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AjTrek1
AjTrek1
May 16, 2024

Sonos S2 ReFresh (80.00.08) Perceived Issues_Don't Signal the End of Your Sonos Enjoyment

  • May 16, 2024
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Hello

OK…call me a Sonos Fanboy or whatever you like. I’ve got thick skin and I’m not worried about someone showing up on my doorstep to press a point. 😂

That said I have one word of advice regarding the recent S2 refresh (80.00.08) and your valid concerns regarding missing features and that is to CHILL.

I say that as I’m confident that the majority of your concerns will be addressed and/or resolved. You’ll notice that I said “the majority” which by statement means that some concerns will not. It would be nice if the final roll-out is 100% positive to everyone’s liking; but in reality that’s most likely not going to be the final outcome.

With any software and/or OS change some attributes/features will improve, change or be removed. The ones that are removed are hopefully replaced by something better.

It goes without saying that everyone in the Sonos-sphere has a cell phone or tablet…otherwise you wouldn’t be able to use Sonos. Take a moment to think/recall if the OS on those devices are the same year-over-year; or have changes been made that were not to your liking? If they weren’t did you participate in a forum to complain about the lost feature/functionality; and if so have they been resolved/answered to you satisfaction. I seriously doubt it. 

Apple, Microsoft and/or Google/Android have rarely (if ever) made changes to their OS midstream after a new release. Please don’t confuse “bug fixes” with OS changes.

Sonos on the other hand does have an open forum where your concerns are being addressed. They are also trying to consolidate/condense them into a workable manner to speed the resolution process. Some of the major concerns have already been resolved. Here’s the link...

You have to remember that Sonos’ versatility that allows you to do many system personalization’s is also their Achilles heel. It will take a moment for Sonos to figure out generic solutions regarding the recent S2 release that will cover the majority of concerns. 

The bottom-line is to be patient. I’m confident that at the end-of-the-day you’ll be enjoying your Sonos as you were before. 

Take Care!

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    AlexPermit
    AlexPermit
    Prodigy I
    May 24, 2024

     

    The bottom-line is to be patient. I’m confident that at the end-of-the-day you’ll be enjoying your Sonos as you were before. 

     

    It’s been a week, and I still have no answer to my simple question.  The end-of-what-day?  End of August?  November?  Perhaps a year?  Later than that?  When?

    And what is your source of confidence that at the end of some unspecified date, we will all “be enjoying our Sonos system as we were before”? I have not seen a comprehensive list of needed “feature enhancements” (i.e., bugs) tracked and acknowledged by Sonos, much less a resolution date for such bugs. Since you are confident, I assume you have such a list? Please share it with us. I suspect you don’t, but I would love to be proven wrong. I really would.  I could use some confidence.

    This production release is, to be generous, a “public beta” imposed on users without the technical skill, knowledge, or desire to participate in a beta program. But worse, it has been imposed by a development team ill-equipped to manage a public beta of this magnitude.  

    Of course, I’m being too generous.  The real production release (v. 16.1) is unavailable to all but the most sophisticated users.  And even then, it is not available to be used by these users on purchases of additional Sonos hardware.

    Please tell me what’s wrong with my assessment.

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