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Prodigy II
Oct 7, 2017 10:20 AM UTC

We want SONOS App dark mode back!

I like the light background.
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Lyricist II
Oct 5, 2017 3:47 PM UTC
The bright background on new SONOS app release is not an improvement.
It's too bright in a dark room, intrusive, hard too see in a light room, and it eats my battery.
Don't like it.

Users speak up. If enough people ask, maybe the app developer will listen.

Brighter is not better.
Please give us back the dark background theme.
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Renowned Enthusiast II
Oct 5, 2017 6:20 PM UTC
I agree - I much preferred the dark background. I hope this can be changed back.
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Lyricist III
Oct 5, 2017 8:18 PM UTC
No, they don't need to change it back - give us the option of both (or more!)
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Red Robbo
Renowned Enthusiast II
Oct 5, 2017 8:54 PM UTC
No, they don't need to change it back - give us the option of both (or more!)

Fair enough - that works for me!
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Lyricist I
Oct 5, 2017 11:20 PM UTC
Yes I agree. The beta testing, if there was any that involved users, obviously didn’t involve the Sonos community in an opinion poll. The new version isn’t intuitive at all. It’s too bright, clunky n clumsy and offers no improvement in functionality. In fact when using the volume control on the iPhone the app has a few seconds delay before responding. I’m not impressed. Bring back the dark skin or else give users a choice. Please do it quickly 😞
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Lyricist II
Oct 5, 2017 11:21 PM UTC
Just want to add my voice here - I was horrified when I installed the latest update on my iPad, saw that the background had been changed to white and there was no obvious way to switch it back. It's intolerably bright in low light. Please give us the option to return to a darker setting.
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Lyricist I
Oct 5, 2017 11:44 PM UTC
Agree. I find the white very unattractive.
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Lyricist I
Oct 6, 2017 2:59 AM UTC
It defies belief if dark mode was removed. I can’t stand the white background.
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Lyricist I
Oct 6, 2017 4:54 AM UTC
Absolutely agree here -- at a minimum we need Dark Mode as an option. I can deal with all the other changes in the v8.0 Controller app just fine but being forced to use a white version of this app is unacceptable. Even when I dim my iPhone screen significantly it is still atrocious. By design, your app now has so much whitespace that it's like having a flashlight on in the room when I just want some nice ambience with my music. From an Accessibility standpoint, this new version of the Controller app also makes it harder for me to read. Not good at all.
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Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
Oct 6, 2017 5:52 AM UTC
The wife offered to loan me one of her CR-100s when she heard me fussing about the white screen hurting my eyes. Don't laugh, I took the CR-100 and it is a big improvement for night use.
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