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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

Trending Lyricist I
July 30, 2024

I definitely did not read this entire thread, but let me say the #1 thing I’d like added back from the old app is a numeric counter on the volume slider. I know, it sounds like a small thing, but no, I can’t eyeball it, and my fingers are kinda too fat for fine control without proper cues — and yes, it really matters to me.

 

Thanks 

 

Prodigy III
July 30, 2024

I definitely did not read this entire thread, but let me say the #1 thing I’d like added back from the old app is a numeric counter on the volume slider. I know, it sounds like a small thing, but no, I can’t eyeball it, and my fingers are kinda too fat for fine control without proper cues — and yes, it really matters to me.

 

Thanks 

 

It’s there on my app… Do you need to update your app to the latest version?

Listener
July 30, 2024

The latest update has broken yet more things that have worked perfectly for years. 

We returned home from holiday, and now our roam which we took away with us refuses to partner with any other device, and yes we’ve tried all ‘logical’ remedies.

Local music library (on our Synology NAS) has previously been more than happy with ‘various artists’ albums but no more, these are now split up into separate tracks by song artist with no way to alter how they are displayed. If it hadn’t been bad enough that the a-z column had disappeared months ago for no reason, my album list is now 20 times as long and none of the tracks are in order.

Please stop breaking things, 

Listener
July 31, 2024

Ich kann jedem nur die SonoPhone-App empfehlen. Mit der bin ich sehr zufrieden.

Schnelle Reaktion in allen Bereichen.

 

I can only recommend the SonoPhone app to everyone. I am very happy with it.

Fast response in all areas.

https://apps.apple.com/de/app/sonophone-f%C3%BCr-sonos/id815251931

 

Prodigy III
July 31, 2024

There is a new SONOS APP UPDATE just gone live - for iOS it’s version 80.05.05 (not sure if there is an update for Android as the release notes are yet to go live).

iOS App Store says:

  • Improves stability when adding new products
  • Addresses excess battery usage.
Lyricist I
July 31, 2024

What a mess. I have tried to connect my iTunes music folder to the sonos system and it keeps giving me error code 913. Tried the suggested method and that won't work. This is rediculous. 

Ken_Griffiths
July 31, 2024

What a mess. I have tried to connect my iTunes music folder to the sonos system and it keeps giving me error code 913. Tried the suggested method and that won't work. This is rediculous. 

What type of computer  are you using and version of OS?

Prodigy III
July 31, 2024

Release notes from today’s app update, along with notes on last week’s firmware update too:

 

80.05.07 (Android)
80.05.05 (iOS)

Release date: 7/31/2024

 

In this update:

 
  • Improves stability when adding new products
  • Addresses an issue where the app used excess phone battery
 

We’ve also released firmware version 80.1-55172 for Sonos products which contains the following changes:

 
  • Improves responsiveness of volume changes
  • Improves time to add a new song to the queue in certain conditions
  • Addresses an issue with local library browsing timing out

 

 

Contributor I
August 1, 2024

What about the ability to downgrade to S1? I’m not seeing that in any of the upcoming updates? 

Prodigy III
August 1, 2024

What about the ability to downgrade to S1? I’m not seeing that in any of the upcoming updates? 

That is meant to come in August sometime, according to the Dutch news report/Sonos interview last month. But other things due in August look to have shifted so it might be September. But it has been listed as coming in the New App road map in another thread from Sonos:

 

We've still got a road ahead of us and here is what’s coming soon:

  • Playlist editing
  • Downgrade from S2 to S1
  • Persistence of offline devices 
  • Additional configuration settings