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Sonos working only partially with iPhone AirPlay

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I’ve asked this before but did not get anywhere…

This problem used to NOT be a problem. Everything worked as expected. This problem just started recently and there were no equipment changes.

I have 2 Sonos SL One’s and 1 Roam. All 3 are grouped. When I use Alexa and tell her to play a Sirius channel on the group, it works. All 3 speakers work fine.

When I use an iPhone with iOs 16.4 and select AirPlay for playing track, I get a list that shows the phone and the 3 speakers (but not the group). I used to be able to select each of the 3 speakers, they would connect and start playing. Now, I can select all 3 but only 2 connect. I get a message saying it cannot connect to the other speaker.

I’m upgrading to iOs 16.5 but don’t expect any change.

Again, this all used to work fine but not now.

??????

Thanks,
Dave

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AirgetlamAnswer

Couple of things.

First, try a reboot of the speakers and the router, see if that helps.

Second, I’d recommend not sending an AirPlay signal to three separate Sonos devices. Send it to one, and then use the Sonos controller to group the rooms. That will reduce the bandwidth being used by your phone by 66%…sending a single stream, rather than three. I don’t know whether 16.5 has ‘throttled’ the amount of bandwidth you can use or not. But I only send a single stream from either my iPad or iPhone anyway.

Bruce

AirgetlamAnswer

Couple of things.

First, try a reboot of the speakers and the router, see if that helps.

Second, I’d recommend not sending an AirPlay signal to three separate Sonos devices. Send it to one, and then use the Sonos controller to group the rooms. That will reduce the bandwidth being used by your phone by 66%…sending a single stream, rather than three. I don’t know whether 16.5 has ‘throttled’ the amount of bandwidth you can use or not. But I only send a single stream from either my iPad or iPhone anyway.

Bruce

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Dave.SeayAuthor

Contributor II

The reboot seems to be the fix I needed.

However, I am back to sending a signal to each speaker. The ‘group’ does not show on the iPhone ‘s Airplay. I tried ending the signal to one speaker but that’s the only one that plays.

??????

Thanks,

Dave

106rallye

Are you sure the Sonos group used to show on your iPhone for Airplay? I do not remember this. Maybe it was the Alexa group? I do not use Alexa myself, so cannot check this.

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Dave.SeayAuthor

Contributor II

NO, the group never showed on Airplay, just the individual speakers (like now.)

Alexa pays to the group.

106rallye

Ah right. “Now, I can select all 3 but only 2 connect.” Strange indeed, I can select at least three speakers on Airplay that form an Airplay group. Strange that you can’t.

Airgetlam

I was trying to suggest that you ‘group’ in the Sonos app, and not in AirPlay 2, so that you’re sending a single AirPlay 2 signal from your iOS device, and not many.

Bruce

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Dave.SeayAuthor

Contributor II

My group is set up in Sonos.

Airgetlam

So, when you send an AirPlay 2 signal to just the one speaker, it plays on all ‘grouped’ speakers?

Bruce

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Dave.SeayAuthor

Contributor II

NO. Using iPhone’s Airplay, I have to selected each speaker. On Alexa, I only have to tell ‘her’ the group name.