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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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JRSmith42

Lyricist 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.

Same here. 🙄

JackRabbit

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.

Same here. 🙄

Yesterday’s update seems to have fixed this. At least it did here. iOS 87.00.37 and Android 87.00.38

JRSmith42

Lyricist 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.

Same here. 🙄

Yesterday’s update seems to have fixed this. At least it did here. iOS 87.00.37 and Android 87.00.38

Looks like you are correct. I didn’t have that update; thanks for the info.

JackRabbit

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Richard W Joyner

Contributor I

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.

Happened to me as well. Had to close and open the app two times to get it back 😏

R

Richard W Joyner

Contributor I

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.

Happened to me as well. I had to close and open the app twice to get it back.

Airgetlam

Did you see @kdowling ’s post? Did you update a second time, the next day, when they apparently released a ‘fix’ for this issue?

Bruce

MoPac

Headliner III

I did see the new update. This time I didn’t have to dig it up in the App Store.

Airgetlam

Sorry, I was speaking to @Richard W Joyner , but did the update resolve the issue for you? I didn’t experience it on my iOS devices, so I’m not 100% certain whether it was ‘fixed’ or not. Would appreciate feedback from you, though.

Bruce

JRSmith42

Lyricist III

Sorry, I was speaking to @Richard W Joyner , but did the update resolve the issue for you? I didn’t experience it on my iOS devices, so I’m not 100% certain whether it was ‘fixed’ or not. Would appreciate feedback from you, though.

Latest update seems to have fixed it.

JackRabbit

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Parsnip62

Enthusiast II

Credit where it is due. This is an improvement.

Let's see what else is planned.

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