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Your app is useless even after a hard reset from your roadmap.

  • September 20, 2026
  • 11 replies
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Why do you make it so hard?

With two taps I should be able to change the input of a specific group of speakers. 
With three taps I should be able to add/remove speakers from a group.

Instead I find myself using OTHER APPS to control media and absolutely ignoring the Sonos app because I can’t figure out how the [hell] it’s supposed to work. I’m paying a premium to buy your speakers and honestly using the hardware buttons over the software to control most aspects. 
 

What speakers even is this group?

 

How am I supposed to be able to change what speakers this input is connected to?? This is useless. 

 

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11 replies

  • September 20, 2026

I think the easiest way to do this is to first select the room/group where you want to play. Then go back to the home screen and select Line-In as the source.

This describes the process: Use Line-In on Sonos

I have my turntable as line-in on a Port and have it set to auto play to the family room stereo pair of Ones. I really don’t think about selecting line-in anymore. It is kinda confusing, I agree.


Stanley_4
  • Grand Maestro
  • September 20, 2026

Using the factory reset to cure almost any problem is counterproductive and causes nothing but unnecessary work and accomplishes nothing but erasing valuable diagnostic data Sonos support could use to help solve issues.

If you are frustrated with Sonos you should contact them directly, this is a user to user forum with limited official presence.

 


  • Contributor I
  • September 20, 2026

They need to get WIIM to write a new interface for them… 


User117655
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  • Prodigy II
  • September 20, 2026

Those screenshots don't look eight - no speaker icon for grouping for a start, you using the current app or does iOS exclude this feature:

 


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  • Senior Virtuoso
  • September 20, 2026

Why do you make it so hard?

 

 

 

Since you feel so strongly about the UI, I’m sure you’ll be contributing your ideas, ​@chiefthrill


Do especially read “Request Line is Open” 


  • Contributor I
  • September 21, 2026

The software for the program has been way to slow to evolve, and the early releases were completely non intuitive to find anything. It needs to be simplified like the WIIM interface. Sonos needs to add an equalizer (10 band) and it should come with presets loudness, Rock, Acoustic, Classical, Jazz,etc that you can customize. Each streaming app should also remember the prior equalizer settings if set. Need to have a SONOS version for LINUX please. Sound Sources should be in one section with a search and point and click and allow favorites. Sonos speaker sound is good but it does not touch my 2.1 Audiophile system for real sound presentation and stage and L and R sounds. Hope this helps for what to add in future releases. Oh one final is lets of bugs with the updates and techs do a good job but I have found to simply hit the reset button and you can set it backup quickly.


106rallye
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  • September 21, 2026

Sorry, but I do not agree Sonos needs an equalizer and different presets. A Sonos system is not a gettoblaster from the eighties. Sonos is about ease of use, not about tinkering. The system has Trueplay to adapt to its surroundings.


  • Contributor I
  • September 21, 2026

Fine then do not use and leave it flat… Which depending on what I listen to I do,  Cost of EQ to add is minimal vs just treble and bass, sorry you feel it an EQ =’s a Getto Blaster...


jgatie
  • September 21, 2026

One really has to wonder why someone is still here complaining about something they supposedly moved on from:

 

 

All done with Sonos after many years a big letdown on the software side and have moved to WIIM. Am much happier, Sonos has become stagnant and lacks any meaningful software updates.


106rallye
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  • September 21, 2026

Fine then do not use and leave it flat… Which depending on what I listen to I do,  Cost of EQ to add is minimal vs just treble and bass, sorry you feel it an EQ =’s a Getto Blaster...

I feel Sonos is for the set-it-up-and-leave-it-as-it-is-folks more than for people wanting to tinker every part of their system. Things like this will ad clutter to the app while not catering to Sonos’ basic customers. You may of course disagree.

 


AjTrek1
  • September 21, 2026

@chiefthrill 

I have no idea as to what your complaint is? The pic’s you posted are of a Turntable (some where in your home) connected to a Port or Sonos speaker. It’s not a “Group”. So what speaker are you trying to send Turntable audio to?