Support Windows 8 RT for Surface Tablet and Windows Phone 8 for Mobile Devices

Well look at that. I come back to see if there's any update on this thread, and your home page boasts about the new app coming soon to iPhone and Android. Talk about sticking it to WP users!!

A new and interesting innovation in Windows 8.1 Phone, one that Android and iOS do not know, is the use of universal apps. Thanks to a new programming environment, developers can make their apps directly for both Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 (desktop) development. This was separated up to now. All the software looks like a smartphone different from the desktop, the code can be the same.

So seeing that Sonos already has and needs a Windows 8 PC controller to make the system work, I believe that they now will have to make a version that works on the new windows Phone 8.1. Seeing that windows Phone 8.1 is new, Sonos will probably need some time to make this wordk correctly. So let's grant them a day or two.

It's been four days sinds my last post. Didn't get a notification of an update in the windows controler. So i'm guessing the problem isn't solved yet. Can annyone give me an update?

I think the support of sonos concerning the windows Phone app is really worse.

You may at least say, we are working on it or not. I think you will make more fans than enemies if you do it that way..

So, what is the status?

"Posted 2 years ago" - any updates yet?

Are we going to be told the outcome of the survey or whether there is any progress on this consideration?

"Under Consideration" for almost 2 years?
Even an Ent could have dictated the code for a sonos app on all platforms by this time. Please tell your Dev teams they are a total joke on this forum.

But this is now beyond a joke now and we are still without ANY official support for:

1. Windows Phone
2. Windows RT
3. Windows 8 metro
4. Xbox
5. Xbox Music

Sonos reps have failed to provide answers or a real explanation and just given excuses and marketing BS.

They have plenty of money for huge marketing campaigns over here in the UK, launching many new products, continually updating the iOS and Android apps but the 1000's of us here in this thread are hushed up with lame excuses.

The honest truth is that two years ago this thread should have been labeled as "Not Planned" because now I no longer have a shred of confidence in Sonos and their mouthpieces here.

Either tell us the plan or mark this thread and its lies as closed and "Not Planned", stop coaxing people into buying a crippled system that you have no plans to actively provide Windows ecosystem support for.

"Under Consideration" for almost 2 years?
Even an Ent could have dictated the code for a sonos app on all platforms by this time. Please tell your Dev teams they are a total joke on this forum.

But this is now beyond a joke now and we are still without ANY official support for:

1. Windows Phone
2. Windows RT
3. Windows 8 metro
4. Xbox
5. Xbox Music

Sonos reps have failed to provide answers or a real explanation and just given excuses and marketing BS.

They have plenty of money for huge marketing campaigns over here in the UK, launching many new products, continually updating the iOS and Android apps but the 1000's of us here in this thread are hushed up with lame excuses.

The honest truth is that two years ago this thread should have been labeled as "Not Planned" because now I no longer have a shred of confidence in Sonos and their mouthpieces here.

Either tell us the plan or mark this thread and its lies as closed and "Not Planned", stop coaxing people into buying a crippled system that you have no plans to actively provide Windows ecosystem support for.


Come on Sonos, your inability to respond to your customers is beginning to get very tedious. I'm now up to 6 zones with close on $2k invested in your platform in under six months, sad but true. My family loves Sonos, we wake to it, drink coffee, have breakfast and right now at close on 2am here in Seattle we drink a glass of wine to favorite tunes.

You have a huge response to this request for better windows support from your fan base in the US and Europe, that's scale in my mind. Why, oh why can't you listen to your customers and deliver a viable UI and Xbox integration for a modern touch capable OS.

I've just left a dinner party where the music could have benefited from a pair of Play 1's. Its hard to push Sonos when you don't listen. I love your product but  I'm left disappointed due to your lack of commitment.

Today you ignore your customers due to a lack of response and show a level of disrespect few companies can sustain. Please address you customer platform specific needs by responding and respecting your Windows and Xbox customer base.

I am extremely close to the end of my tether now. This has been the most requested feature on this forum for as long as I have been following this site. At first I could understand the reluctance from Sonos. But seeing requests with less votes and probably higher technical difficulty being implemented ahead of a WP app was worn me down to the point that if a WP app isn't released in parallel with Android and iOS vision 5.0 I will be ditching this system.

Such a shame, from such initial excitement and joy I now find myself feeling resentful and pissed off whenever I have to launch Phonos. Well done Sonos, you've succeeded in getting at least one of those annoying WP users of your hair.

I am extremely close to the end of my tether now. This has been the most requested feature on this forum for as long as I have been following this site. At first I could understand the reluctance from Sonos. But seeing requests with less votes and probably higher technical difficulty being implemented ahead of a WP app was worn me down to the point that if a WP app isn't released in parallel with Android and iOS vision 5.0 I will be ditching this system.

Such a shame, from such initial excitement and joy I now find myself feeling resentful and pissed off whenever I have to launch Phonos. Well done Sonos, you've succeeded in getting at least one of those annoying WP users of your hair.


I was going to buy a Playbar for my new TV but have decided to look elsewhere. Sonos will not be getting any more money from this household. Works both ways