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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)

 

 

You can also follow along with updates in this article: 

 

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2256 replies

jgatie
June 24, 2024

Playbase does not support Apple Music's Lossless sound quality. Why? Why? Why? This is unfair to Playbase users!

 

The Playbase design predates the hardware needed to play Apple Lossless.  As you can see here, the hardware incapable of playing Apple Lossless were all designed over a half decade ago:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/services/apple-music

 

aping328
Avid Contributor I
June 24, 2024

Some netizens said that the sub gen 2 in the speaker combination does not support Apple Music lossless music playback.

aping328
Avid Contributor I
June 24, 2024

Playbase does not support Apple Music's Lossless sound quality. Why? Why? Why? This is unfair to Playbase users!

Is that official? Or just what you’re finding?

Playbase cannot display the lossless tag when playing Apple Music, but beam gen2 and one sl can display the lossless tag normally.

Prodigy III
June 24, 2024

Some netizens said that sub gen2 does not support Apple Music lossless music playback

If that was the case, as a Sub Gen 2 owner myself (with Arc and 2xSymfonisk surrounds), then my home theatre set-up wouldn’t show the Lossless logo wording when playing Apple Music lossless tracks. Any incompatible link in the set-up would prevent it. But Lossless is clearly written on my Now Playing screen…

jgatie
June 24, 2024

Here’s the official statement:

 

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/services/apple-music

 

Can all Sonos products stream lossless audio from Apple Music?

Most Sonos products can stream lossless audio from Apple Music. However, some older products don’t support the required streaming protocol (HLSv7) and will stream audio at a lower quality. The following Sonos products won’t stream lossless audio from Apple Music:

  • Connect (Gen 1)
  • Connect:Amp
  • Play:1
  • Play:3
  • Playbar
  • Playbase
  • Sub (Gen 1)
Bumper
June 24, 2024

 

Prodigy III
June 24, 2024

I love that Keith from Sonos said he dug a little deeper to find out, when the info is on the Sonos website.

Bumper
June 24, 2024

I love that Keith from Sonos said he dug a little deeper to find out, when the info is on the Sonos website.

I cross posted that due to my slow ass internet while the link to the website was posted. His reply in Reddit was before the Sonos docs were updated in his defence :)

Prodigy III
June 24, 2024

I love that Keith from Sonos said he dug a little deeper to find out, when the info is on the Sonos website.

I cross posted that due to my slow ass internet while the link to the website was posted. His reply in Reddit was before the Sonos docs were updated in his defence :)

I did wonder if I was being harsh after posting. Apologies, Keith… Kudos to you, being out there helping.

Prodigy III
June 24, 2024

The latest update of the app has just gone live, folks.

The changelog hasn’t been updated online that I can see. The app stores just says “Improved app connectivity for newly set up Sonos systems”...