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Your feedback on the new Sonos App

Hi EveryoneWe moderators of the community - @Corry P, @Jamie A & @Sotiris C. - wanted to take an opportunity to explain some of what is...
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What formats can I play on Sonos?

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Sonos Pro Tip: Upgrading/Changing iPhones

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Corry P
Corry PSonos Staff
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Your feedback on the new Sonos App

Hi EveryoneWe moderators of the community - @Corry P, @Jamie A & @Sotiris C. - wanted to take an opportunity to explain some of what is currently happening on the community.First of all, we value all the feedback you are providing about the new Sonos App. We hear you. Feedback is coming in fast and thick, however - for understandable reasons - and to be frank, we are having trouble just keeping up with it all. For this reason, some topics that have not yet been replied to will go unanswered. We will, however, do our best to amalgamate some of these separate threads into bigger, related threads (such as one big thread for Alarm complaints and another for Queue Management) to be answered en-mass. The threads that are feedback on other aspects of the new app will be merged with this post.Threads that describe issues such as missing rooms and app crashes (those that are not just feedback, in other words) will be answered, as will threads not relating to the new app in anyway, but these

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Gee 2024Contributor I
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Sonos Corporation's True Agenda

With the disastrous roll out of latest Sonos controller app, I began to wonder why would they force an upgrade that was so dysfunctional and lacking so many features that customers liked. Also it seemed strange that users were no longer able to see and modify music folders, or playlists, or update the music library. At first, I thought, wow they really screwed this up. How could they leave all this out? Why are they so reluctant to offer a roll back to a working version? When I read Sonos executive’s Maxime Bouvat-Merlin’s phoney response and explanation, that’s when I realized, it was on purpose. Then I thought, what is the long term agenda of Sonos? What is the long term agenda of any greedy corporation? To maximize revenue and profits, of course. I then realized that Sonos is about to follow the plan of Apple management, which was to slowly and not so subtly force people off of iTunes and onto their Apple Music subscription service. That’s where the long term money is. I mean, why s

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evamorContributor I
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Best sonos alternatives. What's everyone moving to?

Since *NONE* of the sonos components work, can be added, or function whatsoever with no fix in sight for months if that what is everyone moving to? What’s the current best alternatives? For speakers I guess it's time to upgrade to bowers and wilkins. What about for the control system? What’s everyone's suggestions? 

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TrapolinoContributor I
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Sonos recent iPad app uograde….gold icon replaced by black icon

Hello all. User of Sonos products for over 10 years. Big fan. Is anyone having problems with unreliability of new app? My experience is that it is unreliable, does not show all content, music being played is not shown? Sometimes it all works…sometimes it does not. I am grateful I did not upgrade on my iPhone. Or Mac….hiwever I did hear Mac support is going away….another topic. Thanks everyone.

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TalkienContributor I
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app update - no more timer on app

Don’t know what Sonos was thinking with the latest app release. a function we could use daily before the ‘update’ has been removed. So thank you Sonos.For not integrating the timer functionality!fix this, or I have 6 Sonos devices for the second hand marker.  

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Tag4aContributor I
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no timer with update s*cks!!!

Unbelievable that the timer has been eliminated with this update!!!   STUPID.   Sonos goes from a 10 to a 2 in one update.   fix it back.   Thank you if you do. 

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Can Sonos Recover From This?

So it has been about two days since the launch of the new Sonos app. Judging by the number of negative posts on this community forum and on the Sonos subreddit, I think it is pretty safe to say that the app launch has been a pretty massive failure.This is a very critical moment for Sonos. The Sonos app is the core of their ecosystem. I can imagine tensions are running high at the Sonos headquarters as they try to figure out what went wrong and how they need to respond. A moment like this can sometimes be the beginning of the end for a company and Sonos knows this.Consumer trust is the most important thing a company needs to remain successful and to grow. Sonos dropped the ball with the new app and has lost the trust of many new and loyal customers. And the timing cannot be any worse with the upcoming release of their new headphones.So what does Sonos need to do next? What kind of response would ease your anger and frustrations? How much time are you willing to give Sonos to bring back

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Jwp357Contributor I
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sleep timer and shuffle

Why with the new app we're not able to use the sleep timer or shuffle our Playlist? 

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DogdadHeadliner III
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Watch Peter Pee on the new app..

The good, the bad, and the bad… 

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AWD-901Contributor I
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New app is terrible

Don’t upgrade to the new app! The UI is not intuitive and functions that I used, like the sleep function are gone. It’s difficult to play from a streaming service. Couldn’t believe that things could get worse, but they have. The first few years of using Sonos were great, but the last couple of years have been plagued with problems. Don’t understand how they expect to sell products when the app is so flaky and you need to use it to play anything. They should have done more user testing before going live.

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User665111Contributor II
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S2 80.00.04 Upgrade Removed Artist Alphabetical Search?!

On Sonos, I mainly listen to music from my NAS drive full of ripped CDs.  I have a library of 100s of artists.  Before the recent upgrade, when searching for an artist, there was an alphabet column on the far right side of the screen.  I could hit the ‘P’ and be taken to all artists beginning with P.  That feature is gone now (unless I’m missing something.)  Now, if I want to listen to Yes, I have to scroll from the A’s through all artists to get to the Y’s!  If there is a toggle to turn the alphabet column back on, please tell me where.  Thanks.

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JeswestContributor I
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New version is terrible in every way

This is the worst application update I've ever seen. The interface is clunky, slow, and hard to use. So much real estate is given away to blobby, pointless chrome. Have their been any usability reviews done on this? So much functionality has been lost or broken: no alarms, no ability to long press a song in the Playlist to get info. This should never have been released in this state. I imagine a lot of money was sunk into developing this, but don't fall for the sunk-cost fallacy. This is a terrible step backwards, it needs to be abandoned. 

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Trad99Renowned Enthusiast I
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Please can we go back to the old app

I’ve been struggling with this new app for two hours now. So many things are missing or difficult to use compared to the old app. Please, can you continue to make the old app available for people who still prefer to use that one. I was fine with that app, and would like to revert to using it. Please give us a way to do that.

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MarcttContributor I
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latest sonos app - very disappointing

Several issues:I think it’s now connected to the system via Apple Play because the sound is not as good as it was before (same quality as if it was streaming via Apple Play. Very disappointing. the app is not intuitive and very confusing to use.  I don’t know why changes were made.  The last one was much better. so many controls are lost, e.g. adding to queue, managing of queue, etc…i guess Sonos just lost the edge…

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tsdsContributor I
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horrible update to app

sonos what have you done ? the app was working fine - now a nightmare no group volume can’t shut music off in one room no sleep timer very very disappointed  

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KJ1971Contributor I
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IOS update - complete loss of room control

The new IOS update has resulted in complete loss of room control.  I cannot get the system to accept my room selections.  I can click on a room but it automatically reverts back to a prior room.  I tried to pair rooms and then remove a room to see if I can force the switch but it simply reverts back to the prior room.  This update effectively makes the entire Sonos system unusable because there is no way to pick the rooms you want to play music on.  Does anyone have a work around for this issue?

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MikeDave06Contributor I
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😱 Nouvelle version Sonos - Catastrophe

Cette mise à jour de l’application Sonos est une véritable catastrophe.Le réglage du son ne répond plus, les alarmes ont disparue, j’en passe et des meilleures.D’une manière générale, plus le temps passe, plus la qualité du service diminue et dysfonctionne.Autrefois, l’application pouvait être utilisée intuitivement par n’importe qui. C’est terminé. Tout est devenu incompréhensible.J’espère que Sonos va réagir rapidement.Je pense qu’on va voir énormément de matériel d’occasion à vendre sur Leboncoin et sur eBay… 

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MusicMan59Contributor I
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What just happend with the "New SONOS app"?

I just wished I consulted the Community BEFORE upgrading to the NEW app (which I would have postponed until the SONOS dev came back to reality...). I am all for changes, fixes and new features (fixes and new features, in that order and not new features over fixes… spend time fixing existing problems before throwing more features into the mix).When comparing moving from Sonos S1 to S2, THIS upgrade is a disaster (it did cross my mind that SONOS pushed the BETA version of the apps instead of the final tested version...). What happend to the TuneIN stations preset, art covers, alarm set-up? The email we all received about 2 weeks ago did not mentionned any of this for existing users. I just hope SONOS will react to all the comments about this upgrade and provide a way to return to the previous version, until the new version is acceptable.

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amdyhouTrending Lyricist I
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Don't accept this app!

Dear Community,Many Sonos customers are angry and unhappy at what Sonos has done in releasing a new app which removes a vast amount of functionality, much of it basic stuff, with just the promise that it will be re-added over forthcoming releases. I personally feel that Sonos has treated its customers with derision, and I’m angry and unhappy that this new app was released in such a poor state of development.I have pursued my complaint, asking that the old app is made available again to iOS users whilst the new app is developed to an acceptable level which includes the last functionality.I am asking the community to back this by:Call customer service and demand that your complaint is escalated to the highest level. Don’t accept the “standard” reply that the 1st line customer reps have been given to respond to you … that the functionality will be added over forthcoming releases. Insist it is this is not acceptable and ask for your complaint to be escalated. Unfortunately, it can take ove

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JosueFraustoSoloContributor I
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I urge you to reconsider the recent update to the Sonos app and evaluate

I urge you to reconsider the recent update to the Sonos app and evaluate the possibility of reverting to the previous version. The new version has failed to meet user expectations and appears to have been developed without adequate consideration for customer needs. The added functionalities do not offer significant added value and have generated widespread negative feedback. This direction could cost you the loyalty of valuable customers and damage the reputation you have worked hard to build. I am willing to give you another chance to rectify this situation. However, if timely changes are not made, we as users will find ourselves obliged to discourage the use of your products.

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JosueFraustoSoloContributor I
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Return to the previous Sonos app.

Le insto a que reconsidere la reciente actualización de la aplicación Sonos y evalúe la posibilidad de volver a la versión anterior. La nueva versión no ha cumplido con las expectativas de los usuarios y parece haber sido desarrollada sin tener en cuenta las necesidades de los clientes. Las funcionalidades añadidas no ofrecen un valor añadido significativo y han generado comentarios negativos generalizados. Esta dirección podría costarle la lealtad de clientes valiosos y dañar la reputación que ha trabajado duro para construir. Estoy dispuesto a darle otra oportunidad para rectificar esta situación. Sin embargo, si no se realizan cambios oportunos, nosotros, como usuarios, nos veremos obligados a desalentar el uso de sus productos.

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Fred88Contributor I
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Comment obliger Sonos à nous proposer enfin une App à la hauteur de la qualité et du prix de ses enceintes ?!

Bonjour,Malgré les promesses (auxquelles j'ai cru), la dernière version S2 de l'App est catastrophique, tout simplement une régression pour beaucoup d'entre nous… l'histoire se répète chez Sonos.Inutile de lister ici les lacunes et bugs multiples constatés. Je crois qu'il y a aussi beaucoup de colère chez les clients, je pense que l'on peut même parler de manque de respect.Je suis peut-être naïf, mais je pose tout de même cette question :Comment collectivement obliger Sonos à nous proposer enfin une App à la hauteur de la qualité et du prix de ses enceintes ?! 😡Merci pour vos idées

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metamatt42Contributor I
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Roll it back

Like apparently everyone, I got the iOS app update via auto-update and am immediately angry. It does not work for the core use cases. I can’t see a single way it’s better for me, and at least 3 separate ways it’s far worse.I read https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/9/24152675/sonos-new-app-bad-reviews-response-statement linked from here and it makes me really skeptical about the future. Sure, software development is hard, maybe you need to make changes, but you can test those changes and wait until they work well until rolling them out. Foisting this on us with no choice, and then claiming this is for our own good, is super arrogant, tone deaf and dismaying.I’ve spent thousands on my Sonos system, as have so many of your users. Completely breaking the core functionality we paid for and have come to love and depend on is unacceptable.

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<3bunosContributor I
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App update 80.04 - NOOOOOO!

This has been terrible. Sleep timer and alarm are gone and I’ve already done my complaining about that, but this morning I realized that “Play Next” is gone too! I’m having other glitchy issues too, like the speaker that I was just playing is no longer listed in my system, but it is still playing.  Back to “Play Next” and why I need it back… when I’m listening to a play list, I will frequently say something like “That reminds me of this song! Let’s hear that next.” The last version allowed you to insert that song next. You would hear the song you just added to the queue and then the system would go back to playing the playlist. Not anymore!  This sucks!

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GeorgeryContributor I
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the new app

What have you done Sonos?? If you can’t even get the volume controls working correctly you might as well give up. Fix this mess before your company is down the gurgler. 

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