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Louismar8
Enthusiast I
May 9, 2024
Question

Alarm function in app update 9th of May 2024

  • May 9, 2024
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Sonos have neglected to include an alarm function in the app update as of 9th May 2024. very disappointed. Also a number of music services have been affected. I am sure this is an oversight - but with no communication from Sonos or announcement, it does not build confidence. Also - to cut off older systems and speakers is terribly bad form. Hopefully the Sonos event on the 14th will have everything resolved? Can we get some reassurance from Sonos customer service please?

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    Ken_Griffiths
    Ken_Griffiths
    May 17, 2024

    It’s a shame cause I expect the app would have been fairly well received otherwise. Personally find the aesthetics of the app very good, pity it’s a buggy POS. 

    I’m not really having all that many issues with the App - it starts/stops the music on my speaker/groups etc. it just needs to have the things put back that we all know are ‘missing in action’ and maybe make it a bit quicker in some areas. It’s just clearly going to take some time, that’s all. 

    I think everyone agrees that the App was launched too soon and I’m not defending that, but unlike some, I’m happy to wait it out and watch it develop into what I believe will eventually be a better controller than S2. 

    Jeddy3
    Contributor I
    May 17, 2024

    I am in the UK. The latest iOS version is not yet available in my App Store so still waiting for the alarms to return. Is there a reason why I can’t update to 80.00.08?

     

    edit: I have the update now

      Noosta
      Lyricist II
      May 17, 2024

      lol that didn’t take long… so you found the alarm now?

      Noosta
      Lyricist II
      May 17, 2024

      I wish they would return the volume control to the iPhone volume buttons, personally I thought that was much easier.

      Michel62
      Lyricist I
      May 17, 2024

      Sonos owners should fire the engineers who developed this new controller update AND their bosses who allowed it to be pushed on unsuspecting Sonos users.

      As someone on another post said: longtime Sonos users have lost trust in this company. Sad but true…

        Ken_Griffiths
        Ken_Griffiths
        May 17, 2024

        I wish they would return the volume control to the iPhone volume buttons, personally I thought that was much easier.

        Apple removed this feature for Apps that do not ‘play’ audio via (through) their iOS devices. The Sonos App is not a ‘music player’, but merely a ‘remote’ …and the audio plays from a chosen source direct to the Sonos speakers, rather than through the Apple device. However…

        If you use Airplay, or a Bluetooth, connection to play to a compatible Sonos speaker/group instead, rather than using the App (‘remote’), then in that case, the audio does stream through the iOS device, so for that type of playback, the speaker volume-level can be controlled with the iOS device volume buttons.

        Billyb59
        Lyricist III
        May 18, 2024

        Sonos could you please put a shortcut for setting alarms like the previous version, as there are to many steps in the current format.

        There also seems to be a lag with the app on opening Sonos with my iPad, but works ok on iPhone 

        DavideRossi
        Lyricist I
        May 18, 2024

        There is an update right now that reinstalls the alarm function. The UX is a little questionable but it works. Version 80.00.08. 

        Billyb59
        Lyricist III
        May 18, 2024

        There is an update right now that reinstalls the alarm function. The UX is a little questionable but it works. Version 80.00.08. 


        Yes have done all the updates and have the alarm working, just would have liked the shortcut for alarm 

          ke4sfq
          Lyricist II
          May 18, 2024

          Not seeing an update that would give me my alarms back on the Android store.   What a piece of junk.  I've got alarm set I can't stop on days I don't work now without unplugging the speakers.  Besides that it takes me a lot more clicks and taps to start music playing and put my zones together. Did anybody test this that actually owned a Sonos and used it for more than just TV speakers???

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