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Scott O-P
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March 10, 2023
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Pause / Play button on App does not work when iPad is horizontal...

This is weird.  Normally I use my iPhone to control Sonos…  It is, by design, only oriented vertically.  Meaning, the Sonos App does not rotate on the iPhone; it remains vertical no matter how the phone itself is oriented.   In an effort to become less iPhone dependent, I am setting up a dedicated iPad to control stuff in my house (Sonos, Weemo, Phillips Hue, etc).  Unlike the iPhone, the iPad is typically used in a horizontal/landscape orientation (I think that is not unique just to me).  I have discovered that the Sonos pause/play button will not work on the iPad when it is in the horizontal position; it is there but it does not respond to touch.  If I rotate it to vertical, it works.  Is there any work around (other than the obvious which is to turn the iPad to be vertical :-) )?  My ideal is to have my iPad mounted and left in the horizontal position.

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Scott O-PAnswer
Contributor I
March 10, 2023

Hi all who helped here…  In fact, I wanted to wrap this up with the actual, final solution.  I did re-install the Sonos app and still had the same issue.  BUT (I should have done this first but hopefully this will save someone else the research) I updated the iOS on the iPad.  THEN I re-installed the Sonos app.  DONE!  Works in both orientations now.  THANK YOU ALL!

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Scott O-PAuthorAnswer
Contributor I
March 10, 2023

Hi all who helped here…  In fact, I wanted to wrap this up with the actual, final solution.  I did re-install the Sonos app and still had the same issue.  BUT (I should have done this first but hopefully this will save someone else the research) I updated the iOS on the iPad.  THEN I re-installed the Sonos app.  DONE!  Works in both orientations now.  THANK YOU ALL!

    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    March 10, 2023

    Heh, we should have asked which OS you were running on that iPad :) Glad you got it resolved. 

    Bruce
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