Sonos Staff

The New Sonos App and Future Feature Updates

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May 11, 2024
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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:

New Sonos App Update!

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DaveS00

Lyricist III

Can we please have an update on the Coming soon updates given we were supposed to have access to our local libraries again from mid June and its now the 26th June.

You can use the desktop app to set up your local music library today. Here’s their list updated June 24.

https://support.sonos.com/en-ca/article/the-new-sonos-app-and-future-feature-updates

In reading the Community forums, a lot of people still cannot use the desktop app to set up local libraries. I know I cannot - the app just continues to give error messages each time, and SONOS has not offered a solution or workaround. I am on MacOS, so if you have a realistic workaround, I would be happy to try it out. I have already changed the security settings as others have recommended.

Might be worth looking at this …..

amblue02

Lyricist III

Can we please have an update on the Coming soon updates given we were supposed to have access to our local libraries again from mid June and its now the 26th June.

You can use the desktop app to set up your local music library today. Here’s their list updated June 24.

https://support.sonos.com/en-ca/article/the-new-sonos-app-and-future-feature-updates

In reading the Community forums, a lot of people still cannot use the desktop app to set up local libraries. I know I cannot - the app just continues to give error messages each time, and SONOS has not offered a solution or workaround. I am on MacOS, so if you have a realistic workaround, I would be happy to try it out. I have already changed the security settings as others have recommended.

You can set up your local library as a NAS through the Sonos desktop controller on your Mac:

1. First you need to share activate sharing: Settings > Privacy & Security > Media & Apple Music. Click ON.

2. Add your Music Library through a NAS set up, instead of adding through My Music.

You should have access to all of your music files and playlists. Creating or saving playlists on the iOS app is risky business, I would only make playlist changes on the desktop controller.

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Nope.

Avid Listener

What about the local network access bug - as to where it’s requiring local network access, we’ve given it - and it’s still not allowing me to join my existing system on the phones wife…

This has been a persistent problem for us. I have done upwards of 20 factory resets stuck in this loop.

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PJJ

Contributor I

Last night ‘your sources’ appeared on the S2 app front page giving me access to the music library . Although it clashed with the search bar after moving things around I could access my music library once again.
However this morning it’s all gone !!!
Anybody have any ideas?

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Rhonny

Prodigy III

Last night ‘your sources’ appeared on the S2 app front page giving me access to the music library . Although it clashed with the search bar after moving things around I could access my music library once again.
However this morning it’s all gone !!!
Anybody have any ideas?

It might be to do with the speaker that is currently selected. For example, “TV” does not appear under Your Sources unless you have selected that room/speaker from your list of speakers (i.e. if the room containing the soundbar isn't currently selected, “TV” won’t appear in Your Sources).

I wonder whether selecting a different room/speaker brings back your music library on the home screen? I’m not suggesting that’s the way it should be but it might explain why it appears and disappears.

Bumper

Last night ‘your sources’ appeared on the S2 app front page giving me access to the music library . Although it clashed with the search bar after moving things around I could access my music library once again.
However this morning it’s all gone !!!
Anybody have any ideas?

This happens to me all the time. Force quitting the app and re-opening it, sometimes 4 or 5 times usually brings it back.

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porchdweller

Contributor I

Please give us the old app so we can enjoy our systems while you all fix this. I have a few thousand worth of equipment that is worthless now.

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PJJ

Contributor I

Thanks Bumper- I removed the app and set up five times to no avail. Logged into my PC controller and noted the music library path to my network drive was no longer there so re entered it and let it update . I then removed phone app and re installed it and the music library came back. Let’s see how long it stays there!

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BrianJG

Enthusiast II

Can we please have an update on the Coming soon updates given we were supposed to have access to our local libraries again from mid June and its now the 26th June.

You can use the desktop app to set up your local music library today. Here’s their list updated June 24.

https://support.sonos.com/en-ca/article/the-new-sonos-app-and-future-feature-updates

In reading the Community forums, a lot of people still cannot use the desktop app to set up local libraries. I know I cannot - the app just continues to give error messages each time, and SONOS has not offered a solution or workaround. I am on MacOS, so if you have a realistic workaround, I would be happy to try it out. I have already changed the security settings as others have recommended.

You can set up your local library as a NAS through the Sonos desktop controller on your Mac:

1. First you need to share activate sharing: Settings > Privacy & Security > Media & Apple Music. Click ON.

2. Add your Music Library through a NAS set up, instead of adding through My Music.

You should have access to all of your music files and playlists. Creating or saving playlists on the iOS app is risky business, I would only make playlist changes on the desktop controller.

Thanks for the advice but I was not able to make this work on desktop or my phone. The options for privacy on desktop allow me to add SONOS but then the S2 controller does not accept the library no matter how I try to add it. On iOS, my phone has no option to add SONOS.

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PeteG101

Avid Contributor I

In a recent addition to this thread, Sonos staff wrote:

Here’s their list updated June 24.

It seems that things are slipping on a regular basis.

What confidence can we have that the features can and will be reintroduced?

Can we please have some actual dates - to the day - Sonos is confident it can deliver on its commitments.

Day on day slips to the advertised schedule do not generate confidence in Sonos’ capabilities.

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