Android notification and lock screen controls

Then the platform owners changed the rules.

Having the controls is no help if the Sonos App isn't available in the App stores.

Getting the controls back would be good.

This response is pedantic.  No it doesn't natively play the media, but it is the controller through which you interface with the speakers that play music. In my book that’s still a media app.  Furthermore this ignores the fact that app was fully capable of this functionality previously.

Sadly your book isn't the App Store owners book, and their book sets the rules for what an App can do. In this case they changed their book, what was allowed is no longer allowed. Don't follow their book and your App is no longer available in the store.

You need to take your argument to Apple and Google, who make the rules, not Sonos which must follow them.

SONOS!!! THIS IS A BASIC FEATURE EVERY ANDROID APP HAS... WHERE THE HELL IS IT????

I really need the Android Sound controls in the notification bar and lock screen. It's a pain in the a*s to open the Sonos app to go to the next song.

Perhaps asking Google to make an exception to the rule that changed that forced Sonos to do this might help? My guess is Sonos already asked for an exception from both Google and Apple, but maybe if they both hear more requests? 

Adding my vote as well. Spotify App supports this for ages. Can please Sonos supports the Live Notifications Updates API provided by Android? Opening the app for basic control such as changing songs is really annoying 

Don't add your vote here, add it at Google where the change was dictated from.