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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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castalla

Local Superstar

Most home routers only provide SMBv1 so that will mean a purchase of a NAS device

A Raspberry Pi would be a cheaper option than a fully fledged NAS device.

Depending on how many albums, and how much time on your hands, you can always upload to IBroadcast 😏⌚

It's the courageous bee's knees - all 6 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝. - - - - - Make Sonos Great Again - - - - -

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ninjabob

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Most home routers only provide SMBv1 so that will mean a purchase of a NAS device

A Raspberry Pi would be a cheaper option than a fully fledged NAS device.

Indeed I have just configured a Pi4 with Openmediavault which allows for SMBv1 2 3 and that works well with S1 on SMBv1.

busy trying to edit the queue

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teedoubleudee1

Trending Lyricist I

How to roll back from Sonos 80 to 16.1 (Android)

From a fellow Sonos forum user, use the steps below. It worked for me and I am back to the previous version. This is for Android users. First remember to uninstall the existing Sonos app from your phone.

“Went to apkmirror.com on my phone browser, and downloaded Sonos 16.1 (arm64 v8a). Then opened the download folder and ran the install. (You may have to select the permissions on your phone to allow you to do that). Following install I turned off wi-fi and mobile data, then went to play store and selected do not automatically update apps. Then turned wi-fi and mobile data back on, then ran the app and signed in.”

UPDATE: You can keep auto updates for all apps except Sonos. Enable auto updates in the settings of the Play Store. Then search for Sonos app inside the Play Store, tap on the three dots in the top right corner, and uncheck the box for "Enable auto updates". Now just the Sonos app won't update automatically. If in the future you'll see multiple app updates available in the Play Store for the apps on your phone, remember to update them individually, and do not tap "Update All". If you update all, that will include the Sonos app, even if you disabled auto app updates for the Sonos app only.

Thanks for this. Took me a while to understand it but i got it working on mine and my wife’s android phones. Both now set to not automatic update. Incredibly, almost at once I got a message that a new version was available and encouraged me to download it! So the rubbish update is still up there waiting for unsuspecting peeps to copy it down! Words fail.

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MisterTea

Lyricist I

Genuinely one of the worst app updates I have ever seen. It made everything require more taps to do, is less intuitive, no longer allows pandora to queue music, etc. This app update alone is making me reconsider Sonos as a whole and I have been using them for the last 13 years. Please offer a Sonos classic app at least for people who don’t want this terrible update. If only I was on Android and could side load the old version.

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Bill Cason

Lyricist I

How to ruin my weekend? Use this updated app. My world of music has been crushed and yeah woke up late thanks to no alarm feature. How is this better? And I realize I am not alone, The hype about “new app coming” I assumed users had beta tested it. This “upgrade” is a major downgrade. Thankfully my JBL Bluetooth speakers were charged. My Era 300s along with my subwoofer are basically door stops.

i have to assume some fixes are on the way ,but this really is a ridiculous turn of events. Nothing about this new app seems new or improved.

Probably my last time buying anything Sonos.

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amdyhou

Enthusiast I

Paraphrasing… “Today we are going to treat all our customers like sh*t and ruin their systems and Sonos experience. We are going to take away a perfectly good app and replace it with complete rubbish which takes away most of the functionality we have advertised and upon which you made your purchase decision. We will continue to completely ignore all our customers by putting our fingers in our ears and going “la la la la la la...” We will say “so sorry so sorry” but we won’t actually do anything about it. Because we don’t care about you!

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DrQ

Lyricist I

How to roll back from Sonos 80 to 16.1 (Android)

From a fellow Sonos forum user, use the steps below. It worked for me and I am back to the previous version. This is for Android users. First remember to uninstall the existing Sonos app from your phone.

“Went to apkmirror.com on my phone browser, and downloaded Sonos 16.1 (arm64 v8a). Then opened the download folder and ran the install. (You may have to select the permissions on your phone to allow you to do that). Following install I turned off wi-fi and mobile data, then went to play store and selected do not automatically update apps. Then turned wi-fi and mobile data back on, then ran the app and signed in.”

UPDATE: You can keep auto updates for all apps except Sonos. Enable auto updates in the settings of the Play Store. Then search for Sonos app inside the Play Store, tap on the three dots in the top right corner, and uncheck the box for "Enable auto updates". Now just the Sonos app won't update automatically. If in the future you'll see multiple app updates available in the Play Store for the apps on your phone, remember to update them individually, and do not tap "Update All". If you update all, that will include the Sonos app, even if you disabled auto app updates for the Sonos app only.

Thanks for this. Took me a while to understand it but i got it working on mine and my wife’s android phones. Both now set to not automatic update. Incredibly, almost at once I got a message that a new version was available and encouraged me to download it! So the rubbish update is still up there waiting for unsuspecting peeps to copy it down! Words fail.

Wow, thank you so much! I haven’t been able to use my speakers at all with the new app. I was stuck in a continual loop of “your speakers need updating” and “your speakers are up to date”… only took a couple minutes to implement this fix, rather than the usual hours of running around and unplugging stuff and trying to figure out what’s wrong.

I’ve actively been telling people not to buy Sonos for over a year now, all because of the software. And somehow… somehow they made it even worse than it was before. At least I’m back to having 5 of 7 functioning speakers. Thanks again!!

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Marco99

Lyricist III

This new app is a big disappointment, lots of error messages, really slow and often multiple attempts to get something to play. I want to go back to the previous version 😩

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fdowsley

Lyricist I

I’m just thankful i didn’t upgrade my wife’s app too. The frustration level is high enough in the house. A comprehensive reply from the company seems essential right about yesterday.

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Strava

Lyricist I

I don’t know how to call this new app. Madness? Company suicide? Someone inside Sonos must hate its customers or the company or both.

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