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Andrew K
Andrew K
Sonos Staff
July 28, 2026

28th July 2026 - New Sonos App & Player Updates Now Available!

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Hey everybody! There’s a new Sonos App update available today with a few minor changes, primarily focused around the new Improved Navigation experience. 

 

I quickly want to take a moment to introduce myself. I’m Andrew, I’ve been with Sonos for over 12 years, and have been working alongside Keith, Atom, Shaun and Liz for some time now. You’ll see me around here, but feel free to reach out!

 

Alrighty, back to the update: this is a minor one and is part of our recurring update schedule. It provides bug fixes and some tactical improvements in our continued efforts to drive the Sonos App experience forward. Our new navigation experience is still available behind the ‘Enable Improved Navigation’ toggle in Settings. 

 

I want to thank everyone who’s already opted in, and invite everyone else to give it a try! We’ll continue to track usage and collect feedback, and will ship more updates and improvements before making this experience the default for all users. If you have feedback, let us know!

 

App Update Details

iOS: 87.01.7

Android: 87.01.8

 

Player Update Details

Modern Players: 96.0-79160

Legacy Players: 86.8.78270

 

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    MoPac
    MoPac
    Headliner III
    July 28, 2026

    Any info on what was refined?

      kdowling
      kdowling
      July 28, 2026

      Any info on what was refined?

      That would be nice to know. The only thing I’ve noticed is that it looks like it remembers which room was last selected. The previous update didn’t always.

        Shaun O
        Shaun O
        Sonos Staff
        July 28, 2026

        Tried the filter disable, no change. Tried a network refresh and no change.

        What finally worked (maybe with the refresh) was deleting and reinstalling the app. The toggle was there once it opened.

        Thanks for the status update and suggestions, now I just have to wait for this update to land here.

         

        Man, I was hoping that the filter was the issue. I’m sorry that you had to reinstall the app and thank you for reporting back what worked. I’ll pass this on to our team for anyone else who has issues accessing the new features!

          epie
          Trending Lyricist II
          July 28, 2026

          This update broke my Mac Controller. Running latest version of Tahoe. After update, app asks me to connect my existing system but can’t find it and just keeps saying “try again”. I can do anything else in the app on the Mac at the moment.

          Airgetlam
          Airgetlam
          July 28, 2026

          S1 or S2 system? There was an iOS update, and a firmware update that I applied, no update to my S2 system on my Mac (M1 chipset) MacOS (not web) controller, and it is running just fine, no issues whatsoever. Playing and controlling on my Sonos as we speak. 

          Have you called Sonos Support to discuss it?

          When you speak directly to the Support staff, they have tools at their disposal that will allow them to give you advice specific to your network and Sonos system.

          Bruce
          kdowling
          kdowling
          July 29, 2026

          This update broke my Mac Controller. Running latest version of Tahoe. After update, app asks me to connect my existing system but can’t find it and just keeps saying “try again”. I can do anything else in the app on the Mac at the moment.

          There was a macOS Tahoe update released yesterday. It may have messed up the local network settings, a frequent occurrence. In macOS go to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Local Network and toggle the setting for Sonos off, wait a few seconds, and then back on.

          Airgetlam
          Airgetlam
          July 29, 2026

          Interesting. I didn’t have that issue with my machine, but Apple is squirrely with that setting, wonder if it has to do with the machine.

          Bruce
          kdowling
          kdowling
          July 29, 2026

          I didn’t have it happen here this time. But it has happened before. Worth a try.

            Spunkster
            Lyricist III
            July 29, 2026

            The improved navigation is so much better! A relatively minor change to layout/navigation and the app is much easier, quicker and more intuitive to use. As someone who went through the pain of the original app update (*shudders*), we're now getting the app that should have been implemented from the start. Thanks to Sonos for acknowledging the screw up and working to resolve. 

              kdowling
              kdowling
              July 29, 2026

              Any info on what was refined?

              That would be nice to know. The only thing I’ve noticed is that it looks like it remembers which room was last selected. The previous update didn’t always.

              Well, that’s not true. It still doesn’t always remember the previous room selected in the app. Sorry for the false information.

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