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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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John Guarr

Enthusiast II

Okay, people! Sonos app update 80.01.30 now available in the iOS App Store…

Let’s take a look!! 😳

Can someone please supply the link to this app. I went to the Apple App store and there are a number of apps and be careful, since one of them is not a Sonos app. Read carefully; it says Sono. Thanks

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Rhonny

Prodigy III

Okay, people! Sonos app update 80.01.30 now available in the iOS App Store…

Let’s take a look!! 😳

Can someone please supply the link to this app. I went to the Apple App store and there are a number of apps and be careful, since one of them is not a Sonos app. Read carefully; it says Sono. Thanks

The official one will say ‘Sonos, the official Sonos app’, and will have “Update” next to it.

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BVRBVR

Contributor I

That response is exactly what I’m talking about 🫣

What were you expecting? An apology? Not coming, the lawyers will see to that. A rollback to the old app? No way that’s happening, they released the new one to support the headphones, and bet the farm that they could weather the storm of the buggy and incomplete app in order to get the income from the new hardware in this fiscal year. If they rollback to the old app that doesn’t support headphones, they lose in the PR department and they lose the headphone sales. So that release schedule is all you are getting. As an aside, they seem to be meeting the schedule, so you can use that to decide whether you want to wait for the fixes, or dump Sonos and go somewhere else.

Yes, it would appear they F’ed this up from the very start. Just a little better planning and they could have rolled out their new headphones to an applause from the entire Sonos customer base, but instead they opted to rush this crap out figuring they screwed the user base over before and the bulk of people didn’t leave. This may be a good short term strategy but in the long term, not so good. Now, no one know when they’ll wake up and their sound system won’t work. People integrating sound systems that need to handle clients, people planning large events that depend largely on music won’t have trust.

A take it or leave business approach is not a good one, but do go on.

John Guarr

Enthusiast II

Okay, people! Sonos app update 80.01.30 now available in the iOS App Store…

Let’s take a look!! 😳

Can someone please supply the link to this app. I went to the Apple App store and there are a number of apps and be careful, since one of them is not a Sonos app. Read carefully; it says Sono. Thanks

The official one will say ‘Sonos, the official Sonos app’, and will have “Update” next to it.

Sorry to say, I went to this app, selected update and have been playing around with it. I can’t get it to do anything. At least yesterday, I was able to enter the path to my NAS drive but now I can’t even find that option. It was a pull down menu in the top left of IOS version. But nothing is still working.

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planergaffnet

Lyricist II

There's been an Android update this afternoon. Still no sleep timer, still no NAS access, Spotify playlists don't show all the playlists set up, radio services (TuneIn/myRadio) still don't work.

Sigh.

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klrmlr

Enthusiast I

Okay, people! Sonos app update 80.01.30 now available in the iOS App Store…

Let’s take a look!! 😳

Do report back, please!

Not a great deal of change for my setup (not a particularly significant update...), although it might allow some people’s hardware to get back online for those struggling to connect:

“Bug fixes and improved performance.

Fixed issues encountered when adding a product that is running older software.

Fixed an issue where VoiceOver could not toggle switches in settings.”

EDIT: The app feels faster to load thumbnails? My imagination or real?

Thank you for the update info. I’m at work and will try the update when home with the system. Fingers crossed that the update has ‘updates’ and not cause more issues. So much money in my SONOS system. I want to see them repair all the issues and bring back all the features I came to love and used all the time. I’ll give them time, because of my investment, but if it takes too long, Ebay will have more SONOS gear to sell.

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sleight

Enthusiast I

Your “update” is an unmitigated disaster. I can’t even connect to my music library. No playlists. No adding to cues. I have been using Sonos for more than a decade. Now it does NOTHING that I bought the system for. The app does NOT work. What is the point of having any Sonos hardware?

John Guarr

Enthusiast II

Your “update” is an unmitigated disaster. I can’t even connect to my music library. No playlists. No adding to cues. I have been using Sonos for more than a decade. Now it does NOTHING that I bought the system for. The app does NOT work. What is the point of having any Sonos hardware?

Yes, I’m having the same issues. There is no place to add my music library path which is on a WD NAS drive. I was able to get into this menu a couple of days ago, except after entering the path , the next screen would ask for a username & password. There is neither on the NAS drive. I can access the music directory from three PCs, three iPads and my phone. So I’ll keep waiting for another update.

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rockingnyc

Trending Lyricist I

“...faster access to music.” There isn't even a navigation bar.

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nevnej

Contributor I

I have been without my music now for weeks!

LiveOne stations do not play, tried all kinds of reinstalling, reauthorizing, reconnecting wifi, etc.

Android app, can access LiveOne, can see stations, but get error message when try to play.

Others on Sonos community have same problem.

Please fix!

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