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rtarabour
Contributor I
October 25, 2024

can Sonos please re-enable the colume hard buttons on an iPhone?

  • October 25, 2024
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In prior releases of the Sonos iPhone application we were able to change the listening volume via the iPhone buttons.

Many other iPhone applications are able to provide this functionality, please allow the Sonos application to do the same.

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Airgetlam
Airgetlam
October 25, 2024

It’s up to Apple to allow that functionality for ‘remote control’ apps. They allow it only for audio players, which Sonos is not,  on the iOS device right now, not for remote control apps like Sonos. 

Bruce
    jgatie
    jgatie
    October 25, 2024

    As stated, Apple development rules state that volume buttons and lock screen controls can only be used by apps which are media players.  They cannot be repurposed to control 3rd party hardware like Sonos, or Apple threatens to remove them from the App Store. 

    Sonos was previously using a hack which played a silent file in the background, tricking iOS into thinking the Sonos controller was a media player.  Apple found the hack and issued a cease and desist order.

      Helmut von Dandy
      Contributor I
      October 26, 2024

      For what it’s worth, if you use AirPlay then you can use the volume buttons because the media is playing in the phone.

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