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Bostonian
Trending Lyricist I
September 12, 2025
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For weeks now whenever I tune into a podcast through Sonos, I get just an endless stream of advertisements, often repeating the same one minute string. I've tried signing out and re-authorizing and resetting and everything and nothing helps. What's going on? Anyone else of this issue? It is rendering my system useless.

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    Mr. T
    Mr. TAnswer
    September 17, 2025

    It has now been raised as a bug for investigation.

     

    “We have identified an issue with playing Podcasts from TuneIn and are investigating - you can cease any troubleshooting attempts.”

     

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    AjTrek1
    AjTrek1
    September 13, 2025

    I’m not a Podcast user but I assumed they were tiered just like some music streaming services. You have to pay for commercial free Podcasts. 🤔

    Together Everyone Achieves More = T.E.A.M.
    Zoolundair
    Lyricist III
    September 13, 2025

    What service are you accessing the streams from?

      BostonianAuthor
      Trending Lyricist I
      September 13, 2025

      TuneIn is the service causing the most problems. I'm not looking for ad free programming necessarily I just don't want ad-only programming which is what I'm getting now. There is no content aside from an endless stream of ads. And, yes, I'm using what is supposed to be the new Sonos TuneIn app.

        Mr. T
        Mr. T
        September 13, 2025

        It has been reported by another user in later posts on the following thread:

        I’ve also tried to play a podcast from TuneIn and the integration is currently broken.

        You would be best to contact Sonos Support so they have cases to review.

          Zoolundair
          Lyricist III
          September 13, 2025

          TuneIn is the service causing the most problems. I'm not looking for ad free programming necessarily I just don't want ad-only programming which is what I'm getting now. There is no content aside from an endless stream of ads. And, yes, I'm using what is supposed to be the new Sonos TuneIn app.

          Yeah that comment that “You have to pay for commercial free Podcasts.” is pretty funny and wildly off the mark 🤣
           

          I used to use Pocketcasts on Sonos for podcasts. You might want to check it out, it’s still available. 
           

          Since the app disaster last year I’ve switched to using the Apple Podcast App. It provides a much better experience than the Sonos app IME but YMMV (need to be an iPhone/ipad user). 

            Peter Baker
            Contributor I
            September 14, 2025

            I’m having this too :-(.  Podcast content is on TuneIn and I can play it on my PC no issues.  When I try to play on Sonos I get an endless loop of “Welcome to Tunein”, followed by an advert, then back to “Welcome to Tunein”.  All other services that I use work fine, so frustrating! 

            Tried re-authorizing;  deleting Tunein+ re-authorise; reset my router but nothing :-(

            Running Android and PC platforms, please fix:-).  Peter 

              Mr. T
              Mr. TAnswer
              September 17, 2025

              It has now been raised as a bug for investigation.

               

              “We have identified an issue with playing Podcasts from TuneIn and are investigating - you can cease any troubleshooting attempts.”

               

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