Wishlist for Sonos Controller Improvements

Would love to have a resizable android widget. Also, one which isn't quite so dark?

Take a look at Sonos Widget / Sonos Widget Pro (a third party app in Google Play Store) ... Pro version worth buying just so that you can have one giant (resizeable) widget that shows all of the players and what they are playing... with a few limited controls too

I would really like it if different controllers can each have their own favorites lists. Such that my wife has her favorites on her phone and laptop, I have mine on my devices, and our kids have theirs on their tablets. That would be really awesome, and it should be really simple to implement.

Hmmm. Maybe not so simple, I think. If I'm not mistaken, that data is stored at the speaker level, not on the controller level. So you'd end up having to write some code that 1) uniquely identifies the controller app connected, and 2) adjust the amount of memory on the speaker level to even out the number of controllers that might be connected to it, and then 3) rewrite the controller to store data itself beyond what it currently does, which isn't much.

I've already got issues with not enough space on the speakers to save my playlists. If they were to split out more of that memory for different controllers, I'd be an unhappy camper.

Do you run out of space for each of your "favorites"?

One option for a basic algorithm would be that if there is only one controller device active at some point, that device's list of favorites is pushed onto the speakers. They only thing needed that is some contention control in case multiple controllers are active together.
Another option would be to let each controller device hold a separate "private" list of favorites, and add a button with which the user can push that private list to the speakers. That should be really trivial to implement, as it is not much more than a batch of actions that each user can already do manually.

Perhaps it's not strictly a controller issue, but none of the listed suggestions strike me as nearly as important as better and tighter integration with Spotify and GPM. The current integrations could be much tighter than they are (and fixing some of the longstanding integration bugs would be appreciated too!)

Dave Ings

1. Artists and contributing artist working correctly (artist for album artist, and contributing artist for track artist within a compilation) - mine are the same
2. Compilations held separately
3. Sort by album name but by Artist first
Simple things that would make a world of difference

Hi,

In my opinion, what is most missing are "Listening profiles"
It would be great if we can create profiles that include rooms to group and sound level to each room.
Then we can select a Listening profile any time or even apply it to an alarm.

Better than the actual grouping function...

Cheers
Emanuel

Voice Over-ride

I'd like to be able to use my Sonos setup as a PA system using the mic on my phone. Like a voice amp. I can then pretend to be one of the those dodgy party DJs; singing over the track, getting mum and dad on the dance floor and generally being a nuisance. Would be useful for calling the kids downstairs for tea. Would save me having to Facetime them.
Joking aside, it could actually be quite a useful and fun feature.

I would like it if the sound bar would only temporarily leave the group it is in when my TV is on. Every time I want to play music, I have to add the sound bar back to a group with other Sonos devices.

Master controller Mode - To override other users / children / guests from changing volumes or now playing.