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14th July 2026 - New Sonos App & Player Updates Now Available!

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July 14, 2026
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Howdy y’all! We have a new Sonos App update releasing today and it’s a big one. This update brings the ability to try out Tab Navigation, introduces speaker/room sorting, and adds a Dynamic Volume Slider for iOS (coming soon to Android!).

*Tabs at the bottom leave so much room for activities*

This update is rolling out in phases, so it may take up to two weeks to reach your device. No action is needed - it will install automatically once it's available to you and automatic updates are enabled.

iOS users: You can check availability early by opening the App Store, tapping your account icon, and pulling down to refresh. If it's not there yet, that means the update hasn't reached your device in the rollout. It's on the way.

Tab Navigation uses a layout familiar to many of us - the buttons across the bottom of the app are now clear buttons that show what’s selected. Home, System, and Search are now easy to find and easier to see what’s selected. To enable Tab Navigation, look for Enable Improved Navigation in the Sonos App Settings.

*Toggle means you can try it out and if you don’t like it, go back*

Sort Order is here! You can now choose how your speakers show up in the Sonos app on the System tab. You can also choose to pin specific speakers to the top, or pin all your speakers in a specific custom order.

*Want to pin your most used speakers in the app? Now you can.*

We’ve got a lot of new things in this update that we’re excited to talk about. Please let us know with a reply below if you have any questions or feedback. And as usual, the technical details:

App Update details

iOS - 87.00.36

Android - 87.00.35

Player Update details

Modern Players - 96.0-78270

Legacy Players - 86.8.78270

New app features with the usual bug fixes and improved performance

Familiar tabbed navigation.
New volume interface on iOS.
Product sorting and orientation
Now Playing background colors update with album art
Swipe to delete from Sonos Favorites

Want to check out our previous or current App and Player Release Notes? We got you covered: here’s the App and Player release notes.

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kdowling

Got it on iOS and Android. I’m liking the improvements. Definitely headed in the right direction.

One thing that is already bugging me though… once you touch the new volume control on iOS, you have to wait on a time-out before the little speaker/mute icon button reappears. (left side of volume slider). You can’t hit mute (can only slide the volume all the way down), until it times-out.

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JohnG666

Enthusiast II

I have the changes on my ipad pro - the tabs are at the top of the screen and look more like long buttons, but will be an improvement for navigation definitely.

Sadly I don’t have these new changes on my Android phone yet,

MoPac

Headliner III

Maybe when using “Improved Navigation”, which I like, the Your System on top should disappear.

bockersjv

Local Superstar

I have the changes on my ipad pro - the tabs are at the top of the screen and look more like long buttons, but will be an improvement for navigation definitely.

Sadly I don’t have these new changes on my Android phone yet,

Ahh yes, there they are! Was expecting them as per the iPhone at the bottom. Thank you.

kdowling

Maybe when using “Improved Navigation”, which I like, the Your System on top should disappear.

Maybe if it’s “Your System” it should go away. But if you’ve named your system, or have set up more than one, it’s actually the name of the system you’re currently using. Then it probably shouldn’t disappear.

AjTrek1

Got it on iOS and Android. I’m liking the improvements. Definitely headed in the right direction.

One thing that is already bugging me though… once you touch the new volume control on iOS, you have to wait on a time-out before the little speaker/mute icon button reappears. (left side of volume slider). You can’t hit mute (can only slide the volume all the way down), until it times-out.

Timer? That’s interesting. I can’t comment either way at this time as I’m away visiting.

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kdowling

Got it on iOS and Android. I’m liking the improvements. Definitely headed in the right direction.

One thing that is already bugging me though… once you touch the new volume control on iOS, you have to wait on a time-out before the little speaker/mute icon button reappears. (left side of volume slider). You can’t hit mute (can only slide the volume all the way down), until it times-out.

Timer? That’s interesting. I can’t comment either way at this time as I’m away visiting.

When you touch the volume control, the slider gets slightly larger, puts a - and + at each end, and puts the level number in the right end of the bar. The - on the left end replaces the little speaker used to mute. It’s around 4 seconds after you remove your finger before the control returns to normal. Little speaker on left side, and now level number (or eq shortcut) on right side.

MoPac

Headliner III

Maybe when using “Improved Navigation”, which I like, the Your System on top should disappear.

Maybe if it’s “Your System” it should go away. But if you’ve named your system, or have set up more than one, it’s actually the name of the system you’re currently using. Then it probably shouldn’t disappear.

Problem is if Improved Navigation is Enabled the Your System, or whatever you named it, on top of the Home Screen does nothing.

User117655

Prodigy II

Sigh, I hate being at the end of the update queue, you all have fun while I keep hitting the Check for Updates button.

Me too, usually I'm right at the back of the queue as well but both firmware and Android updates available to me straight away this time…

Not wanting to rub anything in but, in my view, the changes are worth waiting for 🤓

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Rub it in, I'm leaving my controller open to the check updates page, we'll see if nagging the server helps.

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