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The New Sonos App and Future Feature Updates

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May 11, 2024
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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:

New Sonos App Update!

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coder451

Trending Lyricist I

I started an Apple Music album playing in one of our rooms. I want to stop playing it. So I deselect the room. But the app wants me to say where it should be played. Since I want it not to be played, the album stays assigned to the room. It's a good thing I am a calm person.

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Rhonny

Prodigy III

I started an Apple Music album playing in one of our rooms. I want to stop playing it. So I deselect the room. But the app wants me to say where it should be played. Since I want it not to be played, the album stays assigned to the room. It's a good thing I am a calm person.

You’re not operating it quite right. You’re using the grouping screen which is the source of your frustration. See the following:

Drag up the Now Playing area at the bottom of the screen to show your list of speakers. (Tapping the name of your system top left of the Home Screen will also bring up the list of speakers.)

Tap the speaker you want to play music on. This becomes the active speaker.

Select music and press play. The music will play on the speaker you selected. Press pause to stop playing.

(The grouping screen is only for when you want to add other speakers to the one that is currently playing, to create a group.)

106rallye

The combination of functions of this button (that is also a menu) is indeed one of the bloopers in designing the app.

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coder451

Trending Lyricist I

I understand. So there is no way to say 'play no music on this channel'. If like it better if there were a way too express that. Thanks for your reply.

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Parsnip62

Enthusiast II

Any sign of a new version which enables me to play compilation albums from my library?

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Alan_6

Prodigy II

Any sign of a new version which enables me to play compilation albums from my library?

Haven’t seen it. Still pondering the hacks and workarounds:

Edit tags to put a single value in the artist tag, put the track/guest artist in the song title
Use desktop/3rd party controller and reorder the queue for correct tracklisting when I’m selecting music
Use folder browsing with desktop and /or live with scrolling for 5 mins to get to the artist (“Various Artists”?) on mobile
For any affected compilation/has-guest-artists record, create a .m3u playlist of the tracklisting with Foobar etc (and save filename with “AAA” prefix to make it easy to access via “Imported Playlists”
For any affected albums, “rent the thing I own” and stream from Qobuz instead

Yes I have thought about this. Unlike Sonos...

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Parsnip62

Enthusiast II

Any sign of a new version which enables me to play compilation albums from my library?

Haven’t seen it. Still pondering the hacks and workarounds:

Edit tags to put a single value in the artist tag, put the track/guest artist in the song title
Use desktop/3rd party controller and reorder the queue for correct tracklisting when I’m selecting music
Use folder browsing with desktop and /or live with scrolling for 5 mins to get to the artist (“Various Artists”?) on mobile
For any affected compilation/has-guest-artists record, create a .m3u playlist of the tracklisting with Foobar etc (and save filename with “AAA” prefix to make it easy to access via “Imported Playlists”
For any affected albums, “rent the thing I own” and stream from Qobuz instead

Yes I have thought about this. Unlike Sonos...

We shouldn't have to be thinking about it at all.

The car crash update was one thing, but this new bug is really pissing me off.

It's just not acceptable.

MoPac

Headliner III

Or wait for a fix.

Ken_Griffiths

I just play my local library compilation albums from ‘Folders/Compilations’… seems to work okay for me.

almazri

Prodigy I

It's just not acceptable.

Not acceptable but very “courageous” of them /s 🤣

You could use Plex for your local library as a workaround. If you have a NAS that supports it or spare hardware it’s somewhat easy to get up and running.

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