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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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Ken_Griffiths

Also, how did you get local library to appear first?

I just go into the Music Library from the Home Screen and search from there… same as with any service if you just want to search that one service only, like Amazon Music only or Apple Music only etc.

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Ian_S

Prodigy III

Also, how did you get local library to appear first?

I just go into the Music Library from the Home Screen and search from there… same as with any service if you just want to search that one service only, like Amazon Music only or Apple Music only etc.

Ah ok thanks… I feel a feature request where you can configure the search result order based on service coming on…

I think you should re-index your collection though as that also brings another bug into focus, which is you can only have 100 items in the found list which currently is about 2 and half Now compilations worth… and then you’re stuck again.

So your video is not representative…

Ken_Griffiths

Also, how did you get local library to appear first?

I just go into the Music Library from the Home Screen and search from there… same as with any service if you just want to search that one service only, like Amazon Music only or Apple Music only etc.

Ah ok thanks… I feel a feature request where you can configure the search result order based on service coming on…

I think you should re-index your collection though as that also brings another bug into focus, which is you can only have 100 items in the found list which currently is about 2 and half Now compilations worth… and then you’re stuck again.

So your video is not representative…

Ah okay I’ll consider re-indexing later - I’ll just think about it, as it is working at the moment.

I like the idea of configuring the search result order and would like to see it match the music services order in the App (which also cannot be sorted at the moment). I’ve put in a feature request to be able to sort the music services in the App.

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DaveS00

Lyricist III

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.

An alternative is Jellyfin - originally a fork from the Plex codebase. Works well, open source, well supported.

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Alan_6

Prodigy II

...and today’s “upgrade”, which updates the desktop and firmware to the same version as before, doesn’t seem to have fixed anything. Local library unchanged - compilations/guest artists are still unavailable, no viable local browsing, no local tracks/albums on the recently played. No update showing for the mobile app that might fix any of the hundreds of issues with it. What a surprise.

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Rhonny

Prodigy III

The mobile app update was meant to be today but has been put back a couple of days.

There was a firmware update yesterday but it certainly didn’t keep the same build number. There was no desktop app update so maybe that’s why you’re seeing the same number for that? The release notes for the firmware are meant to be appearing on the Sonos release notes page imminently so people can see what changed.

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MartinSF

Listener

Are there any updates for MacOS that will actually make it work as it did?

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Parsnip62

Enthusiast II

The mobile app update was meant to be today but has been put back a couple of days.

There was a firmware update yesterday but it certainly didn’t keep the same build number. There was no desktop app update so maybe that’s why you’re seeing the same number for that? The release notes for the firmware are meant to be appearing on the Sonos release notes page imminently so people can see what changed.

No sign of it yet.

I know I'd rather they took a bit longer to release something that doesn't break things further, than rush out a half baked update, but their release cadence is as unpredictable as the errors in the thing.

From the outside looking in, it's just shambolic.

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Alan_6

Prodigy II

The mobile app update was meant to be today but has been put back a couple of days.

There was a firmware update yesterday but it certainly didn’t keep the same build number. There was no desktop app update so maybe that’s why you’re seeing the same number for that? The release notes for the firmware are meant to be appearing on the Sonos release notes page imminently so people can see what changed.

No sign of it yet.

I know I'd rather they took a bit longer to release something that doesn't break things further, than rush out a half baked update, but their release cadence is as unpredictable as the errors in the thing.

From the outside looking in, it's just shambolic.

Actually, an “unpredictable release cadence” could be a good thing, if they’re just doing “continuous delivery” and pushing small changes/fixes whenever they have them, although for UI changes and new features, a predictable fortnightly/monthly release cycle is better. Sonos haven’t exactly demonstrated much in the way of “good software engineering practice” this year.

But it’s that first point that’s the important one - shipping actual working software that fixes issues and doesn’t introduce new bugs.

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VisheshM

Avid Listener

Grouped Alarms not working.

Please fix the grouped alarms bug. Right now, even if you create a dedicated ‘Group’ and select ‘Include Grouped Rooms’ in Alarms menu, the alarm only works if your current music has all the grouped devices active / selected. It defeats the entire point of presetting an alarm.

Suggestion - Simplify the menu options in each alarm, so you can just nominate exactly which speakers the particular alarm applies to.

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