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Avid Contributor I
October 22, 2012

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

  • October 22, 2012
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This is not a full windows 8 platform but will work new surface tablet and Samsung and others plan to use this OS which is not fully windows 8 compatible. It would be very helpful if sonos would support this as the tablet looks promising.
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    Avid Contributor I
    June 22, 2015
    I cannot believe that a company like Sonos still does not support Windows Phone. Frustrating and annoying
    I was just trying to figure out Sonos' position; I'm not telling if it's right or wrong. And I agree about the communication; here I think they somehow trapped themselves with this site because they try to show up as listening to their customers but developing software is expensive and time consuming, so at the end they end up with lots of ideas suggested by fans but everything "under consideration" is at least 2 to 3 years old - and most of the recently implemented  features are new streaming services that are not developed by Sonos but the service provider.
    Avid Contributor I
    June 22, 2015
    Interesting interview with John MacFarlane at the Telegraph about why sonos will not support apple music directly: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/11671181/Sonos-CEO-We-would-embrace-Apple-Music.html So is this the reason why we do not get a Windows phone app!? Very objective... “We are big fans of Apple, so we would of course embrace them any time they want to come into the home, but I think that will be the next priority for them,” he said. “You have to earn Apple’s cooperation, they don’t just give it to you for free, but if there’s a delightful user experience and it makes a lot of sense, I think they do it, and there’s lots of examples of that. "
    Maybe there is a typo in the article, it should be "if there’s a delightful user experience and it makes a lot of money" ...
    It may also be that Apple is simply preparing the ground for their own hardware.
    Lyricist I
    July 15, 2015
    Are there any news concerning a Windows Phone App? We are waiting.................................
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    July 15, 2015
    Hopefully at end of month with release of Windows 10 we will hear something.
    Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
    Lyricist I
    July 27, 2015
    Lets hope windows 10 does bring good news! I have been using the 'phonos app', which does an excellent job in the short term but sonos should support windows! especially since they no longer make a dedicated controller!
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    July 27, 2015
    Hopefully we will find out in 2 days.
    Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
    Contributor I
    July 29, 2015
    Well Groove Music (Xbox Music) was added to Sonos today (7/29/15).  Now to just get a universal Windows 10 app and we will be all set.
    Lyricist III
    July 29, 2015
    Well Groove Music (Xbox Music) was added to Sonos today (7/29/15). 
    Big step in the right direction.
    Contributor I
    July 31, 2015
    Come on Sonos! My dell xps 13 (which folds into a tablet) is so lonely without a sonos app. Now that win10 is here, surely you can't wait any longer? Or are you inviting MS around the table soon for a takeover?
    Enthusiast I
    August 9, 2015
    I have to question Sonos' motives regarding this topic. Not only has it now been buried in the home theatre section, surely controllers and software is more appropriate? Were this a minor thread I could possibly have believed that it had been migrated here in error but this was the number 1 idea on the old site and should have been the first one checked.
    They have also stripped about the mechanism which allowed visitors to the community to see that this is the most requested feature. Where have the 2000 me toos gone? It all seems far to convenient that this ignored two year old thread has been sidelined in the move, too embarrassing for Sonos to have it stubbornly stuck at the top of the ideas list I think.