No more TuneIn URL streams anymore, guess I am returning my two Eras :(

Seems odd that an important function to many is at the mercy of TuneIn.

Particularly as the current implementation has absolutely nothing to do with them, its just that Sonos chose to stick the UX under that part of the music tree.

@Rallicat This is hopeful, but I’m still hesitant. Nonetheless, that is quite a bit of info you have shared. You time is much appreciated- thank you for posting!

I’ve taken a look in the TuneIn app, and indeed the ‘Custom URL’ streaming functionality feels incomplete. Adding a new feed only lets you enter the URL, not a name for the stream. If you ‘save’ a feed to your favourites you do then get the option to enter a name for the stream, but it doesn’t seem to correctly save this information.

When hopping over to the Sonos app and looking into the new TuneIN service, favourites are displayed, but not any custom streams I’ve added.

My personal concern now is whether or not this will be used as a vehicle to drive TuneIN premium subscriptions - I very much hope TuneIN don’t start trying to inject their own adverts into custom streams we add!

I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens!

Didn't realise your App worked on Windows, does it support S1 Systems or have you gone S2 only?.

Shame you can't branch out into Android at some point.

@John B 
Thank you for your contribution which is kind of on the verge of contempt.

Sure enough Sonos has good sound quality and this was the good surprise when I bought my system. Alas, as with all connected products, the manufacturer has way too much control on the user experience and can at its own will modify or suppress any service it might consider not good enough for its customer base (translate which makes not money enough for the company).

I can understand that, for reasons of simplification, personal radios have been handled by a trick with the Tunein application. However, simply deleting the 'own radio stations' function and hiding behind the fact that it's Tunein's responsibility is far too easy.
In law, this is called a unilateral modification of contract, and even if the general terms and conditions mention it, it's still a huge disappointment for me.

@PhilippeM .  If there is any contempt it is solely for the empty threat to move to a competitor.  This is contradictory anyway - if you chose Sonos because of this feature, presumably the competition didn’t have it.

I am not sure who is blaming TuneIn for this, but it certainly isn’t me - I think this is entirely a Sonos issue.

If you do struggle to maintain access to the service you wish to use, I have an imperfect workaround to suggest to you.  I note from your profile that you use rockradio.com and that you have a Playbar.  You could potentially use your TV’s browser to access the website and play though your Playbar (and by grouping to the rest of your system, if required.  I have also, just as an experiment, played from the Rockradio mobile phone app to my TV (and hence Playbar) using screen mirroring to my Amazon Fire TV.

I did say it was imperfect, but it is an attempt to help.

I remain slightly puzzled as to why I can still add URLs as I have always done.

For an app there’s almost no difference between S1 and S2 so it supports both (the differences are in the players for the most part).

Progress!

Adding custom URL streams in the TuneIN app now does result in those streams appearing under your favourites in the TuneIN (New) service in the Sonos app, and the streams do play! (At least, they’re working for me).

So far though, no progress on actually setting a ‘name’ for each stream - so, you just see the URL listed. I’ve tried setting a name in the TuneIN app (you do this by hitting the ‘heart’ icon), but it doesn’t seem to save it. Not sure if this bug is with the TuneIN service, or the app.

Also, I’ve only been able to add streams through the App on my phone (android) - can’t see a way to do it on the TuneIN web site, or the Windows TuneIN desktop app.

It’s now November 2023 and I do not see any progress. I have tried several different methods today to add one or more custom url stations...and nothing shows up anywhere. Also, TuneIn(new) still does not have a “My Radio Stations” section. Does anyone REALLY know what’s going on with this?