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Chris
Lead Maestro
August 13, 2015

Wishlist for Sonos Controller Improvements

  • August 13, 2015
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So on the old ask forum wishlist items would get lost. Thought I would post a topic where people could vote their biggest wish for controller software improvements.

Wishlist Items for Controller

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291 replies

Lyricist III
April 6, 2016
I'd love to see multiple account support for Apple Music. I have a family account and fairly different music tastes from the rest of my family, it would be good if everyone could access their own "For You" section... right now it's a pain, only one person gets "their" tastes, everyone else having to search. Whole house soon "sonos'ized" so multi-room is great for me, I just need multi-account now!
Chris
ChrisAuthor
Lead Maestro
April 6, 2016
Sorry I'm not up to date on Apple Music abilities but you can't go to another family members device and go to add service and add Apple Music under their name. Most services have the ability to add different accounts for different devices.
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Lyricist III
April 6, 2016
Sorry I'm not up to date on Apple Music abilities but you can't go to another family members device and go to add service and add Apple Music under their name. Most services have the ability to add different accounts for different devices.
So..... thanks so much! I am absolutely sure I'd looked it up a while ago and it didn't work, but then didn't check again before posting... anyway - this now definitely works, which is great - may have been the latest update... Thanks!
Lyricist I
April 8, 2016
Why was the setup made more confusing? Why would you add additional steps onto the setup of a new component? Why do I have to pick from a list of products, when it used to be way more simpler? It used to be: Add a SONOS Component, and then you hit the buttons on it, then it added it, and you were done. Now, you have to pick from a list, go through about 4 screens before you can even press the buttons on the component. This is ridiculous, from a Gold Dealers standpoint, when having to install multiple devices. Faster, and less screens is better. Put it back to the old way. Add a Component, and you're done.
Lyricist II
April 17, 2016
Suggestion: Create a new Sonos app / software called "SONOS Virtual Speaker" which is separate from the Controller, which is a "Virtual" Sonos speaker which you can install on Phones, Desktops, Laptops, iPads, whatever, and that virtual speaker can be included into your Sonos network so you can stream to those devices along with your physical Sonos speakers so they all play In-Sync. Those devices are already hooked into your network...so you should be able to use similar software to stream to them... just need to include the player piece in the "virtual speaker".

Just a thought.:D
jgatie
April 17, 2016
Sonos is not going to create software to let you make other manufacturer's devices into Sonos players. That would be business suicide.
Lyricist II
April 29, 2016
I would like to be able to add multiple items from the search results to the queue easily on the iPad app. Now this takes 3 taps per track+wait for "item added" message.
The_Bastard_Son
April 29, 2016
I would like to be able to add multiple items from the search results to the queue easily on the iPad app. Now this takes 3 taps per track+wait for "item added" message.

+1 - barring that, provide the option to turn off the message and stay at the screen where the music was selected and not redirect to now playing screen.
Lyricist I
May 3, 2016
4. Add non-cached tag information into the track info facility; eg. Date released, Composer, Date ripped, Lyrics, etc ... hint: I added the info into the track tags because it is important to me

7. Allow for a Genre->Composer->Album index, ie. additional to the Genre->Artist->Album index which you have
8. Allow for a Composer->Genre->Album index, ie. additional to the Composer->Album index which you have[/quote]

I listen to a lot of classical music so Composer needs to be available in the Genre view (as a selectable alternative to Artist).

I like the idea of having more information: it's all there in the mp3 metadata. 🙂
Gavin_16
Avid Contributor I
May 3, 2016
Lets make it easy. this is lovely but will Sonos do anything about any of it? I think i am used to the answer now. They produce a great product but hate any criticism and do not like suggestions. Customer service job must be easy. Training lesson 1
Listen to the question
Respond "thank you. No"
Job done
Gavingks