amp - Sonos App and Music services

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April 14, 2026
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In the Sonos application I would like to add in my services

an application to listen to music, how should I do it?

Thank you

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Best answer by kdowling

No you can not. You can add services listed in the “Content Services” section of the Sonos app and those will be available integrated in the app. Such as “Apple Music”, if you subscribe.

Add a content service to Sonos

To listen to other music apps on your phone on Sonos, you would need to use Apple Airplay, if your device supports it. Or Bluetooth, which some of the newer devices support.

If you’re interested in developing an app for integration into the sonos system, the link controlav provided will get you started.

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AjTrek1

I suggest you take a look at the link. If your service is not listed (which Sonos pays a licensing fee) then you need to follow the advice of @controlav . Assuming you have the knowledge/skills to do so.

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/services

@AjTrek1 Sonos receives a licensing fee?

@cayprose You do not need to be a programmer, you just ad a music service to Sonos. Where do you go wrong when following the link? What music service do you want to play?

No, Sonos PAYS a licensing fee to make it available on their platform. However, any one using a service has to have their own subscription be it free or upgraded tier.

I don’t think that’s universally true for all the music services you can stream through Sonos. In many cases, the agreement between Sonos and the streaming service is at no cost to either party. We don’t have knowledge of those agreements to really answer the question either way though.

I thought I read somewhere that they did pay. However I stand corrected.

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jgatie

It may have changed, but the last time I read the Sonos Developer's agreement, no fees or payments take place between either party to add or maintain a service, either by adding to the Sonos app or adding Sonos direct play functionality to the service's own app. This has also been repeatedly stated by Sonos reps on this forum. The only licensing I know of is between Sonos and Apple for use of the proprietary Apple Airplay function.