Wishlist for Sonos Controller Improvements

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Then again its just silly that Sonos won't support AirPlay. It has the hardware, all it needs is to implement the software as an update. Its ridiculous that they charge so much for their speakers and the basic controller is hellish to say the best.

Sonos are you hearing me? Its a very simple update. I am highly considering selling my speakers and getting the HomePod if this isn't resolved by the time Apple launches it.


Personally I don't use Airplay but hope Sonos add it to give another option. Strategically makes sense given Homepod. But Sonos has shown they move incredibly slow adding new features so likely years off anyway.

I hope that with the HomePod, Sonos really steps up their game and gives the controller software some much needed attention, The fact that you can't search your playlist for duplicates or search at all is disappointing at best.

It would be pleasant if there was an "Update Music Library Now" feature in the Mac controller, in addition to the timed setting. I find that when I want to do this, I have to open up the iOS controller, where the feature does exist.

It would be pleasant if there was an "Update Music Library Now" feature in the Mac controller, in addition to the timed setting. I find that when I want to do this, I have to open up the iOS controller, where the feature does exist.
Bruce, hope this helps:

Updating the music library index

Whenever you make changes to your music library, such as adding and removing tracks, creating new playlists, or adjusting album artwork, you will need to update the music index on Sonos before these changes will show up in the Sonos controller.


Sonos Desktop Controller App for Mac or PC:

From the “Manage” menu, click “Update Music Library Now”.
Click “Yes” to confirm.

That's what I get for not RTFM. Thank you, Smilja. Not in the same place as on iOS, but it's certainly there. Now I feel silly.

I would like a button to go back 10 or 15 seconds. It's really handy for listening to podcasts or audiobooks.

Add (or make possible to add) play controls to the zone page, often I like to stop/pause a player in another room than I listen in, and then I have to first select that zone, THEN stop the service, and THEN choose the previous zone again to commence control of that zone.
Also, permanent named groups of zones. I really would like that! 'Partymode' is too limited/general.

1) Alarm: snooze feature now!
2) Alarm: snooze feature now!
3) Alarm: snooze feature now!

Display album title alongside Artist in Queue and in song listing. Some of us have multiple recordings of songs by the same artist (ie concert recordings).

The Sonos Controller, especially for Mac, is a huge mess. It looks worse than WinAmp back 2007 and Sonos should be ashamed of what horribly outdated software they deliver with their premium products.
What bugs me the most is the search. Why is the search split up in Artist, Album, Song etc. When I type in the artist plus the song name or album title it won't show up. With Sonos in general it's just an unnecessary struggle to get to listen to the music you want to listen to. I hope Sonos will open up their system so it can be directly controlled through iTunes / Apple Music otherwise I might just have to say goodbye to the Sonos system. Which would be a shame as I love my Sonos boxes and the wonderful sound. But in 2017 thats just not enough anymore.