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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

Prodigy III
July 21, 2024

Queue management is coming end August.

In the meantime, you’ll need to clear the queue using the desktop app for Windows or Mac, downloadable from the Sonos website.

Enthusiast I
July 21, 2024

Its funny, the new update we can search local libraries, but you have to wait another month before you can manage a queue to play the music the way you want out of those libraries.

Thank goodness my wife's iPad still has the old version app… it still works like a dream and does everything I want.

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Prodigy III
July 21, 2024

Thank goodness my wife's iPad still has the old version app… it still works like a dream and does everything I want.

Hi @Nflonly, you really want to avoid a system update as the v16.3 firmware released last week blocks the v16.1 apps (everything is grayed out).

Enthusiast I
July 22, 2024

Thank goodness my wife's iPad still has the old version app… it still works like a dream and does everything I want.

Hi @Nflonly, you really want to avoid a system update as the v16.3 firmware released last week blocks the v16.1 apps (everything is grayed out).

Thnx. It’s at 16.2 right now, so will avoid firmware update

Contributor I
July 22, 2024

Thank goodness my wife's iPad still has the old version app… it still works like a dream and does everything I want.

Hi @Nflonly, you really want to avoid a system update as the v16.3 firmware released last week blocks the v16.1 apps (everything is grayed out).

I’ve heard of “not supporting older releases”, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard a company actually proactively blocking use of “dated” software. 

Prodigy III
July 22, 2024

NEW VERSION OF THE APP NOW AVAILABLE TO INSTALL.
 

 

Trending Lyricist I
July 22, 2024

New app features are welcome, but I’m not seeing much discussion around some of the other gaps:

  • I have no thumbnails on my local music on Android (I saw mention on iOS but...)
  • Widgets?
  • Creating a Sonos Playlist
Lyricist II
July 22, 2024

The new Android version here is 80.05.06-release+20240717.cbccdb2 but it is a little different. Except that some of my TuneIn stations in favourites have become greyed out. Or indeed very dark greyed out, so it’s hard to see what they are.

 

Re-added using the Tune-In app and recreating the favourite and then again in Sonos.

 

This remained working in the Windows app.

 

Not sure what they’re up to but I suppose there is progress with the local libraries.

Prodigy III
July 22, 2024

New app features are welcome, but I’m not seeing much discussion around some of the other gaps:

  • I have no thumbnails on my local music on Android (I saw mention on iOS but...)
  • Widgets?
  • Creating a Sonos Playlist

Playlist management (and queue management) is coming late August.

Trending Lyricist I
July 22, 2024

New app features are welcome, but I’m not seeing much discussion around some of the other gaps:

  • I have no thumbnails on my local music on Android (I saw mention on iOS but...)
  • Widgets?
  • Creating a Sonos Playlist

Playlist management (and queue management) is coming late August.

I know, I mean the ability to create a playlist….do you interpret editing as creating? I do not, and as of right now I’m not sure I wouldn’t take too much for granted with the feature releases...