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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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    DaveS00
    Lyricist III
    July 1, 2024

    Well for a change something positive, I’ve noticed a marked improvement in performance of the App following the most recent release. It now shows what is queue’d for each sonos a lot more quickly. The local music library (SMB 2) reliably shows up within seconds of opening the App.

    Of course there are still plenty of issues and missing features compared to the old App which we need to be returned; but for me at least there is a positive improvement.

     

    PJJ
    Contributor I
    July 1, 2024

    Well for a change something positive, I’ve noticed a marked improvement in performance of the App following the most recent release. It now shows what is queue’d for each sonos a lot more quickly. The local music library (SMB 2) reliably shows up within seconds of opening the App.

    Of course there are still plenty of issues and missing features compared to the old App which we need to be returned; but for me at least there is a positive improvement.

     

    Dave 500 - Are you using a Synology NAS for your local library? If so did you have to set the min to SMB2 as well as maximum? 
    Thanks PJJ

    DaveS00
    Lyricist III
    July 1, 2024

    Well for a change something positive, I’ve noticed a marked improvement in performance of the App following the most recent release. It now shows what is queue’d for each sonos a lot more quickly. The local music library (SMB 2) reliably shows up within seconds of opening the App.

    Of course there are still plenty of issues and missing features compared to the old App which we need to be returned; but for me at least there is a positive improvement.

     

    Dave 500 - Are you using a Synology NAS for your local library? If so did you have to set the min to SMB2 as well as maximum? 
    Thanks PJJ

    Hi,

     

    My NAS is a regular install of Ubuntu. Ubuntu has stopped support for SMB1, so it defaults to SMB2 as a minimum. Samba is a bit tricky and some version do need the setting you suggest - i.e. Min + Max to SMB2. New versions of Samba (in my limited experience) seem to behave as expected - i.e. Max doesn’t need to be specified and the version of Samba is auto-negotiated

      John Guarr
      John Guarr
      Enthusiast II
      July 1, 2024

      Two requests for queues, and one should be incredibly simple. 

      First, when you open the queue, show the currently playing song towards the top of the queue. Right now it just opens to the first song at the top and it is impossible to find where you are if you have a queue with 1000 songs. 
      Second, allow the saving of the queue to a Sonos playlist. That was great functionality in the previous app. Now if you add songs to the queue, you have no way of saving those changes. 

      I agree +1 from me too.👍

      Yes, I agree also. 

        John Guarr
        John Guarr
        Enthusiast II
        July 1, 2024

        Two requests for queues, and one should be incredibly simple. 

        First, when you open the queue, show the currently playing song towards the top of the queue. Right now it just opens to the first song at the top and it is impossible to find where you are if you have a queue with 1000 songs. 
        Second, allow the saving of the queue to a Sonos playlist. That was great functionality in the previous app. Now if you add songs to the queue, you have no way of saving those changes. 

        I agree +1 from me too.👍

        Yes, I agree also. 

        I just updated my IOS app to 80.04.04 dated June 27, and no charge to the first request. Still goes to the top of queue. 

          Ken_Griffiths
          Ken_Griffiths
          July 1, 2024

          I just updated my IOS app to 80.04.04 dated June 27, and no charge to the first request. Still goes to the top of queue. 

          The page here mentions the library search was put back and delayed to address some feedback from beta testing - so it’s a case of us waiting a little longer, but it’s still due this month (all being well, I guess).

          https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/release-notes-for-sonos-software-updates

          Carmine Iovino
          Listener
          July 1, 2024

          When will someone at Sonos just acknowledge that the latest app update is complete garbage? It's a wireless speaker system that cannot be controlled remotely because someone absolutely butchered the latest version of the app. I'm so tired of reading the customers who all have the same complaints and nothing gets done.  If it weren't already several thousands of dollars invested in the products I'd look for an alternative.  Do better!

            r0mUK
            Enthusiast I
            July 1, 2024

            What about the issue where speakers are muting themselves???

             

            Any update on this one as it's REALLY annoying!! 

            i Prefer Pi
              DaveS00
              Lyricist III
              July 1, 2024

              What about the issue where speakers are muting themselves???

               

              Any update on this one as it's REALLY annoying!! 

              Just a thought - are they losing the stream/internet conenction, or literally muting?

              r0mUK
              Enthusiast I
              July 1, 2024

              Muting. The light becomes green randomly. Sometimes when playing music, watching TV or even overnight.... 

               

              Lots of customers are complaining. There is a dedicated thread on this issue. 

               

              Sonos acknowledged the issue. 

              i Prefer Pi
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