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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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    John Guarr
    John Guarr
    Enthusiast II
    June 25, 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: Jun 17, 2024. See release notes.

    • Added numerical values to volume and group-volume sliders
    • Updated the volume icon to reflect the volume level on iOS
    • Introduced mute button on Android
    • Added stereo or mono configuration for Amp/Port output on iOS
    • Improved TalkBack screen reader support for volume sliders on Android
    • Added support for SonosNet channel selection on iOS
    • Expanded support for service reauthorization on Android


     

    Coming soon

    • Continued improvements to navigation for visually-impaired customers: mid-June
    • Local music library search and playback: mid-June
    • Improved playback settings including Play Now: July
    • Create and edit local music library: July
    • Improved Autoplay settings: July
    • Improved Sub audio settings with Amp: July
    • Snooze alarms: TBD

     

    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.

    Sonos - I did yesterday’s IOS update and upon starting the app where the tiles would normally be for Sonos Favorites, your app states “unable to load content” and no tiles are displayed. So I opened the bottom portion, which I might refer to as the mini player or current played song, and it’s playing!?  So I’m letting it go through the playlist and it seems to be playing okay. So just the tiles in the Sonos Favorite area are not displayed. 

    Strange - After opening and closing the app a number of times, now the Sonos Favorites tiles came back. I thought this might have been the case yesterday after performing the update or I would have noticed something was wrong. So where is this content stored since it was indicating that it could not load content? 

    Packerfan84
    Renowned Listener
    June 25, 2024

    I cannot get my QoBuz playlist to play via new app. Is this a known problem 

     

    press250
    press250
    Prodigy III
    June 25, 2024

    I cannot get my QoBuz playlist to play via new app. Is this a known problem 

    Known to those of us here on the forums, yes. Known to Sonos is another matter, I suppose, given how underwater they are with bugs and yet-to-be-implemented features.

    runbgrun
    Renowned Listener
    June 25, 2024

    Add the S2 to S1 downgrade feature back!

      Si_G
      Renowned Listener
      June 25, 2024

      Having updated the app again, my local network drive disappeared and there is no way to add it through the Android app. 

      How can they keep going backwards?

      Revdrlon
      Lyricist I
      June 25, 2024

      latest update doesnt let my youtube music content show up now. So now my speakers are just completely useless. I was going to wait to post a review or anything until they got stuff fixed but this is ridiculous. first my local library vanishes with the update and we get a promise that it will be coming back in a future update. i thought, oh well, at least i have youtube music to get me by until i have access to the local library again...WELL I GUESS THAT IDEA IS JUST FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET NOW!!!! $3000 worth of speakers and now its completely useless. I could run radio i guess, but that means the customers in my busines would be forced to listen to your stupid ads so thats out of the question. What a worthless and stupid investment this was. Thanks for ruining your entire business a month after i bought my stuff.

      rickleehamilton1225
      Listener
      June 25, 2024

      I have 3 homes all loaded with Sonos. This weekend I felt like tossing it all out on the street. This new APP is absolute garbage!  It takes forever to access my system - I just listened to music for 10 min after pressing the “pause” button and I can change volume faster if I walk around and manually do it. What in the name of all things holy did you guys do to this App. My system is useless - everywhere.. come on! It’s not like this is some free App.. I have thousands invested in your products and have loved them for years… This is very very ugly!

        Nflonly
        Enthusiast I
        June 25, 2024

        Coming soon

        • Continued improvements to navigation for visually-impaired customers: mid-June
        • Local music library search and playback: mid-June

        Mid-June has passed us by… the latest update (June-24th) 80.03.04 (Android), 80.03.07 (iOS) did not mention these in the release notes, so I assume these will be July…. sometime.

        At this rate we might have a decent functioning app by Christmas

          Veeper
          Prominent Collaborator I
          June 26, 2024

          Check out this load of hogwash:

          ”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.”

           

          Hey knuckleheads, how about simple parity with the old version. FFS. 

          AMPx2, One SLx6, Play5x2, SUBx2, Play1x2, Move, Roam (Yuck), ARC, PlayBar, Beam, SYMFONISKx2, Awful New App.
            Bumper
            Bumper
            June 26, 2024

             

            At this rate we might have a decent functioning app by Christmas

            You are an optimist obvs 🤣

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