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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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    Rhonny
    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.

    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...

    I would think any remedial Playlist activity will be activated at the same time. 

    YorkSteve
    Enthusiast I
    July 22, 2024

    Am I right in thinking that album art from the local library is still not showing in the latest Android version? Or has that been fixed?

      press250
      press250
      Prodigy III
      July 22, 2024

      Am I right in thinking that album art from the local library is still not showing in the latest Android version? Or has that been fixed?

      Goodness @YorkSteve, you want a functioning local library with album art?!?! Kidding, kidding, the Android app still doesn’t display any artwork for me.

        abitoftap
        Prominent Collaborator I
        July 22, 2024

        As mentioned by a previous poster, indexing of compilations within (at least mine as well) the Music Library has collapsed: empty and repeated empty albums. The Android update hasn’t corrected this..let alone album art!

        dpg50000
        Enthusiast II
        July 23, 2024

        So local library search is back (hurrah!). Still no A-Z list though, which combined with the firmware bug introduced last week is extremely annoying, especially if like me, you have over 100 compilation albums.

        Sonos testing appears to have no focus whatsoever on local music streaming. I get that it’s relatively niche, but it’s my main use case. As such, I won’t be buying any Sonos kit ever again. When my speakers eventually need replacing, it will likely be with simple Airplay speakers

         

         

          Topi Here
          Topi Here
          Lyricist I
          July 23, 2024

          I only see "no album art displayed in ios, there's also none album art in music librarie on Android (music on NAS). So it's accessable but nu album art on v80 still remaining on v16.1.

          BrianWarrington
          Contributor I
          July 23, 2024

          I use sonos for playing old cds from music library.

          It now seems that it has duplicated albums and juggled the order of tracks around.

          Very frustrating as playing cds was the main reason to buy sonos.

          I can't face dealing with support again as it wastes loads of time.

           

          Any ideas how to rectify the duplicate album issue? ( they're OK on the laptop , so it's not the source material)

            Rhonny
            Prodigy III
            July 23, 2024

            I use sonos for playing old cds from music library.

            It now seems that it has duplicated albums and juggled the order of tracks around.

            Very frustrating as playing cds was the main reason to buy sonos.

            I can't face dealing with support again as it wastes loads of time.

             

            Any ideas how to rectify the duplicate album issue? ( they're OK on the laptop , so it's not the source material)

             

            And this is after you updated the app to the latest version yesterday? 

            BrianWarrington
            Contributor I
            July 23, 2024

            I use sonos for playing old cds from music library.

            It now seems that it has duplicated albums and juggled the order of tracks around.

            Very frustrating as playing cds was the main reason to buy sonos.

            I can't face dealing with support again as it wastes loads of time.

             

            Any ideas how to rectify the duplicate album issue? ( they're OK on the laptop , so it's not the source material)

             

            And this is after you updated the app to the latest version yesterday? 

            Yes both the app on the phone (samsung A54) and the laptop. I had to update the phone app as the app crashed and said update when developer has fixed bug

            I've subsequently tried updating the music library but that hasn't resolved it either

            Rhonny
            Prodigy III
            July 23, 2024

            I use sonos for playing old cds from music library.

            It now seems that it has duplicated albums and juggled the order of tracks around.

            Very frustrating as playing cds was the main reason to buy sonos.

            I can't face dealing with support again as it wastes loads of time.

             

            Any ideas how to rectify the duplicate album issue? ( they're OK on the laptop , so it's not the source material)

             

            And this is after you updated the app to the latest version yesterday? 

            Yes both the app on the phone (samsung A54) and the laptop. I had to update the phone app as the app crashed and said update when developer has fixed bug

            I've subsequently tried updating the music library but that hasn't resolved it either

            This might be part of what you’ve said just now (apologies, I’m not sure), but did your speaker firmware update last week? If not, go to Settings - Manage - System Updates - Check for Updates. 

             

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