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Keith N
Keith N
Sonos Staff
May 11, 2024

The New Sonos App and Future Feature Updates

Hey all, today we're sharing a message from our chief innovation officer, Nick Millington in the announcement here. Going forwards we will update that topic and we therefore close this one for further replies.

 

 

We set out to create a more personalized and effortless listening experience with the updated Sonos app. It was rebuilt from the ground up to ensure it could support future innovation in the years to come. For its initial rollout, we focused on how we could answer some of the most common requests from our customers, including increased reliability, performance, and faster access to music.


Many of you have shared valuable feedback on both the improvements that have made your experience better, as well as the areas where we fell short. We are listening to all of your comments and working to address them as quickly as possible. Over the coming weeks, we will reintroduce the below features, while fixing bugs and performance issues. Thank you for your engagement and we look forward to building upon this first step to create a listening experience that meets everyone’s needs.
 

 

Available now

 

To access these changes, check for updates in the iOS / Android app store to download the latest version of the Sonos app. Make sure your Sonos products are also up to date.


Last updated: Oct 28, 2024. See release notes.

The update has the following version numbers:

 

80.11.38 - iOS
80.11.32 - Android

 

In this update:

 

  • Support for the all-new Arc Ultra soundbar and Sub 4
  • Music library improvements*
  • Improvements to product setup
  • Improved performance when browsing content in Home and in Browse on Android
  • Improvements to multi-system support on iOS
  • Fixes for multiple settings including Bluetooth display, EQ, and Sub bonding on iOS
  • The ability to schedule System Updates on iOS
  • Continued Voiceover improvements on iOS

 

* Requires player update - 81.1-58074 (or higher)

 

 

You can also follow along with updates in this article: 

 

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    garfieldairlines
    garfieldairlines
    June 4, 2024

    Hello, I’m again and again asking for Bonob / Subsonic / Airsonic support

     

    I got no reply except a boilerplate email from the “CEO” address that hasn’t even acknowledged my questions.

    It has been a month that I am stranded without a reply… My patience is running thin…

    https://garfieldairlines.net
    Ash1111111111
    Lyricist I
    June 4, 2024

    Hi All,

    Please note that this is a thread for discussing the new Sonos app - not each other! Please restrain yourselves from inflaming or antagonising other users, or the thread will be closed to further discourse.

    Ah! So Sonos staff DO look at this thread 🙂  Perhaps one of them can give us an update as to when to expect the “early” and “mid” June updates that we are all eagerly waiting for?

    Thanks

     

      Rhonny
      Prodigy III
      June 4, 2024

      Hi All,

      Please note that this is a thread for discussing the new Sonos app - not each other! Please restrain yourselves from inflaming or antagonising other users, or the thread will be closed to further discourse.

      Ah! So Sonos staff DO look at this thread 🙂  Perhaps one of them can give us an update as to when to expect the “early” and “mid” June updates that we are all eagerly waiting for?

      Thanks

       

      There will be an app update later today (Tues).

        John Guarr
        John Guarr
        Enthusiast II
        June 4, 2024

        Hi All,

        Please note that this is a thread for discussing the new Sonos app - not each other! Please restrain yourselves from inflaming or antagonising other users, or the thread will be closed to further discourse.

        I agree with Corry P.  And ranash1995 supplied some good information above.  I can get my playlist to appear and have moved my music to another NAS drive, which seems to be working now. Only thing I noticed is that when I try to play a song in a playlist, it always shows the first song of the list and starts playing that one even though I didn’t select it.  So I stop the song, wait a few seconds and double tap on the song I wanted to listen to.  So hopefully that issue will go away with newer updates.  I will continue to check each day. 

          Flattliner
          Flattliner
          Enthusiast II
          June 4, 2024

          Updated the app just now (80.02.04) and…

          It’s still rubbish! The whole design may have been “from the ground up” but that’s exactly where it should return to.

          Still excludes local libraries from search, and you still can’t skip down artists lists alphabetically. No indication of volume level - actual numbers please - and most annoyingly, there’s no way to change source from within a speaker/speaker group. Essentially, this app is still a POS and I see no reason to stop using the excellent SonoPhone.

          Why are features that worked very well in the last S2 app still missing?

          SONOS: Great hardware, terrible software.
            PrestonGarvery
            Lyricist III
            June 4, 2024

            We set out to create a more personalized and effortless listening experience with the updated Sonos app. It was rebuilt from the ground up to ensure it could support future innovation in the years to come. For its initial rollout, we focused on how we could answer some of the most common requests from our customers, including increased reliability, performance, and faster access to music.


            Many of you have shared valuable feedback on both the improvements that have made your experience better, as well as the areas where we fell short. We are listening to all of your comments and working to address them as quickly as possible. Over the coming weeks, we will reintroduce the below features, while fixing bugs and performance issues. Thank you for your engagement and we look forward to building upon this first step to create a listening experience that meets everyone’s needs.
             

             

            Available now

            To access these changes, check for updates in the iOS / Android app store to download the latest version of the Sonos app. Make sure your Sonos products are also up to date.

            Last updated: May 21, 2024. See release notes.

            • VoiceOver on iOS now properly interacts with individual elements of the Sonos app's home screen - and now adds improved VoiceOver support for allowing for navigating and controlling the Now Playing Screen, System View, Output Selector, Queue, Volume Sliders, and Add Product
            • Improved TalkBack support for the Now Playing Screen, System View, and Add Product
            • Improved Local Music Library playback of folders
            • Adding and editing alarms with the ability to Search for content


             

            Coming soon

            • Continued improvements to navigation for visually-impaired customers: mid-June
            • Adding to queue and playing next: early June
            • Sleep timer: mid-June
            • Local music library search and playback: mid-June
            • Update WiFi settings: mid-June
            • Snooze alarms: TBD



             

            Known issues and workarounds


            "Sign in as the System Owner" error while updating products during setup

            • Workaround: No workaround currently available.

             

            Our latest update resolves some of the most critical known issues, but know we have more to do. We hear your feedback and are working hard to deliver the experience you expect and deserve.

            Hi Keith. Specifically what are the improvements in this app? All I can see is loss of stability, performance and missing features. Are you able to help me on this and let me know what new features I should be enjoying that were worth removing basic functionality to have? 
            I don’t even see any material improvements since S1 in any area. What are these mystery innovative features Sonos keeps talking about? 


            It’s a speaker. It should play music with no hassle. Is it that difficult? No other tech or smart home product I own (which is a lot) requires this much troubleshooting to function. When Sonos first came out the ease of use was touted as a key feature. Now I can’t even listen to music on these bricks. 

              PrestonGarvery
              Lyricist III
              June 4, 2024

              I bought SONOS specifically to play my own music library, not for streaming services. If they are no longer supporting the capability to have your own music library, then SONOS needs to buy back my equipment so I can invest in a system that does. 

              Unfortunately bait and switch is a common SONOS tactic. See the ‘legacy’ speakers for the ‘modular’ system. It’s disposable junk unfortunately. 

                Belly M
                Belly M
                June 4, 2024

                Sleep timer added, fantastic as it does not work for your local library.

                  drummerlikeme
                  Avid Listener
                  June 4, 2024

                  The new app is not working. It’s lagging to connect. Then once it finally connects, various speakers drop out continually.  It’s plainly not working. I tried to call customer support and was told there is none anymore?????  Not a fan. 

                    P_S
                    Contributor I
                    June 4, 2024

                    In the (long) list of problems that need to be addressed, ANDROID users are still unable to start a LiveOne station. ( it works from iphone/ipad and windows but not Android )

                    This is highly frustrating.




                     

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