The last player update 85.0-64200 and the corresponding app updates is a huge improvement on my network. (I'm using SonosNet as WiFi in-case it matters)

I'm not even exaggerating game changer!

Past updates in the last few months already improved Spotify to some degree (volume changes, seeking in tracks, switching to another track all just work now and as expected), but now/since the last update the app loads speakers directly (instead of taking 40 seconds or over a minute for some of the speakers in my setup)

Grouping speakers works everytime and fast now. Starting playback is almost instant. Volume changes are pretty much instant and work reliably in the Sonos App! Spotify volume changes also improved and are probably as fast as they can be.

I am very very happy right now!!

Huge Shoutout to every engineer and developer putting in the hours over the last year.

Sonos is working on par compared to last year maybe even slightly better. The Spotify Connect integration most definitely fixed a few bugs present before the new app Sonos launched last year.

Keep it up and now feel free to focus on new features. I already heard that a new larger update might be on the horizont and this is a precursor to that. Sounds very well thought out to me. Now everything appears stable to me. A great starting point to introduce new stuff. If there were regressions people are now more likely to spot them if everything runs rock solid beforehand like it does for me now.

How does everyone else feel about the May Update?

I for one am astonished right now