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  • Lyricist I
  • 2 replies
  • May 31, 2024

Please give me the opportunity to switch back to the old S2 app!!!
 

It is not only the missing basic features of creating and mutating personal playlists but the overall performance is terrible. I read this in the statement from Sonos: “For its initial rollout, we focused on how we could answer some of the most common requests from our customers, including increased reliability, performance, and faster access to music.” Non of this is achieved!!!

Not to speak of the advertisement banner in the app (the only feature in the new app that seems to work well somehow) and the spam in the mailbox about all kind of new very expensive products!
 

I am seriously considering to purchase a Denon DNP-2000NE and put all my SONOS components for sale on eBay.


  • 0 replies
  • May 31, 2024

I need ton say that I'm getting OK.

Yesterday I bought a Sonos Roam (1 gen). The connection process to the new app went well.

 

Today I have:

2 Play:1

2 Sonos Era 100

1 Sonos Roam

 

 

Everything works OK. I miss the sleep-timer, I don't think my library on my PC works yet (but it do through PLEX). However this seems to be fixed in mid-june. I also miss a shortcut to the EQ.

 

My services in the system are:

 

TIDAL

myTuner Radio (had to add it through my PC)

RadioPlay (had to add it through my PC)

PLEX 

iBroadcast

Spotify

Sveriges Radio (Swedish public Broadcasting)

 

... Everything works fine except "myTuner Radio" and "RadioPlay" that was impossible to add in the new app but it was possible in the Windows PC App... Everything else works fine.

 

 


jgatie
  • 27625 replies
  • May 31, 2024
Spaxen wrote:

I need ton say that I'm getting OK.

Yesterday I bought a Sonos Roam (1 gen). The connection process to the new app went well.

 

Today I have:

2 Play:1

2 Sonos Era 100

1 Sonos Roam

 

 

Everything works OK. I miss the sleep-timer, I don't think my library on my PC works yet (but it do through PLEX). However this seems to be fixed in mid-june. I also miss a shortcut to the EQ.

 

My services in the system are:

 

TIDAL

myTuner Radio (had to add it through my PC)

RadioPlay (had to add it through my PC)

PLEX 

iBroadcast

Spotify

Sveriges Radio (Swedish public Broadcasting)

 

... Everything works fine except "myTuner Radio" and "RadioPlay" that was impossible to add in the new app but it was possible in the Windows PC App... Everything else works fine.

 

 

 

Thanks for actual feedback in the feedback thread!


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  • Headliner I
  • 99 replies
  • May 31, 2024
jgatie wrote:
Spaxen wrote:

I need ton say that I'm getting OK.

Yesterday I bought a Sonos Roam (1 gen). The connection process to the new app went well.

 

Today I have:

2 Play:1

2 Sonos Era 100

1 Sonos Roam

 

 

Everything works OK. I miss the sleep-timer, I don't think my library on my PC works yet (but it do through PLEX). However this seems to be fixed in mid-june. I also miss a shortcut to the EQ.

 

My services in the system are:

 

TIDAL

myTuner Radio (had to add it through my PC)

RadioPlay (had to add it through my PC)

PLEX 

iBroadcast

Spotify

Sveriges Radio (Swedish public Broadcasting)

 

... Everything works fine except "myTuner Radio" and "RadioPlay" that was impossible to add in the new app but it was possible in the Windows PC App... Everything else works fine.

 

 

 

Thanks for actual feedback in the feedback thread!

Is there a good tutorial on adding my music library to my Plex account, and another to add Plex to Sonos? 


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  • Trending Lyricist I
  • 12 replies
  • May 31, 2024

I am struggling to find the words to explain my issue and have searched and searched on all the likely terms.

 

So, the “panel” at the bottom of the new app. It always defaults to one set of speakers. I can, with some trial and error, switch outputs from the screen “below” the panel. And back out of that screen, with some more trial and error I can switch sources. But the app then defaults back to the wrong speakers. So, I’m then forced to fiddle with things again and select/deselect speakers until finally I have the source I want on the speakers I want. 
 

Is this a known issue and what’s it called? It is extremely frustrating. Today’s update made it worse if anything. 


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  • Prodigy I
  • 485 replies
  • May 31, 2024

I see this many times every day in the new app. Is it the new Sonos company slogan?

 


jgatie
  • 27625 replies
  • May 31, 2024
Dcgman#1 wrote:

Is there a good tutorial on adding my music library to my Plex account, and another to add Plex to Sonos? 

 

Don’t know about the first, here’s the second:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/services/plex


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  • Enthusiast I
  • 27 replies
  • May 31, 2024

Moderators keep deleting my posts. Truth hurts, doesn’t it Sonos?  You’ve lost all credibility. Even if you now rolled out the best app known to humans, I will never spend another penny with you based on the way you are treating your customers


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  • Trending Lyricist I
  • 13 replies
  • May 31, 2024

@boardmomkey I have had this exact problem intermittently as well.


jgatie
  • 27625 replies
  • May 31, 2024
Hatetheapp wrote:

Moderators keep deleting my posts. Truth hurts, doesn’t it Sonos?  You’ve lost all credibility. Even if you now rolled out the best app known to humans, I will never spend another penny with you based on the way you are treating your customers

 

If you are never going to spend another penny with Sonos, why should they care what you think?


  • Lyricist II
  • 4 replies
  • May 31, 2024

Slow, loses connections, loses devices

SLOW, errors out that there is no system

 

 


  • Lyricist I
  • 3 replies
  • May 31, 2024

Amazon Music ::  Search for an artist.  Select their top songs.  Why do I have to play them one at a time?

Where did the “▶️” Play button go for the whole list of top songs.  it’s not fun when the music stops and you have to go back to the app and then play another song one by one by one………………………

Can we just revert back to the old app?


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  • Prominent Collaborator II
  • 113 replies
  • May 31, 2024
lape0341 wrote:

Amazon Music ::  Search for an artist.  Select their top songs.  Why do I have to play them one at a time?

Where did the “▶️” Play button go for the whole list of top songs.  it’s not fun when the music stops and you have to go back to the app and then play another song one by one by one………………………

Can we just revert back to the old app?

I was literally going to post the same thing. I played the entire list of “Top Songs” from various artists in Amazon Music in the old app pretty frequently. I have been trying to do so today but it’s clear that option is now gone. I have to select each song manually to play them one at a time. Ridiculous. 


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  • Enthusiast I
  • 27 replies
  • May 31, 2024

15 minutes to search for an artist. When the services finally appeared, the station wouldn’t play. I hit the play button over and over, but nothing happened. 
 

The moderators keep sending me private emails saying they’ve deleted my posts. I guess my feedback isn’t welcome and I hurt their feelings. Really highlights that Sonos doesn’t care about their customers. 


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  • Enthusiast I
  • 27 replies
  • May 31, 2024
jgatie wrote:
Hatetheapp wrote:

Moderators keep deleting my posts. Truth hurts, doesn’t it Sonos?  You’ve lost all credibility. Even if you now rolled out the best app known to humans, I will never spend another penny with you based on the way you are treating your customers

 

If you are never going to spend another penny with Sonos, why should they care what you think?

What a great question. Hmmmmm let’s see, maybe customer service for  someone that is in for $20k in their products?  Too much to ask?  


AjTrek1
  • 6542 replies
  • June 1, 2024

@lape0341

Do the following:

  1. Select Amazon Music
  2. Search Artist
  3. Select Artist
  4. Select Top Songs
  5. Select Three Dots to Right of Top Songs (…)
  6. Pin Collection To Home
  7. Go To Home
  8. Under Sonos Favorites Find Top Songs for Artist Selected
  9. Tap To Play
  10. Optional: Select Cross Fade to Play Song’s in Random Order

 


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  • Enthusiast I
  • 27 replies
  • June 1, 2024
AjTrek1 wrote:

@lape0341

Do the following:

  1. Select Amazon Music
  2. Search Artist
  3. Select Artist
  4. Select Top Songs
  5. Select Three Dots to Right of Top Songs (…)
  6. Pin Collection To Home
  7. Go To Home
  8. Under Sonos Favorites Find Top Songs for Artist Selected
  9. Tap To Play
  10. Optional: Select Cross Fade to Play Song’s in Random Order

 

Thank you. I’ll give it a try. 


  • Lyricist I
  • 1 reply
  • June 1, 2024

The app is so bad I was moved to create an account in the community to post here… “This app is so bad I am considering different products from a competitor. Do better Sonos. Perhaps next time beta (more beta than you did) or trial the app with more active users who provide tangible feedback. LISTEN TO YOUR BEST CUSTOMERS!”


jgatie
  • 27625 replies
  • June 1, 2024
Hatetheapp wrote:

What a great question. Hmmmmm let’s see, maybe customer service for  someone that is in for $20k in their products?  Too much to ask?  

 

They ‘ve already got your money, and you are doing nothing at all to get them any more in the future.  Matter of fact, it seems you are meaning to bash them at every turn.  Personally, I’d cull you out and ignore you, knowing you will eventually go away (or show yourself to be nothing but an outlier). 

And $20k in products, even if you bought all Sonos Arcs, is 32 total (and nobody buys 32 Arcs).  The most a Sonos system can support is 32.  Like to try again?  


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  • Prodigy II
  • 424 replies
  • June 1, 2024
jgatie wrote:
Hatetheapp wrote:

What a great question. Hmmmmm let’s see, maybe customer service for  someone that is in for $20k in their products?  Too much to ask?  

 

They ‘ve already got your money, and you are doing nothing at all to get them any more in the future.  Matter of fact, it seems you are meaning to bash them at every turn.  Personally, I’d cull you out and ignore you, knowing you will eventually go away (or show yourself to be nothing but an outlier). 

And $20k in products, even if you bought all Sonos Arcs, is 32 total (and nobody buys 32 Arcs).  The most a Sonos system can support is 32.  Like to try again?  

 

You know what currency he is talking about because the aussie dollar is really low right now? Haven’t done the maths myself but the aussie is only .65 .66 right now?


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  • Prodigy II
  • 424 replies
  • June 1, 2024
jgatie wrote:
Silverthorn wrote:

 

You know what currency he is talking about because the aussie dollar is really low right now? Haven’t done the maths myself but the aussie is only .65 .66 right now?

 

I’ve no idea really.  I’m just having a little fun with an obvious troll.

 

This is a pretty appalling situation I’d be wary of throwing the troll word around. People have good reason to be upset. I’m not happy but I can still queue up an album, my brother that got interested after I bought my Playbase is not so lucky. He not only bought a lot of stuff but upgraded a little while back. Not sure if he got sorted yet.


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  • Prodigy II
  • 424 replies
  • June 1, 2024

Seems my iPad app can’t see the recently played from my android phone app. That’s odd. Would’ve thought that was on the speakers.


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  • Enthusiast I
  • 16 replies
  • June 1, 2024

Thought I’d give an update on my Sonos Exit

2 eras cancelled from buying  

arc. Sold

sub. Sold

2 x ikea lamps used as rears. Sold

Sonos Move. Sold

 

still have one move and a roam to go. 

 


  • Lyricist III
  • 7 replies
  • June 1, 2024

The most efficient approach would be to rollback to the „old“ SONOS App (was not ideal, but much better then the new one), then do proper design (hire new UI designers), development and QA and only then launch the new App. Otherwise SONOS will continue to make the clients very unhappy - without the sleep timer the App is pretty useless for me and there are other known bugs, problems. The main issue is however that the design is terrible, not ergonomic, cumbersome, not intuitive… this new App will be never accepted by the community, sorry…


The new app simply does not work. Switching to blue tooth means the app takes forever to connect my system and use. It also causes mobile battery drain. 

Please provide

1. Option to use old app

2. Option to switch back from Bluetooth to wi-fi 

3. Offer a Sonos remote control or very simple and fast control app

4. Automatic speaker detection per source, like when the TV starts the Sonos audio works. This is not the case when I play a record or other source. 

Immediately to solve the day to day use of my system and not consider replacing everything, PLEASE make the old app and option again.

 


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