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Stéphane Lenclud
Collaborator II
June 7, 2020
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Sonos S2 Windows app

  • June 7, 2020
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Will there be a new Windows app for S2? Will the current Windows app still work if I upgrade to S2?

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    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    June 7, 2020

    We don’t know yet. S2 hasn’t been released. It would be hard to believe that there wouldn’t be a Windows app, though, similar to the current version. 

    Bruce
      controlav
      controlav
      Lead Maestro
      June 7, 2020

      Probably not, probably yes.

      Sonos don’t want to invest another dime in Desktop support, so its unlikely a new app would be produced for S2. O the other hand, its easy enough to support basic S2 features from an S1 app, so that is likely what they will do. Fancy S2 features will likely not be supported.

      We’ll find out for sure tomorrow i guess.

      Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
        Stéphane LencludAuthor
        Collaborator II
        June 8, 2020

        I’m using a Playbar on my PC so not having a Windows app anymore would definitely make me think twice before upgrading to S2.

          pwt
          pwtAnswer
          Virtuoso
          June 8, 2020

          Sonos has confirmed that there will be desktop apps for S2:

          https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/will-there-be-s2-desktop-controller-apps-or-just-mobile-controller-apps-6840549

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            Sjoop1985
            Sjoop1985
            June 8, 2020

            Here it is for Windows 10:

            https://update-software.sonos.com/software/pc/dcr/SonosDesktopController120.exe

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              eg1
              Lyricist III
              June 9, 2020

              Unless I am handling this wrong, I have found that only one Sonos app (either an S1 or and S2) can operate on each Windows machine. I have been unable to run both simultaneously (as I can, for instance on my iPad)

                Stéphane LencludAuthor
                Collaborator II
                June 9, 2020

                Unless I am handling this wrong, I have found that only one Sonos app (either an S1 or and S2) can operate on each Windows machine. I have been unable to run both simultaneously (as I can, for instance on my iPad)

                I can’t tell you, all my products are S2 compatible so I just got ride of S1.

                Stéphane LencludAuthor
                Collaborator II
                June 9, 2020

                After migrating to S2 from my Android phone, the S1 PC app sort of locked itself providing a link to download the S2 app instead. Upgrade went smoothly new app looks much the same which is fine by me. 

                pwt
                pwt
                Virtuoso
                June 9, 2020

                Unless I am handling this wrong, I have found that only one Sonos app (either an S1 or and S2) can operate on each Windows machine. I have been unable to run both simultaneously (as I can, for instance on my iPad)

                On the Mac it’s quite possible to run the S1 and S2 desktop controllers simultaneously. This is a requirement for a ‘split’ system, so I’m surprised if there’s an issue doing so on Windows.

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                controlav
                controlav
                Lead Maestro
                June 10, 2020

                Probably not, probably yes.

                Sonos don’t want to invest another dime in Desktop support, so its unlikely a new app would be produced for S2. O the other hand, its easy enough to support basic S2 features from an S1 app, so that is likely what they will do. Fancy S2 features will likely not be supported.

                We’ll find out for sure tomorrow i guess.

                Well I was obviously wrong on this one. However, I am trying to detect any functional difference between the S1 and S2 versions of the PC app.

                Apart from the icon, and the check to limit each one to the matching version of the players I haven’t detected any difference yet. Anyone else?

                Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
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