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stewart123
Contributor I
June 13, 2019

Sonos no longer support IOS streaming

  • June 13, 2019
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Just got the message Sonos will no longer support IOS devices . Looks like it’s time to sell my speakers .
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      Misfit
      Enthusiast II
      July 17, 2019

      This is NOT one small feature, if you only have your music on your phone, and you do not have internet reliable enough for PLEX etc.., and you use your system set up as Surround. The airplay function IS NOT available in that setup even though Alexa still is available. Makes no sense to disable the AirPlay this IS a Sonos issue.

      So if you're mentioning Plex, that means you have a computer.

      Sync your phone to your computer or download your purchased music to it, and index the music library.

      If you just HAVE to have your music on your phone, look into getting an Android controller.
      cooperd5908
      Trending Lyricist I
      July 17, 2019
      I have a NAS with music on it at our other house that has great internet service. I do not think I should have to spend more money to make the $2000 I spent on all this stuff 3 months ago to make this continue to work Why can’t the AIrPlay work when I’m surround model is used? Alexa still does !
        Misfit
        Enthusiast II
        July 17, 2019
        I have a NAS with music on it at our other house that has great internet service. I do not think I should have to spend more money to make the $2000 I spent on all this stuff 3 months ago to make this continue to work Why can’t the AIrPlay work when I’m surround model is used? Alexa still does !

        That's a great question for Sonos engeineers.

        If I had to guess it's because you're trying to use a bonded speaker to send audio data to the rest of your system

        Usually data transfer goes Master -> Slave not Slave -> Master.
        Akubra91
        Lyricist I
        July 23, 2019
        This is ridiculous. I bought Sonos speakers BECAUSE I wanted to play music, listen to podcasts etc from my iPhone. Sonos, are you going to upgrade my speakers for free?

        i want my money back.
        Akubra91
          Brett Schinbein
          Lyricist III
          July 29, 2019
          I am also not happy about being held hostage by APPLE AND SONOS.
          Bad enough you have to buy a new I phone every couple of years to do the same thing your old one did .
          But this is bullcrap
          If I wanted to be on apple music Google or any other streaming music site I would be already .
          Should not have to pay to use speakers that I own to play music That I own .
          Maybe get rid of Alexa and all the the robot crap
          I bought this system to play music on from my I phone and I pad .
          You should also support your product

          I also have to deal with this crap in my work as a musician and sound tech .
          Some of the mixing boards I work with only work with older model ipads
          BUT THEY STILL WORK .

          Soon we will all be drowning in old iphones and obsolete tech
          We can all rant all we want but nobody will do anything about it .
          But they will take our money .

          Think I will put together a nice analog system and plug my ipad into it
          or I could just plug my ipad in to my TV until I can sell my sonos to some sucker .
          If I sound like an unsatisfied customer it's because I am .
          Concernedcitizen
            Brett Schinbein
            Lyricist III
            July 30, 2019
            One other thing
            If you are using phones and pads as your Controller
            Don't you think you should get better support from the company's that make them ?
            Concernedcitizen
            Brett Schinbein
            Lyricist III
            July 30, 2019
            You can purchase a Mirroring dongle and plug that into your TV's HDMI slot then run your tunes pictures and videos wirelessly by bluetooth .
            Then you don't have to subscribe to anything .
            Wonder how long it will be before I can't play my TV through my sonos rig ?

            Or when these posts will stop appearing here .
            Could not log in here for a while today for some reason .

            Also received an offer for 15% off on sonos gear 😆
            At one time we were going to buy 2 more speakers to go with the playbar and sub we have
            not now .
            Concernedcitizen
              Kathy3
              Lyricist I
              August 10, 2019

              So Apple makes changes and Sonos decides it can’t be bothered updating software . I use my phone to play my music and no I don’t want to join a streaming service or stream from my Mac. Oh or I could buy a new Sonos speaker that supports AirPlay. Ah ha there’s the logic behind this .
              Steward123 is entirely correct. The Sonos announcement says "The way this feature was originally architected has become unreliable with newer versions of iOS."

              Let me translate. What they are saying is that when they (Sonos) developed the original architecture (design) for this feature, they got it wrong and as a result they are having trouble adapting it for later versions of iOS. This is not an Apple problem as some have stated, it is a Sonos problem.

              Rather than invest the time and effort to revise the design of this portion of their app to fix it, Sonos is simply dropping it and in the process abandoning those iPhone users who we early adopters of their excellent product and hence do not have support for the AirPlay feature in their speakers and amps.

              I, like Stewart, use my phone as my primary source of music for portability reasons - home, office, car. I, also like Stewart, don't want to subscribe to a streaming service which will replace my song versions with theirs, and reject songs that I have recorded from vinyl records because they don't have an acceptable digital rights signature.

              Sonos, do the right thing here and invest the time and effort necessary to fix this issue rather than taking the quick and easy path of dropping a feature that some find very valuable! We have supported you through our purchase of your products. It is time for you to do the right thing and support us.
                stephengreene
                Lyricist III
                August 10, 2019
                Hugely disappointing. If I had known this I would not have bought Sonos. I certainly recommend to people to avoid Sonos. I am in the midst of creating Google Music Play playlists with my thousands of songs and now have to keep that in sync with iTunes. The thrill of learning curve and perpetual hassles await.
                  jgatie
                  jgatie
                  August 10, 2019
                  Hugely disappointing. If I had known this I would not have bought Sonos. I certainly recommend to people to avoid Sonos. I am in the midst of creating Google Music Play playlists with my thousands of songs and now have to keep that in sync with iTunes. The thrill of learning curve and perpetual hassles await.


                  Google Play Music should import your iTunes playlists automatically.
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