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The new Sonos Mobile App & Web App

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April 23, 2024
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Today we are introducing the most extensive app redesign ever, creating an unprecedented streaming experience that allows listeners to organize their favorite playlists, stations, albums and more from over 100 services on one customizable Home screen.

The new Home screen provides faster access to Sonos system controls with one easy swipe up, making tab to tab jumping a thing of the past. As a leader in sound experience that’s focused on creating a better way to listen, Sonos intentionally redesigned the app on a modern software platform for an easier, faster and better experience that can support more rapid innovation.

The reimagined app supports all existing S2 products and will be available globally through a software update for the S2 mobile app.

100+ streaming services, one Home screen

The redesigned Sonos app prioritizes a listening experience that’s human - allowing you to bring your true favorites front and center and giving you more control to make your streaming experience your own.

Get into your music (and off the app) faster: No need to tap between tabs — the new Home screen serves up all your favorite content and controls, all in one place. Quickly jump back into your recently played, browse libraries and recommendations from your preferred services, and fill your home with music and all the sounds you love.
Customize and curate: Enjoy unparalleled curation by designing your Home screen to reflect how you listen. Pin rows of your favorite content and services; then move, edit, or rearrange them to your liking.
Search every streaming library: Look for an artist, song, podcast, or audiobook across all your preferred streaming apps at once via an easy-to-use search bar that’s always available right on your Home screen.
Elevated system control: Swipe up from the bottom of your Home screen to seamlessly control your entire system and access a visual overview of what’s playing on each of your products, quickly group speakers, and dial in on the perfect volume from anywhere in the app.

Accessible from any modern web browser, a brand new web app allows listeners the same seamless system control as the mobile app.

The Web App will be available alongside the redesigned mobile app on May 7, 2024.

Want to find out more about the new Sonos App? Have a look at the Info Hub section of the community for a complete rundown of the new user interface.

Here you can find the full press release.

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Sliwik

Lyricist III

With 80.00.08 app, I can now add / modify Alarms but they are not triggered at the said time either with Sonos Chime or Playlist.

Has anyone met the same issue ?

Ken_Griffiths

Hasn’t Sonos speakers always been exposed to the internet - how else do the online streaming music services get to play their audio to them?

Streaming a song is different than exposing your system to the internet with only password protection. They didn’t warn anyone. You can’t turn it off. They don’t support MFA which tbh is a big oversight.

I’m all for improved security like the next person, but even most WiFi networks are just protected with a (broadcasted) SSID name and password only too - so I’m not going to lose sleep over access using the SMAPi - it’s been in situ for a long time anyway. If someone gets in and begins playback on my devices, before changing my credentials, I will of course checkout their taste in music. Two-PWA is fine - I’d be happy to authorise on my device, but I think I might soon get fed up and switch it off if I’m regularly accessing my setup from a PC, using the Web App.

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jay house

Avid Contributor III

The point for me really here is that a web app is an ok idea, if for some reason you have a device that you can’t install the proper controller app on, but there’s still only a need for it to run on your local network. Why expose it on the internet and have it running in the cloud. I can’t think of a single use case where I’d want to control the music in my house when I’m not there to hear it so why introduce the security risk?

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HenriR NL

Enthusiast II

The point for me really here is that a web app is an ok idea, if for some reason you have a device that you can’t install the proper controller app on, but there’s still only a need for it to run on your local network. Why expose it on the internet and have it running in the cloud. I can’t think of a single use case where I’d want to control the music in my house when I’m not there to hear it so why introduce the security risk?

Sonos people think of everything: they want to make it possible for you to put some music on at home when you are in Ouagadougou so that you can calm down the dog, cat, fish or … kid you mistakenly left behind.

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jay house

Avid Contributor III

The point for me really here is that a web app is an ok idea, if for some reason you have a device that you can’t install the proper controller app on, but there’s still only a need for it to run on your local network. Why expose it on the internet and have it running in the cloud. I can’t think of a single use case where I’d want to control the music in my house when I’m not there to hear it so why introduce the security risk?

Sonos people think of everything: they want to make it possible for you to put some music on at home when you are in Ouagadougou so that you can calm down the dog, cat, fish or … kid you mistakenly left behind.

Ha ha. Another use case I thought of was that you throw a party in your house then decide not to attend yourself but still insist that your guests listen to the music you choose.

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paulwa

Lyricist III

I have a fairly locked down work laptop, which blocks the Windows desktop controller, or at least sets my home “private” network to “public”, blocking some connections. The new web app gets around this nicely.

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jlaviolet

Trending Lyricist I

Well, after spending over an hour with the Sonos chat people last night about my Roam not connecting issue and them telling me it’s a modem issue and to call them tomorrow, I see that my Roam is connected this morning but only if I click the speaker in the “now playing” and then clicking view my system. On that screen I have all my speakers and the Roam is connected and working. The only issue is I can’t group speakers… lol

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jlaviolet

Trending Lyricist I

And this is after insisting with them that this started with the new app.

Ken_Griffiths

Well, after spending over an hour with the Sonos chat people last night about my Roam not connecting issue and them telling me it’s a modem issue and to call them tomorrow, I see that my Roam is connected this morning but only if I click the speaker in the “now playing” and then clicking view my system. On that screen I have all my speakers and the Roam is connected and working. The only issue is I can’t group speakers… lol

Choose any room in the slide-up ‘room-selector’ screen to first set a room as the Group co-ordinator and then either…

Select the speakers icon next to the play/pause button to see the ‘group rooms’ screen
Whilst in a rooms ‘Now Playing’ screen select the bottom centre ‘speakers’ icon to popup the group-rooms screen.

Then select rooms to group and select their volume level etc. See below screenshot (example) from my iPad Sonos controller App. YMMV slightly.

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Sliwik

Lyricist III

With 80.00.08 app, I can now add / modify Alarms but they are not triggered at the said time either with Sonos Chime or Playlist.

Has anyone met the same issue ?

I just realized that the Alarm is triggered 1h later than the set time… Alarm set at 7am → it rings at 8am :(

I got the support over phone and they confirmed that it is a known issue that will be resolved (hopefully) with next app/firmware release

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