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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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    AndyN72
    Lyricist II
    June 20, 2024

    Same for me. I just set up alarms on three different speakers using different sources and none did anything. 
     

    I’ve deleted and re configured alarms, rebooted speakers and still nothing.
     

    Did a system update check and it’s saying everything is up to date (79.1-53290)

    Anonymous
    June 20, 2024

    Leave the alarm set and see if it goes off at another time.  Some people are finding their system is set to another time zone, and this would confirm if this is the case.

    try logging into your online account t and check g your location.  Try deleting your address/location and teetering it — this may reset your timezone.  Else it may be a bug yet to be fixed.

    Nicolas_Ayrton
    Contributor I
    June 20, 2024

    Interesting approach @Andrew-s. I just logout from the app and logon. Where do you find the address/location of your account ? In the app profile ? In the web ?

    dpg50000
    Enthusiast II
    June 20, 2024

    Thank you so much @jgatie I currently use the latest version on iOS devices and on the manage setting I have the ability to set up alarms. But my sonos never play music at the time.
    I concluded that this features isn’t fully implemented.

    For you, this feature is up and ready so I must raise a ticket ?

    Are you maybe trying to play music from a local library for your alarm? I saw a few posts that said users couldn’t get alarms to work with local music, only streaming.

    Nicolas_Ayrton
    Contributor I
    June 20, 2024

    No @dpg50000, i try to play the default Sonos schime in order to reduce the potential root cause of malfunction :)

    Anonymous
    June 20, 2024

    Interesting approach @Andrew-s. I just logout from the app and logon. Where do you find the address/location of your account ? In the app profile ? In the web ?

    Go to Sonos.com and log in to your account.  Your profile / address details are stored there.  I must confess I can’t vouch for this as a solution, and I find it odd that the speakers derive their location from here.  So I’m just repeating what others have reported.   I don’t use alarms myself so I’ll try setting one when I get home.  

    Nicolas_Ayrton
    Contributor I
    June 20, 2024

    Thank you. The address on my sonos.com profile is correct. Really interested by your tests @Andrew-s and your feedbacks

    Pschwenk
    Renowned Enthusiast I
    June 20, 2024

    What about Sonos Playlists?  When will they be back???

      Anonymous
      June 20, 2024

      Thank you. The address on my sonos.com profile is correct. Really interested by your tests @Andrew-s and your feedbacks

      Hi — I’ve tried alarms and mine work fine.  I’m afraid I can’t offer up any more advice.  I would try leaving your alarm set and see if it goes off at the ‘wrong’ time — this would at least confirm to you if your system holds the wrong time, even if the way to remedy this remains unclear for now.

      TheMusikman
      Renowned Listener
      June 21, 2024

      Fix the issue with adding surrounds to the ray! This used to work fine. Now they keep disappearing in app and aren’t sending a signal while linked as surrounds. They are old Play 1s but they worked fine until I had to reset everything because of a new WiFi name and had to use the new app and now it’s terrible. Support for adding surrounds more simply and consistently in an update is necessary.

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