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April 23, 2024
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The new Sonos Mobile App & Web App

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  • April 23, 2024
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The new Sonos Mobile App & Web App

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.

 

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 new Web 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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1674 replies

Lyricist I
May 28, 2024

The app seems to be a joke. Slow, incomplete…

what’s happening ?

Lyricist I
May 28, 2024

The recent app update has caused numerous issues and created a frustrating situation when the app is non-responsive and seems to have a mind of its own. 

Sonos really needs to get this fixed.  

Lyricist I
May 28, 2024

The new app is useless. I’ve been a Sonos fan from the very beginning. Many of my friends and family have Sonos based on my recommendation. I no longer can listen to music.  It takes forever to discover my network..usually after a few attempts. Finding and getting music to play is a hassle. God forbid I need to adjust the volume.

I streamed on Sonos every day for years and just went up in my attic to pull out some old Bluetooth speakers so I could at least listen on my porch.

 

I am so frustrated and disappointed. I hope a solution is implemented fast. I don’t understand not rolling it back or making a downgrade to the old app an option.

Lyricist III
May 28, 2024

It is so clear that Sonos has prioritized revenue-generating opportunities, i.e. getting a percentage from Spotify and hundreds of other streaming services, while basically saying “f*** off” to users such as me, who have built music libraries and would like to listen to them over Sonos’ system.  It’s business, and we all get that, but how do you create a major software update that leaves out such core functionality?  We’ll set aside for now how ugly and hard to navigate the new mobile app is… but if anyone knows a quick way to change artist, song or album from within the list of rooms/devices, I’d really appreciate it.  

 

And Sonos… come on, you can do better.  Like helping all the users who can’t access their personal libraries a little sooner than sometime in mid-June!

Moderator Note: Modified in accordance with the Community Code of Conduct.

Contributor II
May 28, 2024

Under no circumstances should my speaker system be accessible from the web.  This is a MASSIVE security breach waiting to happen.

 

How do I shut this down for my system?

Lyricist I
May 29, 2024

I have never seen an app that is so bad. What happened to Sonos.  Nothing works - it is so confusing - I am going to buy APPLE and move on.  You say you are open til 9pm et - well where are you?? Useless!

Prodigy III
May 29, 2024

Under no circumstances should my speaker system be accessible from the web.  This is a MASSIVE security breach waiting to happen.


Yes, if you’re not careful, the North Koreans will be adding Dua Lipa to your Sonos Favourites.

garfieldairlines
May 29, 2024

Under no circumstances should my speaker system be accessible from the web.  This is a MASSIVE security breach waiting to happen.


Yes, if you’re not careful, the North Koreans will be adding Dua Lipa to your Sonos Favourites.

This is my network and it is my right to say what or who is allowed to access what (or not) online.

I never agreed to have the controls of my sound system online when I bought my pair of Sonos speakers… A lot of companies need to learn what “consent” means again.

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Lyricist II
May 29, 2024

This company is a joke. After the last update, tuning still doesn’t work for arc gen3 sub and 2x era 300!!

May 29, 2024

Under no circumstances should my speaker system be accessible from the web.  This is a MASSIVE security breach waiting to happen.


Yes, if you’re not careful, the North Koreans will be adding Dua Lipa to your Sonos Favourites.

This is my network and it is my right to say what or who is allowed to access what (or not) online.

I never agreed to have the controls of my sound system online when I bought my pair of Sonos speakers… A lot of companies need to learn what “consent” means again.