New SONOS iOS app (May 2024) is TOTAL RUBBISH!!

New app is rubbish. dog slow, poor interface. Bring back the previous app.

whoever at Sonos thought this was a good idea? If it wasn’t for my existing hardware investment, I’d Bud Light them!

I agree, terrible update. We can no longer change the volume of 3 speakers in the house all at once, it must be done each one at a time and the slider is extremely finicky. 

Totally useless update in every way. They ruined something that worked perfectly.  Extra steps to do everything, no volume control, missing playlists. Just a mess. Why???

Completely agree, response time I awl full and it stops constantly 

Don’t be surprised if a new app comes out next year. Sonos+. For a monthly fee you get all the features they took out of the last app that we miss. 

Nice FUD.  I see we’ve reached the “let’s see who can come up with the most looney toon conspiracy theories” phase of the app overhaul.  🙄

I’m happy for the fortunate people who aren’t having hardware problems and for those who are ok with the new app. 
 

Nevertheless, this update is still terrible after several weeks. 
 

1. It broke services or hardware for many people. These are music speakers, they should not require tinkering or reconfiguring services.
2. It was unexpectedly released without important features (alarms, local media server support, I’m sure there are others).
3. it’s advantages are only eye candy. The actual usability of the app is quite poor and clunky. It takes many clicks to perform common actions, navigating the app is not intuitive (no obvious way to go “back”), it’s a major change from how the S2 app worked just a few weeks ago, and some parts still just don’t work. 

Overall this is really shockingly bad. 

Have they fixed this yet? It's becoming a pain having to update all my apps manually so I don't end up with this abhorrent mess on my phone again.

Completely f***** it SONOS 

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This app feels like a pre-alpha in usability and takes away (meaningful access ) to features that have been enjoyed by the community for years. What’s the point of bringing a new app that has no way of competing with the old app within a reasonable timeframe?

@Sonos, you can’t update yourself out of this one. Admit your mistake, show that you listen to your users, bring back the old app, and go forward from there.