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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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    MatF
    Enthusiast II
    May 19, 2024

    Well, I guess this is confirmation that the Sonos strategy is to forge ahead and hope this all blows over.  Headphones being released in less than 2 days time.

    Not that I could really see the CEO coming out with a mea culpa for the second time in 4 years, tbh.  He probably wants to keep his job.  I used to be a blackberry user btw - I think I'll now be saying the same thing about Sonos.

    As an aside, can someone explain the compelling case for Sonos headphones?  I get that it's a big market, but it's super competitive, and (particularly with local library functionality missing or lacking), why would I buy Sonos headphones that are tied to an app, to listen to streaming services, when I can continue to use my excellent headphones from the already full functional streaming service apps?
     

     

      timc995
      Prominent Collaborator I
      May 19, 2024

      considering that Sonos will never make the pre-80 S2 accessible again (without specifying a credible reason),and considering the long time for reintruducing many function, ant that other will never restored, the only function I need to be able to reuse (like when I purchased them) all the components of my system is the possibility of returning them all to the old S1 app. In the post there is no indication of the restoration of this function (as reported in the help pages). Will it ever be restored? and when? I apologize if the question is too difficult.

      Sonos app version 80.0
      The ability to downgrade a Sonos product to S1 is temporarily unavailable, but will return in a future update.

       

      As of the current software, it is still possible to sideload the S2 app on android, and use that to downgrade devices from S2 to S1.

        Bumper
        Bumper
        May 19, 2024


         

         

         

        “Our most requested product’”

         

        Its definitely not headphones as title now belongs to a WORKING APP 🤣🤣🤣

          MatF
          Enthusiast II
          May 19, 2024


          “Our most requested product’”

           

          Its definitely not headphones as title now belongs to a WORKING APP 🤣🤣🤣

           

          Heh, so true.

            Pereljon
            Lyricist I
            May 19, 2024

            WTH is this “initial rollout” BS? Take some damn responsibility for your business decisions. You released a product that was not feature ready. Maybe because you had to release SOMETHING the day of the Q2 fiscal report?

            Its this basic lack of responsibility that makes your formerly loyal user base not trust you anymore. If it will take you until mid-June to release the app with all of the features that weren’t ready in May then MAYBE you shouldn’t have released in May. You SHOULD have waited until the app was ready in mid-June. None of the users would have cared if they had to wait 2 or 3 more months to get you’re new app. But you can’t take responsibility and you have to tell us how great your “not read for prime time” app is. What a total load of BS.

              Pee bee
              Lyricist I
              May 19, 2024

              I have lost all access to my library.

              I have tried all the suggestions on the website and through general work arounds people have suggested. My music is unreachable. Is it true this will be the case until June.

              WishYouWereHereXT
              Lyricist III
              May 19, 2024

              The good thing about all this incredible mess is that I was wondering if I would go for Apple speakers (being an Apple 🍎 big fan) or if I would stick to the brilliant SONOS system for my new home 🏡…

              Thanks guys you’ve solved for sure the dilemma I had !! You can congratulate yourself.

              Ghiro
              Trending Lyricist I
              May 19, 2024

              considering that Sonos will never make the pre-80 S2 accessible again (without specifying a credible reason),and considering the long time for reintruducing many function, ant that other will never restored, the only function I need to be able to reuse (like when I purchased them) all the components of my system is the possibility of returning them all to the old S1 app. In the post there is no indication of the restoration of this function (as reported in the help pages). Will it ever be restored? and when? I apologize if the question is too difficult.

              Sonos app version 80.0
              The ability to downgrade a Sonos product to S1 is temporarily unavailable, but will return in a future update.

               

              As of the current software, it is still possible to sideload the S2 app on android, and use that to downgrade devices from S2 to S1.

              Thanks but No more, on 16.1 many function are now disabled and request an app update for downgrade I had to reset speaker, and after reset i can not proceed because I can not add it to the old and new System, even with the new app

              every day worse, I ask for when and if will be possible to downgrade to S1, why at Sonos nobody knows how to manage theyr system, whether it's because of solar storms? ceo where are you?

              Arcticpollen
              Enthusiast II
              May 19, 2024

              As I’ve said previously in other threads, I’ve disabled automatic Sonos device firmware updates to stop them blocking me from using the 16.x app on a spare Android phone that I use as a DAP while travelling. 
              I’m aware that many Sonos users don’t see the value in taking on a Roon subscription but I’ve had one for years and it’s a great platform even taking into account the cost. Roon can stream natively direct to most Sonos devices as well as via Airplay. This means that I can still use my fully indexed Roon library and stream to my Sonos devices from the Roon client. I’m quite happy to freeze my Sonos devices on their current firmware and use this for now. My iOS devices are, unfortunately on version 80 and are of limited use controlling the Sonos kit that I own. Thanks Sonos, you are indeed a bunch of despicable ****wits. 
               

               

              maxone72
              Avid Listener
              May 19, 2024

              First of all I want to say thank you to all of you writing comments in the community. 

              Around one week ago I was tempted updating the sonos app to the latest version… Luckily I first checked in the community for any already available feedback and… wow… I have been impressed by the amount of bad comments. 

              For other reasons and as a long time sonos customer (first devices bought almost 10 years ago) I disabled automatic app updates on my iOS devices: second luck!

              Of course I will keep using the v16.1 app as long as possible. Maybe developers forgot that on iOS there is no way to roll back to any app that is not available anymore in the app store (no idea if there are any hacks like on Android). Now I am living in fear every time I am manually updating all but the sonos app.

              I can hardly believe that after the “bricking devices” issue and the consequent mess that resulted in S1 and S2 apps 4 years ago something similar could happen again…

              Please solve this ASAP. Thank you

              (2x Play:1, 2x One, One SL, Port, Roam, Era 300)

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