App volume control

So interesting.  I was running a 5 speaker home theater, old Play 3, Move and old 5 original on S1.  The volume on my iPhone controlled everything.  I upgraded all but the 5 to S2 today and voila, no no longer can use the volume control on my phone.  Have to use the tiny little slider in the app.  Not acceptable.

Or revert to the old S1 app? 

Allow user to tap either end of slide bar to adjust volume or when sidebar is tapped it would automatically increase in size, zoom effect. 

Taping on the slider bar either side of the volume circle (as long as you avoid the mute button - not easy at already low volumes!) is already an option. 

Yes it does and I apologize if I was unclear, and you are right, one needs pinpoint accuracy when getting in lower volume. Obviously the volume control is an issue for many based on responses. I am sure there are just as many who have zero problems with it. A suggestion, how about a separate volume control pop up when tapped. Similar to the volume control on Spotify (up or lower volume on phone, a volume control pops up). 

I am sure this was suggested a few posts back in this thread and in a few other threads? 🤔

Those that have not experienced a ‘better’ volume slider (eg Apple Music) will be none the wiser.

I also have a suspicion that Sonos are restricted by the controls that are available in the 3rd party development tools they have used to build the Sonos App, so are limited to ‘basic’ controls.

No they are not limited in such a way.

My own Sonos apps are more restrictive, because I am a dude in his basement without a full UX team, but I just added volume + and - buttons to the ends of the volume slider to solve this problem.

I vaguely recalled the use of Flutter, but after rereading the AMA, its seems there is limited use of Flutter:

The app is not exclusively built with Flutter, but does make use of Flutter for certain portions of the setup experience. We’ve actually been using Flutter for those experiences for many years, and ported that forward to the new app.

The majority of the app is in fact native. On iOS that means Swift, using SwiftUI. On Android that means Kotlin, using Jetpack Compose. These are the best in class layout engines offered on their respective platforms, and we’re excited to be able to use these modern technologies.

No restrictions with the technology used then? 😀

If I read this correctly, Sonos can fix? I’m surprised since the last big update was so successful (not). If I was Sonos, I would scan these post and offer employment 

I am 70yo and a bit behind on all things tech. I really appreciate the input! What I do know is what makes life easier, even the little things like the Sonos volume control, lol.  

I agree with the comments about only having such a small volume slider that when you touch it jumps the volume by multiple increments temporarily blasting the music or shutting it off.  
 

A idea would be to have the whole volume screen expand (larger everything that fills up you phone screen) when you open it which would presumably allow for more granular control.
 

Having the ability to tap on the slider to make incremental changes helps but if the slider button is for example far to the left at 7, it’s easy to make it go up because there is plenty of space to tap to the right but you can’t tap to the left to lower the volume bc there is not enough space for your finger. So again, larger would be better.