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Contributor I
May 8, 2024
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Where is the music index now option and the new S2 app?

  • May 8, 2024
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All of my digital music is stored on my western digital Nas Drive. The previous S1 and S2 apps allowed me to update my music index whenever I added or deleted music on my Nas Drive. I can’t find that option in the new app.  
 

I was also able to create shortcuts to the various music folders on my Nas Drive through the old app, but apparently the new version no longer supports that option. Why is that?

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Best answer by buzz

You can still update the Music Index using a desktop controller.

If you have a phone/pad controller that has not been updated, refrain from updating for the present.

68 replies

Enthusiast I
May 19, 2024

Hahaha - I was literally about to post that

Trending Lyricist I
May 20, 2024

A working App maybe?

Guess they wanted to quickly push out a half working app for the new headphones!!!

Trending Lyricist I
May 20, 2024

All of my digital music is stored on my western digital Nas Drive. The previous S1 and S2 apps allowed me to update my music index whenever I added or deleted music on my Nas Drive. I can’t find that option in the new app.  
 

I was also able to create shortcuts to the various music folders on my Nas Drive through the old app, but apparently the new version no longer supports that option. Why is that?

Didn’t work on mine Buzz - just said “denied” when trying to add my existing NAS.

Trending Lyricist I
May 20, 2024

You can still update the Music Index using a desktop controller.

If you have a phone/pad controller that has not been updated, refrain from updating for the present.

Buzz - didn’t work for me, just said “denied”. Old S2 app on another device deleted the Music Library also!

Enthusiast I
May 20, 2024

Hello, 

First, we’d like to thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us and with our CEO, Patrick. We’ve received a great deal of feedback thus far, on both the improvements made as well as where we fell short. We expect that feedback will continue to roll in, so we’ll be working through it all in the coming weeks. We also recognize that there is more work to be done on the Sonos App, and want to provide you with an update.

We’re happy to share that we delivered a software update on May 14 reintroducing the ability to add and edit alarms, as well as initial screen reader improvements for iOS VoiceOver that will allow users to more easily navigate the app. If you are missing these features, ensure that your Sonos App and products are all up to date: https://support.sonos.com/article/update-your-sonos-speakers

Over the coming weeks, we will reintroduce the below features, while fixing bugs and addressing performance issues:

-Additional improvements for screen readers for visually impaired customers: May 21
-Adding to queue and playing next: early June
-Sleep timer: mid-June
-Local music library search and playback: mid-June 
-Update Wi-Fi settings: mid-June

Thank you again for sharing your feedback with us. We’re working hard to bring these features to the new Sonos App quickly. If you are experiencing an issue with your Sonos System, feel free to visit these helpful resources, or get in contact with us:

-Sonos Community: https://en.community.sonos.com
-Sonos App User Guide: https://www.sonos.com/guides/sonosapp
-Sonos Support Home: https://support.sonos.com
-Sonos Support Contact: https://support.sonos.com/contact

Kind Regards,
The Sonos Customer Experience Team

Lyricist III
May 29, 2024

I, like most of the subscribers on here, play my using from my own library of 30000+ tracks on a NAS drive, controlled by the app on my iPhone. First I lost my speakers and music library due to misguidedly updating the new release. I spent the best part of a day reseting everything back to factory defaults then setting everything back up as though a new system, only to find that I can no longer play anything from music library as not listed. Earlier threads said to check under Sources but there is no Sources! So no music library. I am currently receiving adverts from Sonos about new products but I doubt whether I’ll ever buy another Sonos product again!!! And certainly won’t be recommending to anybody, just the reverse I’ll advising to look elsewhere. 

Trending Lyricist I
May 29, 2024

I, like most of the subscribers on here, play my using from my own library of 30000+ tracks on a NAS drive, controlled by the app on my iPhone. First I lost my speakers and music library due to misguidedly updating the new release. I spent the best part of a day reseting everything back to factory defaults then setting everything back up as though a new system, only to find that I can no longer play anything from music library as not listed. Earlier threads said to check under Sources but there is no Sources! So no music library. I am currently receiving adverts from Sonos about new products but I doubt whether I’ll ever buy another Sonos product again!!! And certainly won’t be recommending to anybody, just the reverse I’ll advising to look elsewhere. 

You mentioned “new products”. Their new headphones is dropping next week, but guess what? - buyers of the headphones will be upset when they find out the limitations of the new app! Not a very smart move at all Sonos!!!

Prodigy I
May 29, 2024

I, like most of the subscribers on here, play my using from my own library of 30000+ tracks on a NAS drive, controlled by the app on my iPhone. First I lost my speakers and music library due to misguidedly updating the new release. I spent the best part of a day reseting everything back to factory defaults then setting everything back up as though a new system, only to find that I can no longer play anything from music library as not listed. Earlier threads said to check under Sources but there is no Sources! So no music library. I am currently receiving adverts from Sonos about new products but I doubt whether I’ll ever buy another Sonos product again!!! And certainly won’t be recommending to anybody, just the reverse I’ll advising to look elsewhere. 

There’s a lot of threads regarding how to fix stuff like this.  First ensure you aren’t using smbv1.   Also, check permissions on the share you set up on your NAS.  Use the PC app to re-set up your music library and index it from there as well.  

While I share music from my PC, it initially wasn’t working for me, but now I got it working.  

Trending Lyricist I
May 29, 2024

I, like most of the subscribers on here, play my using from my own library of 30000+ tracks on a NAS drive, controlled by the app on my iPhone. First I lost my speakers and music library due to misguidedly updating the new release. I spent the best part of a day reseting everything back to factory defaults then setting everything back up as though a new system, only to find that I can no longer play anything from music library as not listed. Earlier threads said to check under Sources but there is no Sources! So no music library. I am currently receiving adverts from Sonos about new products but I doubt whether I’ll ever buy another Sonos product again!!! And certainly won’t be recommending to anybody, just the reverse I’ll advising to look elsewhere. 

There’s a lot of threads regarding how to fix stuff like this.  First ensure you aren’t using smbv1.   Also, check permissions on the share you set up on your NAS.  Use the PC app to re-set up your music library and index it from there as well.  

While I share music from my PC, it initially wasn’t working for me, but now I got it working.  

All things were tried. The new app sees my NAS, but when I enter correct data - it says “Denied”. Sonos App-1 works fine, but both the new app and the former S-2 app on two non-updated devices do NOT work.

Lyricist III
May 30, 2024

caesar327 wrote:

First ensure you aren’t using smbv1.   Also, check permissions on the share you set up on your NAS.  Use the PC app to re-set up your music library and index it from there as well.  

Firstly how do I check for smbv1? And prior to the Sonos iPhone app update, I could access my music library from the app on my iPhone, so the permission must have been OK. One update later and all gone. Yes, I can access everything from my laptop but that’s not the point which is that prior functionality which, reading other people’s threads, was widely used, has been removed. To say nothing about removing the speakers as well in the first instance which took most of a day trying this and that just to add the speakers back in and at least get them working using Spotify. Very very poor. An update regression option could have topped all this pain!