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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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k1elec

Collaborator II

Would be nice if the group page was also in the pinned order

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B33Jay

Enthusiast II

Android app + hardware update on 15th July. A quick rollout in UK.

All good - no glitches at all. System works smoothly. Recently updated system to tri-band wifi 6, ditched wired component/boost etc. and find it very responsive.

One question - WHEN will we see hd/hi-res tags fof local library back please?

MoPac

Headliner III

IOS

I had two glitches. One where “Music Library” was missing and one where Recently Played showed Unable To Load Content. A swipe out fixed both. Has happened in the past, but very rarely.

kdowling

IOS

I had two glitches. One where “Music Library” was missing and one where Recently Played showed Unable To Load Content. A swipe out fixed both. Has happened in the past, but very rarely.

I’ve had this happen a number of times now. Music Library doesn’t show up on the home screen “Your Sources” section. Sometimes I have to close/open the app multiple times before it reappears. And when it does, it takes more time than it should.

AjTrek1

I haven’t had the opportunity to try the new app yet as I’m out of town. However, I’d like to say that while my expectations are looking for a positive experience I’m not going to rule out that there will be glitches. Some self imposed, others not fully understanding the app and that the app will never be perfect and will have issues. I‘ve come to expect that with any tech and especially apps. I wish I were part of Apple’s app dev team 😂.

Together Everyone Achieves More = T.E.A.M.

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.

But surely if your intention is to mute the volume, you’d just tap the speaker symbol to mute it, and wouldn’t need to tap the volume bar at all?

That was my intention the first time I went to mute and accidentally hit the volume slider. Not being able to hit mute, when I REALLY needed to mute, was jarring. Now that I know what happens, I’m more careful. But when you really need to mute, you are already kind of in a rush to get to it, and to have it disappear is concerning.

MoPac

Headliner III

IOS

I had two glitches. One where “Music Library” was missing and one where Recently Played showed Unable To Load Content. A swipe out fixed both. Has happened in the past, but very rarely.

I’ve had this happen a number of times now. Music Library doesn’t show up on the home screen “Your Sources” section. Sometimes I have to close/open the app multiple times before it reappears. And when it does, it takes more time than it should.

My fixes are usually after the first swipe/reopen. Usually no noticeable delay. Guess this all depends on the network. Mine is ISP provided gateway with Band Steering. No speaker connection issues; Just occasional app feature glitches.

MoPac

Headliner III

Would still like to see a queue icon on the TV audio Now Playing screen so, if I want, I can play the queue I last played before deciding to watch some TV.

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RavingDave

Enthusiast II

Would still like to see a queue icon on the TV audio Now Playing screen so, if I want, I can play the queue I last played before deciding to watch some TV.

Ditto for the Radio Now Playing screen

MoPac

Headliner III

Update concerning glitches after latest app update. I am now finding my Music Library is missing more often on the Home Screen. Need to swipe out more often. This is with IOS. Will keep an eye out to see if this becomes a regular problem.

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