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Virtuoso
May 11, 2020
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Will there be S2 desktop controller apps, or just mobile controller apps?

I’m wondering if there will be desktop controller versions (macOS, Windows) of the S2 app, or just mobile controllers. Has any information been released about this?

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      Ryan S
      Ryan SAnswer
      Retired Sonos Staff
      May 18, 2020

      I’m wondering if there will be desktop controller versions (macOS, Windows) of the S2 app, or just mobile controllers. Has any information been released about this?

      Ok, first your answer is yes. There will be Mac and Windows controllers for S2. They will function the same they do now, meaning you’ll still need a mobile device for setup and advanced settings.

       

      As to the back and forth and over-exaggeration, let’s try to stay friendly and keep it civil folks. 

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      HighEndMusic
      Prodigy I
      May 11, 2020

      No

      pwt
      pwtAuthor
      Virtuoso
      May 11, 2020

      No

      Thanks. I suspected that might be the case but I don’t recollect seeing it stated anywhere.

      4 x P:5 | Sub | 4 x P:1 | 3 x Connect | 2 x Boost | Connect:Amp | 2 x One | Amp | Move | Port | Era 300
      HighEndMusic
      Prodigy I
      May 11, 2020

      My reply was intended to say “No information has been released about this”.

      So there is a possibility of a desktop controller, but no one knows (other than Sonos).

      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      May 11, 2020

      Agreed, we will have to wait for further information from Sonos on this. But I’d be stunned if they changed from the current setup, with a desktop version that still functions, although without all setup functions in it. 

      Bruce
      pwt
      pwtAuthor
      Virtuoso
      May 11, 2020

      Agreed, we will have to wait for further information from Sonos on this. But I’d be stunned if they changed from the current setup, with a desktop version that still functions, although without all setup functions in it. 

      I wouldn’t be stunned. The desktop apps have clearly not received investment in recent years, and this would be a ‘discontinuity’ opportunity to retire them. I’d be disappointed, though.

      4 x P:5 | Sub | 4 x P:1 | 3 x Connect | 2 x Boost | Connect:Amp | 2 x One | Amp | Move | Port | Era 300
      controlav
      controlav
      Lead Maestro
      May 12, 2020

      My guess is that the desktop apps will work on both S1 and S2 systems, with limited functionality. This saves Sonos from writing a whole new app, but keeps basic features available on desktops.

      Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
        EasterNow
        Lyricist II
        May 15, 2020

        First they came for my CR100 controller, and I did not speak out.

        Then they came for my zone players, and I did not speak out.

        Then they came for my desktop controller…

        Am I a chump for dropping 2000 on new Ports? 

        A chump for sticking with Sonos for 13 years?

        There had better be a new desktop app.

         

          John B
          May 15, 2020

          Hmmm. My money is on no S2 desktop app. But not much money.

          jgatie
          jgatie
          May 15, 2020

          First they came for my CR100 controller, and I did not speak out.

          Then they came for my zone players, and I did not speak out.

          Then they came for my desktop controller…

          Am I a chump for dropping 2000 on new Ports? 

          A chump for sticking with Sonos for 13 years?

          There had better be a new desktop app.

           

           

          I find you  paraphrasing a famous piece of prose about the atrocities of WWII and the accompanying Holocaust in order to describe your loss of a luxury audio device to be sickeningly offensive.  Have a little class.

            EasterNow
            Lyricist II
            May 15, 2020

            I’ve seen this poem paraphrased for comic effect several times in popular media, I am hardly the first, nor will I be the last to do so. I find your comment oddly hyperbolic. I also find your failure to stay on topic and resort to ad hominem attacks concerning. Is this common behavior in this forum? Perhaps I’ve inadvertently stumbled into a myopic insular community of fanboys. What is your opinion regarding the upcoming S2 release including a desktop application? My wife and I only use our laptops as controllers, Im not a big fan of ipads and the phone interface is quite poor for browsing and searching.

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