesn't meet the "WE NEED HOURLY UPDATES FOR MY FAVORITE NEW FUNCTION!!!  ZOMG!!" standard, but I think less than a week later is a little too soon to be clamoring for a new status.
      Stephan_13
      Contributor I
      April 28, 2015
      OK - so we have three apple watches in the household and used them in anger from Friday evening its my opinion that this will be a great way to control Sonos. Having said that I think the post from Chris saying that its a 3 month development plan is probably correct. Where Chris I think is wrong is that the watch SDK was made available to many technology companies way before the release of the watch, many companies had allocated resources to work on the development and a number of them had the privilege to receive an emulator (similar to that in the apple stores demonstrating the watch apps).... so development could (and in my opinion should) have been underway.

      If I look at the competition for Sonos (Bose for example) they have firmly placed themselves in the airplay camp and as such control of the Bose systems works through Apple's associated way of playing music.... I guess for me the two are therefore related - no true Apple airplay support and a lack of watch app is a great disappointment.

      Don't get me wrong - I love the Sonos gear, it works fantastically in my house and zones well with everyone able to control and use it as they see fit..... but (and I run a technology company) if you are positioning yourselves as a company as Sonos do they must embrace technology like the watch much quicker ...... I won't change my view that the stuff is very well made and easy to connect and sounds fantastic but a little innovation goes a long way.

      Just my opinion so don't shoot me!
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