App volume control

I hope so. I use SVC to avoid enter in the app and slide the bar. But I don’t know which are the Sonos’ plans.

Tell us your ideas. Perhaps them inspire Sonos.

I prefer to use Spotify app because it has a better volume control than Sono. I rarely use the Sonos app except for Sonos specific needs. Maybe Sonos is ok with this. 

If you use Spotify via AirPlay the volume control could be done with the physical mobile buttons even if it’s blocked. It’s the best way in my opinion. My problem is that if I want to enjoy Dolby Atmos I need to use the Sonos app, and then the volume control is quite a long process, that’s why I’m using SVC. 

What you stated proved my point. The Sonos app should be the best option, the one stop shop. Unfortunately it is not. Sonos has been greatly called out on underwhelming app updates. Love the sound quality and the technology but Sonos should revamp the department. Maybe, next update will revamp the whole interface (hey Sonos, users are smart enough to figure it out) based on last update maybe they are gun shy. 

The hardware volume controls are tricky…

With Spotify the music is playing on the phone / tablet hence the player is allowed access to the volume hardware controls. When it’s switches to the connect mode the Spotify player is still able to access the hardware, sort of a cheat.

The Sonos app however, never, ever plays music on your phone or tablet and only controls the Sonos hardware. Android and iOS won’t let anyone use the hardware volume buttons in this scenario unless it’s playing locally on the phone or tablet/ tablet.

Sounds like a solid solution. I'll use the Spotify app since the Sonos app will randomly not pull lossless. After the recent history I think it's safe to say the Sonos app is what it is and will be short of functionality in someone's eyes.

But hey, you can use it for your lights cant you.......?

It is correct that you can use the side button on your phone if you play music via Airplay from your music App.
You can't do this on the Sonos App, however I can use my Apple TV 4K remote to control the volume even if my TV/Apple TV is off, which in my world is just as easy as using your phone's side buttons.

The volume control could be vastly improved when using the Sonos App on small mobile devices and/or users with large hands and/or poor eye sight (no glasses) if target practice wasn't required on the small dot, ie consistent with the volume controls on modern Sonos devices (eg Era-100)

There shouldn’t be a requirement to actually slide the dot, ideally just touch anywhere on the volume control and slide left or right. When the volume slider is touched, change the size/brightness to show its been touched, possibly haptic feedback, and change volume up/down. The same concept as the volume control in Apple Music App and be consistent with the volume slider on the actual modern Sonos speaker, eg Era-100.

Thanks ​@craigski. I agree it can be improved, and these suggestions - and others on similar threads - have been put forward. But I was trying to get input from ​@wticeman to learn their views, to see if there are more ideas.