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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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    fullerscopes
    fullerscopes
    Enthusiast I
    May 13, 2024

    Is it opening time in California yet? I'm expecting an announcement!!

      limcungwei
      Enthusiast II
      May 13, 2024

      Really sad. The app is too broken, am going to Bluetooth music for now. Not buying any new Sonos products until I can be confident the company isn't broken too. 

      Me too

        Hucklebuck
        Avid Listener
        May 13, 2024

        Rollback and deploy when you’ve fixed all the issues. We can wait. And say sorry! 

          Panic_Attaché
          Enthusiast I
          May 13, 2024

          What about Trueplay settings which seem to have vanished from the app on Android, even though I had borrowed an iphone to get it set up?

          Tbh, I have given up on the updated app and reinstalled the old version on my phone which I would recommend to anybody else to do!

            BeMike
            BeMike
            Contributor II
            May 13, 2024

            The truth?

            SONOS hates customers … any suggestions to a better system I can switch to?

            And I have a SONOS system for sale … it’s cheap!

              BeMike
              BeMike
              Contributor II
              May 13, 2024

              What about Trueplay settings which seem to have vanished from the app on Android, even though I had borrowed an iphone to get it set up?

              Tbh, I have given up on the updated app and reinstalled the old version on my phone which I would recommend to anybody else to do!

              Where did you find the old app?

              Panic_Attaché
              Enthusiast I
              May 13, 2024

              What about Trueplay settings which seem to have vanished from the app on Android, even though I had borrowed an iphone to get it set up?

              Tbh, I have given up on the updated app and reinstalled the old version on my phone which I would recommend to anybody else to do!

              Where did you find the old app?

              I had it downloaded on my phone prior to the update but think it can be found at apkmirror.com

                Ash1111111111
                Lyricist I
                May 13, 2024

                This update has been a disaster.  You’ve got many pissed-off customers who are now actively looking around to see what other products are available to replace their SONOS ones.  You should just roll back until you can fix the issues you’ve created.  I don’t want to spend the next month without listening to my music! 

                  Johan Popleu
                  Lyricist I
                  May 13, 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.
                   

                  • Screen reader for visually impaired customers: May 21
                  • Adding and editing alarms: May 21
                  • Adding to queue and playing next: early June
                  • Sleep timer: mid-June
                  • Local music library search and playback: mid-June 
                  • Update Wi-Fi settings: mid-June

                  Once these updates are done I can hopefully re-install the new version on my Android device. For the moment I returned to the previous version because most of the time I stream from my local library Synology NAS 

                    Toolio
                    Prodigy II
                    May 13, 2024

                    Please provide an update on when the CBC service will work on the new app. It has been broken since release day, although it works just fine on older versions of the app, the web interface and third-party Sonos controller apps.

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