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Blanooooo
Contributor I
January 16, 2023

playback speed request- listen to audiobooks at 1.5x

Such a major feature missing! Will be super helpful to add it. We'd love to listen to audiobooks on our Sonos system while doing house chores but the inability to play at our normal speed or 1.5x or 2x makes us not use it. Please add this functionality. 

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    guyster1047
    Contributor I
    August 25, 2023

    I made a discovery. If I play to sonos using Apple Airplay, I can play my books at 1.5 or 2.0 speed. I would think if it works through airplay, it should be not too difficult to implement in the sonos app, or while connected to sonos in the audible app.

    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    August 25, 2023

    Why would you think that? Two different playback systems involved, one the normal iOS app running the playback, the other the Sonos app running on the speakers. To my knowledge (granted, several years old), there is currently no support in the SMAPI(Sonos Music API)  for speeded up playback. It’s been a request for years, as of yet un implemented. 

    Bruce
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      controlav
      Lead Maestro
      August 26, 2023

      Why would you think that? Two different playback systems involved, one the normal iOS app running the playback, the other the Sonos app running on the speakers. To my knowledge (granted, several years old), there is currently no support in the SMAPI(Sonos Music API)  for speeded up playback. It’s been a request for years, as of yet un implemented. 

      Indeed. SMAPI has explicit podcast support but nothing to adjust playback speed, see https://devdocs.sonos.com/docs/add-podcasts

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        Creed2500
        Lyricist I
        September 21, 2023

        Since Sonos only opens up their systems to other companies, you should probably ask your audio book provider to work on this…..l

         

        PBC14
        Lyricist I
        November 12, 2023

        Please add this feature. Increasing speed in the podcasts is almost a default featuring in any audios system right now. 

        Peter_232
        Lyricist II
        January 13, 2024

        I understand reason stems from competition and licensing of patents between Sonos and Amazon. Amazon won't allow it because Sonos competes with their Alexa sound playing devices. Very unfortunate as I've been asking for this for almost 10 years.

        It won't do any good to ask Amazon/Audible to allow it as it is not in their interest. Sonos would have to pay too much for it.

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