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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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    Ken_Griffiths
    Ken_Griffiths
    May 19, 2024

    What about adding songs to existing playlists. Seems like a basic thing you guys have skipped over. 

    Yes that needs sorting too, not that I personally use that feature very much, as I tend to create and store them in the MSP Apps and use my own .m3u playlists for local library stuff. I’m guessing though it’s somewhere on the Sonos ‘to do’ list. The priority though I think should be the accessibility features and voice over that some users need asap.

    Bumper
    Bumper
    May 19, 2024

    What about adding songs to existing playlists. Seems like a basic thing you guys have skipped over. 

    They didn’t just skip it over they left it out. They didn’t care to put it in and have only announced it’s probably coming back in a month or two. 

      Gaham
      Headliner I
      May 19, 2024

      What about adding songs to existing playlists. Seems like a basic thing you guys have skipped over. 

      Yes that needs sorting too, not that I personally use that feature very much, as I tend to create and store them in the MSP Apps and use my own .m3u playlists for local library stuff. I’m guessing though it’s somewhere on the Sonos ‘to do’ list. The priority though I think should be the accessibility features and voice over that some users need asap.

      I agree, they need to sort out accessibility issues, their absence is a total betrayal of the users who need them.

      Ken_Griffiths
      Ken_Griffiths
      May 19, 2024

      I agree, they need to sort out accessibility issues, there absence is a total betrayal of the users who need them.

      Yep, it would be my priority - and I’ll happily wait for the features I’m personally missing from the App, whilst Sonos undertake that work first.

        Mark.B
        Contributor I
        May 19, 2024

        Eventually got my ITunes library back into the app after allowing sharing access, but still have issues with some content not playing when using the iPhone app, will only play from the PC app. This is a mess of an upgrade. Please roll back then sort the issues.

        sjw
        Local Superstar
        May 19, 2024

        What about adding songs to existing playlists. Seems like a basic thing you guys have skipped over. 

        Yes that needs sorting too, not that I personally use that feature very much, as I tend to create and store them in the MSP Apps and use my own .m3u playlists for local library stuff. I’m guessing though it’s somewhere on the Sonos ‘to do’ list. The priority though I think should be the accessibility features and voice over that some users need asap.

        I agree, they need to sort out accessibility issues, their absence is a total betrayal of the users who need them.

        The App should never, ever, ever, ever have been released without them.  Sonos put out a very belated message about how important such users are to them but it literally proved such users hadn't been involved/had been ignored/weren't important enough to matter and they still hastily released the abomination they forced on us - while stating nothing would be lost in the update and it would be just like it was pre-update….

          Ken_Griffiths
          Ken_Griffiths
          May 19, 2024

          Eventually got my ITunes library back into the app after allowing sharing access, but still have issues with some content not playing when using the iPhone app, will only play from the PC app. This is a mess of an upgrade. Please roll back then sort the issues.

          What are you using to share the library is it an http share via the Sonos desktop controller perhaps? If using Windows you need to upgrade the share as outlined in this link by the user @press250:

          https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-and-music-services-229131/adding-a-windows-smb-share-step-by-step-6892060
          The alternative is to only use the Desktop controller to play tracks in your library, as it still currently supports SMBv1 and http shares.

          Ken_Griffiths
          Ken_Griffiths
          May 19, 2024

          @Mark.B 
          Note the desktop controller App ‘may’ only work to play your library tracks ‘for some months’ too as mentioned in the Sonos messages and notifications (see attached).

          BVRBVR
          Contributor I
          May 19, 2024

          What about adding songs to existing playlists. Seems like a basic thing you guys have skipped over. 

          Yes that needs sorting too, not that I personally use that feature very much, as I tend to create and store them in the MSP Apps and use my own .m3u playlists for local library stuff. I’m guessing though it’s somewhere on the Sonos ‘to do’ list. The priority though I think should be the accessibility features and voice over that some users need asap.

          While we’re making enhancement suggestions I have a few.

           

            sjw
            Local Superstar
            May 19, 2024

            What about adding songs to existing playlists. Seems like a basic thing you guys have skipped over. 

            Yes that needs sorting too, not that I personally use that feature very much, as I tend to create and store them in the MSP Apps and use my own .m3u playlists for local library stuff. I’m guessing though it’s somewhere on the Sonos ‘to do’ list. The priority though I think should be the accessibility features and voice over that some users need asap.

            While we’re making enhancement suggestions I have a few.

             

            Apologies if I missed something but is your suggestion re-adding functionality that non-updated users still have?…. (and good sound choice BTW…)

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