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Prodigy II
October 7, 2017

We want SONOS App dark mode back!

  • October 7, 2017
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I like the light background.
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162 replies

Enthusiast II
October 12, 2017
The white is only beginning of the abomination of this new roll out. Bring back list view.
Lyricist II
October 12, 2017
I absolutely hate the new interface. The dark one was much more appropriate when one is using SOnus in a party or diner party - or just a dinner at home. I loved Sonus for the old interface, but if this doesn’t change, I am going to sell all of my Sonus units on eBay and move to a system with a better interface. Alexa et al may not have such good sound, but the UI is so much more important. What do you all recommend?
biggetje
Enthusiast I
October 12, 2017
To all who suggested to get Sonopad .. Thank You! I love it only 1 minute in.

Did you already noticed that when browsing through a compilation album, Sonopad actually shows the artist next to each track where the Sonos app lets you guessing who the artist is? Love this function! Something I was always missing in the Sonos app.

Interesting to see that this one guy who developed and wrote Sonopad achieved to create a better Sonos interface than the whole Sonos software team combined! Shame on you Sonos!
biggetje
Enthusiast I
October 12, 2017
I don't currently use the Sonos phone app but I remember the artwork overlay from when I did and I have to agree that was a nice feature. Does Sonopad do that in their app?

Not as fancy as Sonos 7, Sonopad shows it more like on the CR200 remote, but of course larger screen and higher resolution. Still, way better than Sonos 8 and with nice reflection effect.
biggetje
Enthusiast I
October 12, 2017
The white is only beginning of the abomination of this new roll out. Bring back list view.

If you're on iOS: Sonopad!
I'm starting to feel like a salesman, but trust me, I'm not ?
Prodigy I
October 12, 2017
I absolutely hate the new interface. The dark one was much more appropriate when one is using SOnus in a party or diner party - or just a dinner at home. I loved Sonus for the old interface, but if this doesn’t change, I am going to sell all of my Sonus units on eBay and move to a system with a better interface. Alexa et al may not have such good sound, but the UI is so much more important. What do you all recommend?

You mentioned that here

https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/show-some-courage-sonos-withdraw-the-new-app-6791584?postid=16154138

Oh, and here

https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/the-new-ui-user-interface-for-ios-released-in-10-2017-is-a-step-backward-6791513?postid=16154137

You might want to invest in some Sonos gear, i've heard it's pretty good.
Lyricist I
October 13, 2017
I also prefer the black background. White is too bright.
Lyricist I
October 15, 2017
The bright background on new SONOS app release is not an improvement.
It's too bright in a dark room, intrusive, hard too see in a light room, and it eats my battery.
Don't like it.

Users speak up. If enough people ask, maybe the app developer will listen.

Brighter is not better.
Please give us back the dark background theme.
Lyricist I
October 15, 2017
I am not a fan of the newest Sonos app for iPhone. In its efforts to simplify things, they’ve done the opposite. My biggest gripe is the bright white eye sore background. It has the same look as current iTunes app, which I also hate. Most album art looks terrible against it. Using the app at night is murder on my eyes. PLEASE make a dark mode ASAP. Good thing is that for the years I’ve been a Sonos customer, they’ve always listened to their customers. I have no doubt they’ll do the right thing. They always do.
Flattliner
Enthusiast II
October 15, 2017
Don't Sonos take any notice? I haven't found a single comment that likes the new app, and even accounting for reporting bias (unhappy people complain more), that has to mean something. It's gone from hero to zero in one update.
SONOS: Great hardware, terrible software.