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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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    Lmarin
    Listener
    May 14, 2024

     

    It is evident the new version of the app is incomplete and that many features present in the previous version will not be available for another month, why don't you allow users to reinstall the previous version and let people update when they feel comfortable with the new version?.

     

    Thank you

      Phillh20
      Lyricist III
      May 14, 2024

      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.

      • Adding and editing alarms
      • VoiceOver on iOS now properly interacts with individual elements of the Sonos app's home screen.


      Coming soon

      • Additional improvements to screen reader for visually impaired customers: May 21
      • Adding to queue and playing next: early June
      • Sleep timer: mid-June
      • Snooze alarms: mid-June
      • Local music library search and playback: mid-June
      • Update WiFi settings: mid-June

      So why wasn’t the app released at the end of june when all this was done?? i will not be updating anything until i know what all this is done and working properly

       

      apologies are severally needed

        Panic_Attaché
        Enthusiast I
        May 14, 2024

        I am confused. I thought this was going to be a q&a event we could join, ask questions and hear answers?

          Panic_Attaché
          Enthusiast I
          May 14, 2024

          What has happened to Trueplay settings on the Android app?

          Why does my Sub not display any of its settings?

          Why can I only add one song at a time?

          Why did I sign up for this event?

            Rvivar
            Lyricist III
            May 14, 2024

             

             

            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.

            • Adding and editing alarms
            • VoiceOver on iOS now properly interacts with individual elements of the Sonos app's home screen.

             

            Where is located the alarm? I ddin`t find in the Android release

            I found it. You have to update the APP and the Sonos system

             

            12NRG75
            May 14, 2024

            Music Sources and added music services are broken.  I have sources that are now “greyed-out” and not playable in the iOS app but work fine in the MacOs app.

            Please allow me to roll back to the prior version while you address these issues. 

              Hamster
              Contributor I
              May 14, 2024

              Great. I will wait at least until July before I even consider upgrading to the new app.

              Oh, and where's the Android widget? I used thay widget EVERY day, and now it's gone in the new app.

              Thank goodness I was able to roll back to the previous app.

                Goody1
                Contributor I
                May 14, 2024

                guys…. the only answer right now is to    1. Delete the current app.   2. read up on installing Sonos app 16.1 (the previous S2 one) on apkmirror.com for Android   3.  Enter Airplane mode to cut off 5G and Wifi.  4. DISABLE auto updates in the Play store for the app itself    5.  exit airplane mode

                not sure what Apple users have to do

                  H3144 IT
                  Lyricist II
                  May 14, 2024

                  I understand being annoyed at a botched release but this is ridiculous. Sack up people. It’s software and hardware and human beings making things. Something got screwed up and they’ll fix it. Go touch some grass, jfc. Your sound system should not be the center of your life. IT WILL ALL BE OK I PROMISE. 

                  We are using Sonos in a Professional Environment / Business, so we have disabled Automatic Updates.

                  And we have a Test Lab at Home - plenty of issues with the new Version 80.x compared to 16.x

                   

                    Hamster
                    Contributor I
                    May 14, 2024

                    guys…. the only answer right now is to    1. Delete the current app.   2. read up on installing Sonos app 16.1 (the previous S2 one) on apkmirror.com for Android   3.  Enter Airplane mode to cut off 5G and Wifi.  4. DISABLE auto updates in the Play store for the app itself    5.  exit airplane mode

                    not sure what Apple users have to do

                     

                    Don't forget to disable Automatic Updates in your SONOS system too. You don't want your speakers to update to a new firmware and have the old app unable to communicate with your speakers.

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