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Contributor I
October 31, 2017

Switching rooms not possible

  • October 31, 2017
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When changing from one room to another I first have to select the new room together with the old one and accept. Then I have to remove the old room and accept before I can use the new room. Extremely annoying. No problems before upgrading to new and worse version of app.:@:@:@
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21 replies

October 31, 2017
It works exactly the same in the new controller as the old one for me - I don't need to do what you describe. Are you mistakenly trying to use the new 'quick grouping' facility for this rather than the proper Rooms screen?
miksnefAuthor
Contributor I
October 31, 2017
I am having trouble finding my way around this upgrade. Im using the one in the bottom in red.
October 31, 2017
No that isn't right. See if this helps

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5LY6yD3BW7adkstOHVDVzZUMUE/view?usp=sharing
Stuart_W
World-Class Superstar
October 31, 2017
That's great stuff John and looks really good.

I did suggest to Sonos that they should have produced some user guides and this day and age they could make some videos showing how to use the updated app. I think they really missed a trick on that.
Arc + Sub (Gen 1) + 2 x Play 1/ Stereo Play 3s/ Era 100 Stereo in Kitchen, One Stereo in Bedroom, Play 1 stereo pair in Study, Play 1in Bathroom, Sonos Move 2
Contributor II
October 31, 2017
How is "quick group" on the now playing screen any different from the group screen accessed from the room screens?!

On android they are both identical, and both let you unselect the room music is playing in and select a different room at the same time, although I find the results of grouping line that are a bit hit and miss - sometimes you get what your asked for and sometimes music still plays in the unselected room!
jgatie
October 31, 2017
When changing from one room to another I first have to select the new room together with the old one and accept. Then I have to remove the old room and accept before I can use the new room. Extremely annoying. No problems before upgrading to new and worse version of app.:@:@:@

Not true at all. I've done it by selecting one, deselecting the other, then hitting Done a dozen times. Works every time.
Juan Pablo
Lyricist III
October 31, 2017
I am a UX Design Director and have been extremely disappointed with the latest app upgrade mostly because it isn't as easy and fast to play music and switch or pair speakers. I have been using it daily since the upgrade and it still confuses me and annoys me. It basically added 2 more clicks to everything! I really hope they are listening to user feedback, which I see is not favorable and Designers are iterating and planning to push a revised version soon. This is a step backwards.
trujillojuanp
Contributor I
October 31, 2017
I too have been using the app everyday for the past 2 weeks or so and still find it confusing and frustrating navigating from the now playing screen to everything else. I think an easy fix would be to:
1) leave the tab nav on the screen for the Now Playing screen
2) Combine the "Browse and Search" tabs, Search seems like it should be on the browse page anyway
3) Add "Playing Now" button to tab nav
Contributor I
October 31, 2017
When changing from one room to another I first have to select the new room together with the old one and accept. Then I have to remove the old room and accept before I can use the new room. Extremely annoying. No problems before upgrading to new and worse version of app.:@:@:@ I experienced this same thing when first using the new app. Even after figuring out the proper way to navigate to rooms I find it very unnatural and annoying.
Contributor I
November 4, 2017
I'm having issues grouping and moving music to different rooms... Was fine in the old app... On the new android app it just doesn't work well. Just taken me 6 attempts to move some music from the kitchen to the bedroom.

Any work arounds from the app ?

Thanks