Why can't mobile devices have playlists stored in Sonos app?

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January 11, 2020
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Why isn’t Sonos keeping up with the times and allowing mobile devices to create playlists? For personal use mobile devices, tablets, phones, etc. are taking over our computing world. Computers, and other devices such as NAS are not as common as they were 5 years ago. I have read in previous posts that a NAS could be used for storing my music and a playlist created from that. However, the starting cost of a NAS is approaching the cost of my Sonos 1.

I store all my music on my phone, about 40 gb. This is a compilation of music for 30+ years. My phone is always with me and on when I try and play music from my Sonos 1. It is the only device I plan to use to control my Sonos 1. I do have my music on my computer as well, but my computer is not always turned on, and it goes to sleep after 15 minutes without activity when it happens to be turned on.

I have tons of music and it becomes more difficult when I can’t create playlists. Searching for specific albums and putting them in a 1 times use of a que is not an effective way to listen to my music. I’m beginning to wonder if a Bluetooth device would have been a better answer for listening to music.

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Best answer by John B

OK that's helpful. Try installing Samsung Music if it isn't on your phone already. It should index your music on installation. Create one playlist in that app and then look in the Sonos app.

Then please report back.

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John BAnswer

OK that's helpful. Try installing Samsung Music if it isn't on your phone already. It should index your music on installation. Create one playlist in that app and then look in the Sonos app.

Then please report back.

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Bob95235Author

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That worked. Thank you for all your help John.

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John B

That’s good news. I’m not sure I fully understand what is going on here, but it feels like Sonos is looking for the playlists in a particular location and some music apps put them somewhere else. Or maybe it is an issue of playlist file format. It may be that storing the music somewhere else on the phone, or changing some setting in the music app, would allow you to use a different app.

But it sounds like you are happy with what you now have, which is great.

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Bob95235Author

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Again, thank you John. You have been a tremendous help to me. It seemed strange that Sonos would accept playlists from some devices and not others. I had 2 strikes, but your suggestion of installing Samsung Music and creating playlist from that app was a home run.

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