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A new software update is now live!

Hey everyone! 👋

Today we released an update to both your app and players.

iOS - 80.22.33
Android - 80.22.28
Players - 85.0-65270

This update includes a few QOL features I know some of you have been waiting for so without further ado, here is what the app introduces:

Improved scrolling performance in large content lists
A-Z Scrolling for Local Music Library
In app preparations for a big Ace update!

iOS improvements:

Mute buttons in the grouping menu
Tap on a product image to access the product settings!
Bluetooth sources device names now how in the Now Playing screen

Android improvements:

Recently played swimlanes will now be hidden from the home feed if you are logged out, or a guest joins the system. (Was available for iOS but is now on Android too!)

The update will be rolled out in phases, like most updates, to ensure any small bugs are caught before it reaches everyone's devices. I will update this post once I know it has been made available on all platforms to 100% of our users.

In case you missed it, our Tech Blog discussing our improved speech enhancement for Arc Ultra is now live (part 1 and 2. Part 3 will be released tomorrow.) If you want to learn more about the work that went into improving it on Arc Ultra, head over to the Tech Blog for a deep dive by our engineers!

We would love to hear what you think about these updates. Let's chat in the comments below! 👇

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MmTt

Lyricist III

Recently Played:

“Unable to load content.”

bockersjv

Local Superstar

I’ve seen that error a few times too, not with just this release.

bockersjv

Local Superstar

One thing I’ve also noticed, and it may have been there for a while, is it not shows “Music Library” when playing content from there.

Corry P

Sonos Staff

Hi @bockersjv

One thing I’ve also noticed, and it may have been there for a while, is it not shows “Music Library” when playing content from there.

I’m not sure it ever did - there is no space for it in the compressed Now Playing bar at the bottom of the screen. There is room only for the room name, the artist name, the song name and the album name. On the full-size Now Playing screen, there is a lack of any music service logo, which kind of implies that it is the Music Library that is playing.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

Corry P

Sonos Staff

Hi @MmTt

Recently Played:

“Unable to load content.”

Sorry to hear of this issue you are having with Recently Played content being missing.

Please try force-closing the Sonos app and re-opening it. If that does not help, please try a reset of the Sonos app instead: User icon » App Preferences » Reset App.

I hope this helps.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

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MmTt

Lyricist III

Hi @MmTt

Recently Played:

“Unable to load content.”

Sorry to hear of this issue you are having with Recently Played content being missing.

Please try force-closing the Sonos app and re-opening it. If that does not help, please try a reset of the Sonos app instead: User icon » App Preferences » Reset App.

I hope this helps.

Nope, didn’t help. Should have mentioned in my post that I tried all of those things prior to posting. Also tried removing services and adding them again but the “Recently played” section still didn’t show anything recently played.

Now, a couple of hours later it works again - I guess that’s just the way the ‘new’ Sonos app is, sometimes things work and sometimes they don’t.

Corry P

Sonos Staff

Hi @MmTt

Honestly, that sounds like the app had trouble communicating with the cloud - a router reboot may have helped, if it was not already resolved.

I have seen no such issue on my own system, but if you see it again, I’d recommend the router reboot. In fact, I recommend you reboot your router several times a year whether you encounter any issues or not, Sonos or not.

I hope this helps.

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

K

Kos

Enthusiast II

Hi @Kos

Please also note that although the new functionality is contained within the latest update, you may not see any changes until we activate a flag that enables the changes - the roll-out may be controlled by this mechanism rather than the update process itself.

I hope this helps.

Well…. when is the ‘flag’? Has anyone gotten the a to z feature back now?

Kos

bockersjv

Local Superstar

Still waiting here. Intrigued as to how it will look.

R

Rhonny

Prodigy III

@Kos

The ability to add a song to a Playlist was rolled out over the space of about a week, as I recall, so your flag might not activate for a while. But it might activate in five minutes. I’d be fairly sure the moderators on here don’t know when your specific account will allow A-Z scrolling.

It hasn’t been there for the last year. Is there an emergency that requires it today?

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