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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)

 

 

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2256 replies

Renowned Listener
June 5, 2024

Just updated to today’s release. Pleased to see Sleep Timer, waiting to see if it actually works. I can now see our Playlists but they don’t actually work and I still can’t see anyway to actually connect to and see my local media. 

The main reasons I switched from Pioneer to a 7 speaker Sonos set up in the first place were the ease of use and local media support!!!!!!!!

John Guarr
Enthusiast II
June 5, 2024

I was hoping today’s update would return some of the queue functionality - not just play next etc. but the ability to remove and reorder songs. I use this daily, and it’s been missing since the new app landed. When will it return, as it’s unclear from the release notes?

I think they pushed that back to July now. I don’t like that. 

Trending Lyricist I
June 5, 2024

“Improved Trueplay setup on iOS”?
I don’t see a difference.

I am still unable to trueplay tune my Playbase with my iPad 9.Gen
No improvement here. Tuning my Five, Sub Mini, and Play:1s still works. Just not the Playbase, like before

App still does not offer the “Sit where you watch step” for soundbars, but starts right with the “moving around part” of normal single speaker.
That part stalls the whole App when I press “Begin Tuning”

Is there hope for the iPAD with the Playbase? Will there be a working trueplay tuning anytime (soon)?
I not, Sonos please sent me an iPhone 12 Mini. Because it works with this device. I am just tired of borrowing it all the time.

I’m in exactly the same situation with play base and iPad Pro (12.9 inch 1st gen). Wont proceed past “begin tuning” and yes, I’m on the latest version of sonos app. 80.02.04.

Lyricist III
June 5, 2024

Trouble shooting advice:

Disable 5ghz in your router settings.

 

In my case, it resolved the following issues:

App isnt showing speakers, forgets speakers, doesnt allowed you to connect with more than one speaker, having to add and reset speakers over and over again, music dropouts, app unresponsivenesss.

Enthusiast II
June 5, 2024

I was hoping today’s update would return some of the queue functionality - not just play next etc. but the ability to remove and reorder songs. I use this daily, and it’s been missing since the new app landed. When will it return, as it’s unclear from the release notes?

I think they pushed that back to July now. I don’t like that. 

Based on what? They never mentioned it on the roadmap. And I don't think they are in quite the position to "underpromise and overdeliver" just yet.

Listener
June 5, 2024

What a horrible experience this update is - spending my time looking for alternatives to Sonos as the user functionality and features is just bad.

 

Enthusiast I
June 5, 2024

So, get the app sorted out!

Sonos fan patience tested…….

 

 

John Guarr
Enthusiast II
June 5, 2024

I was hoping today’s update would return some of the queue functionality - not just play next etc. but the ability to remove and reorder songs. I use this daily, and it’s been missing since the new app landed. When will it return, as it’s unclear from the release notes?

I think they pushed that back to July now. I don’t like that. 

Based on what? They never mentioned it on the roadmap. And I don't think they are in quite the position to "underpromise and overdeliver" just yet.

It says above “create and edit local music library - July”.

Enthusiast I
June 5, 2024

I wish Sonos would stop spamming me about these new headphones and fix the local music library!

The last thing I want to do right now is sink more money into this system that THEY broke and I can’t use on my phone anymore.

I also got a notification that the desktop app wants me to update… hell no.

G0atHax0r
Enthusiast II
June 5, 2024

So, get the app sorted out!

Sonos fan patience tested…….

 

 

Great video… but I disagree… the “improved local libraries” is a big farce.  Local libraries still aren’t working even with the newest app.  I can see them on the “web app”, I can see them on the PC app, but from my phone app, they are grayed out, and not functional.  The App in general continues to be a big flaming bag of poo. It continually shows these pinned connections that you can’t get rid of, no matter how many times you delete them.  These ghost artifact favorites that can’t be gotten rid of.  The list just keeps going on and on.

Looking into WiiM right now… seems like the best viable alternative at this moment. My patience has been tested on this incredibly bad move on their part.