Bring back the ability to search music library

Yo, Maxime.  This is on you, buddy.  Get off your ass and restore our music libraries to us.

(Copied and pasted this gem from an article yesterday…..)

Sonos has defended the redesign as necessary and said it was a courageous move. Chief product officer Maxime Bouvat-Merlin said that these sacrifices were necessary in order to launch the new app but that the company plans to bring them back in future releases. 

A bit like putting your car in for a service and it being given back without a windscreen, headlights or brakes, then the garage tells you not to worry, they can reinstall them in the coming weeks. Really useful.

You cannot be programmed to take the next clot shot if you’re listening to your own music. 
 

There just aren’t any other explanations that make sense to me. 
 

have fun

but somebody in another thread mentioned the app SonoPhone/SonoPad and reports are positive, and will try as well. 
obviously Sonos, if satisfaction cannot be found using your product, then, well, the product won’t be used.  

Sonos has defended the redesign as necessary and said it was a courageous move. Chief product officer Maxime Bouvat-Merlin said that these sacrifices were necessary in order to launch the new app but that the company plans to bring them back in future releases. 
 

SACRIFICED THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE by deliberately releasing a seriously flawed product!

ineptitude of the highest order should be sacked

Add me to the list. Frustrating. 

Eliminating music library search and alphabetical quick search bar can only be intentional. They want us all streaming music, making their contracts with those streaming services more valuable. I won’t do it and am searching out an alternative. Thanks for a frustrating weekend of updates, Sonos.

I agree that this move by Sonos was unacceptable. If they restore library search extremely soon (as promised in the community meeting last week, link below), I’ll consider staying a customer.

I hope Sonos has learned that they need to actually support their customers actual uses of their systems as they evolve their apps. This kind of ill-considered move is exactly the kind of thing that will lose them customers like me.

To all, it is very disappointing indeed.

I have found out a temporary work around, probably only for Apple (I) IMac(book)

I now play my library via app Vox. In the sound button (top of screen) I can select my Sonos rooms as “speakers”. One has to drag the music files in the VOX app.

It has some disadvantages, but it works.

Search is dreadful now.  If they bring it back for the library, it will probably be the same mess: there’s no searching artists, songs, albums, etc - just search.  So, whatever you search for you get everything there is that contains ANY of the words in the search.  Putting the search phrase in quotes doesn’t help. Sonos are all Bozos - pathetic.

Another example of corporate ‘customer blindness’.  First I lost my desk-top access because I choose to stay with Windows7 and it is deemed no longer compatible.  Now I have lost access to my music library and can only use Sonos supplied music.  

This is not what I purchased my system for, several years ago.  I may as well bin the whole thing and look for another supplier.  Not that Sonos will care - I am just another whinger in their eyes.