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

I was able to add custom URL streams via the TuneIn app on my phone (Android) under favorites - these then appear under the favorites section of the TuneIn(new) service within Sonos, and do seem to play.

However, it’s not as elegant as the old solution. For example it doesn’t support a custom name for the streams you add - so in Sonos you just get shown the URL. Plus, if the station is streaming discreet tracks, the names of those tracks don’t show up either (they do under the old method).

So, I’d say that they’ve replaced an elegant, full-featured solution, with one that’s crude and lacking feature-parity.

It may still develop - and I certainly hope that it does but, at the moment this feels more like an early beta than a proper solution.

I can report it is not an elegant solution, but it does work and you can name the station. 
 

Step 1:  

Open TuneIn Radio app.

Login

Choose library.  

Then Custom URL.

Enter URL and select it from list. (Must include full url)

TuneIn will open the station.

Press the heart button. 

Save as favorite using any name you choose. (You don’t need to name it the custom URL Address. 
 

Step 2:

Open Sonos app.

Go to Browse

Select TuneIn (New)

Must be connected to same account linked to TuneIn app  

Scroll to Favorites

Find your custom named station.

Long press on station  

Add to my Sonos  

May I ask what platform you’re on, accessing the TuneIN app? For me, when I press the ‘Heart’ icon to name my favourites, it just doesn’t seem to save the name.

I’m wondering if the app is working differently on other platforms like iOS (I’m on Android).

Many thanks

@Jwillro This approach is not working for me with CUSTOM URL’s.

Try it yourself. Here a random custom URL. I hope you prove me wrong.

http://zengarden.radio.mynoise.net
 

It seems as if TuneIn treats those stations based on custom URL’s different than the other from their catalog. In the TuneIn App on iOS the those Favorites are very buggy (do not consistently show up after closing the app; are not count in the total of a list; ...).

I was having problems with this too but figured out what I was doing wrong.  I had added the TuneIn service to Sonos before setting up a TuneIn account with the same email as my Sonos account. I think I had quickly just logged into the TuneIn (new) app using the option to log in with Apple, which apparently prevents the app from fully linking with the Sonos app even though they’re both on the same phone (stupid).  The saved streaming URLs were not showing up in my Sonos app under TuneIn (new) favorites.

The fix was:

1. Create a TuneIn (new) account with the same email as my Sonos account (which I had already done) and make sure the TuneIn (new) app is logged in with that account.
2. Remove the TuneIn (new) service from Sonos under Settings → Services & Voice.
3. Add the TuneIn (new) service back into Sonos. 

After doing this, my Favorites streaming URLs in the TuneIn (new) app started showing up in Sonos.

I am using the TuneIn android app and while I can add custom URLs, when I favorite them and specify a name the name doesn’t stick and the favorite is just the URL.  Is anyone else experiencing this?

Hang on to your hats everyone, I suspect the ‘big moment’ is about to arrive: https://www.thurrott.com/music-videos/sonos/301272/new-sonos-app-is-coming-may-7

According to this article, Sonos are on the cusp of launching a new app, and retiring the old Windows and Mac apps in favour of a new web app.

This of course may very well be the moment the old TuneIn integration is retired, in favour of only allowing the new one.

We probably won’t have to wait too much longer to find out if Sonos have nailed custom streaming in the new app… or flunked out on this one.

It’s also possible atomic bombs will go off, and the associated EMP will fry nearby electronics. Or Sonos themselves, or TuneIn, or any particular station will stop working. Or, the sun will expand to envelop the earth, for some as yet not understood reason. 
 

Let’s not cry wolf. Until such a wolf is seen.

I was not intending to cry wolf - merely point out what was -and I think I was being extremely realistic- a very likely outcome.

That outcome has now indeed come to pass, as Sonos have now launched the new app, and the old TuneIn service has indeed been removed.

And the new one isn’t working (at least, not yet)

So yeah, I guess TuneIN did get emp fried!

So the new Sonos app has now launched and the old TuneIn service has indeed been left behind.

In fact the new service is currently -at the time of writing- broken! However, according to the Sonos status page, they’re working on it - so, hopefully will be fixed soon.

I’m expecting that the ‘process’ will indeed be what we’ve already determined:

1. Head to the TuneIn app - add your stream there, be sure to add it to your favourites
2. Access TuneIn from inside the Sonos App
3. Find your favourites, and you can play your station from there.
4. For easier identification, add the stream to your Sonos favourites, and you’ll then be able to set a friendly-name.

So, custom streaming is still a thing, albeit personally, I think they’ve made the process less elegant, and less discoverable. That is of course, my opinion.