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Mike H
Retired Sonos Staff
January 27, 2026
News

📲 The new Sonos App & Player Updates for late-January are Now Available! 🔊

Hey everyone!

This morning, the team is deploying an update to both the Sonos app and player firmware. This release introduces a long-requested feature and several stability fixes to keep your system running smoothly. As always, if you’d like to look at previous updates check out our App Release Notes here, as well as our System (Player) Release Notes here.

This will be another Phased Rollout, which means that the update may not get pushed to your system right away. Some iOS users update by going directly to the App Store. If you still do not see the update, try refreshing the App Store by pulling down (as if you were refreshing a page) on the Account page that shows all your pending app updates.

Note that this rollout will take approximately 2 weeks to reach all users.

 

App Update

iOS - 81.00.52

Android - 81.00.51

  • Save Queue as Playlist: You can now save your current queue as a playlist, making it easy to revisit your favorite listening moments anytime.

  • Fixed issue with slider size not changing when font set larger than medium

Player Update

  • Security Improvements

  • Player Stability Fixes

Release Notes & Support

You can find our full archive of release notes for previous updates here:

Questions or feedback? Let us know in the comments below! Our team is listening and we appreciate your input as we continue to improve the Sonos experience.

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45 replies

User117655
Prodigy II
February 2, 2026

Also something I am seeing with this release is a regular prompt to join my system which, when I do, completes OK (apparently).

On selecting 'Done' though I am returned to the 'join system' prompt until quitting and restarting the app (Android) which is then fine until the next time it thinks I need to join!

So... for this release, for me, 1 Fixed, 1 Broken and 1 Missing (still).

Renowned Enthusiast II
February 2, 2026

​@MarqsM Just (last hour or so) got the save playlist option turned on but still no library indexing options that I can see anywhere... so I have caught up with you and you are not alone!

My save playlist option also updated today and is now available on all my devices.

Enthusiast II
February 2, 2026

Hallelujah…. my ‘three dots’ have now appeared on all devices today.  So after a mere 20 month wait I can once again save the queue as a new playlist.  Still seems bizarre to me to roll out a phased software update on a device by device basis, rather than by account.

I’ve now got my hopes raised that by October 2027 I may be able to revert back to playing the queue on a speaker after playing a radio station, without having to fire up my laptop or a third party App!

MoPac
Headliner III
February 3, 2026

 Mine finally show on my iPhone 15.  Weird that the 3 dots first showed on the older iPhone 13.

Lyricist III
February 3, 2026

Also something I am seeing with this release is a regular prompt to join my system which, when I do, completes OK (apparently).

On selecting 'Done' though I am returned to the 'join system' prompt until quitting and restarting the app (Android) which is then fine until the next time it thinks I need to join!

So... for this release, for me, 1 Fixed, 1 Broken and 1 Missing (still).

Correct. The same thing happened to me yesterday - for the first time ever. The app couldn’t join the system for several minutes. Eventually, it succeeded - after 15 minutes or so. Since then it was behaving OK. But I have no idea what it was disconnected in the first place - it had worked fine day before.

Airgetlam
February 3, 2026

That sounds a lot like a local network issue of some type. As a precaution, I’d try a network refresh, by unplugging/powering off all Sonos devices, then rebooting your router. Wait two minutes, then plug back in / power up your Sonos. Wait another two minutes, then open your controller, check and apply any updates, and test. 

Bruce
Lyricist III
February 3, 2026

Also something I am seeing with this release is a regular prompt to join my system which, when I do, completes OK (apparently).

On selecting 'Done' though I am returned to the 'join system' prompt until quitting and restarting the app (Android) which is then fine until the next time it thinks I need to join!

So... for this release, for me, 1 Fixed, 1 Broken and 1 Missing (still).

Correct. The same thing happened to me yesterday - for the first time ever. The app couldn’t join the system for several minutes. Eventually, it succeeded - after 15 minutes or so. Since then it was behaving OK. But I have no idea what it was disconnected in the first place - it had worked fine day before.

Well, I wrote too fast. This evening the Android app disconnects itself from the system and cannot “join system” again. It says “OK” but nothing happens.

 

The S1 app had been rock solid for several years. Absolutely no issues. None. This new one has been an utter joke ever since I upgraded. And mind you, I have waited approx. 5 (five!) years since it had been released before upgrading. So I cannot even imagine what it had been like in the beginning...

User117655
Prodigy II
February 3, 2026

I have done the power down route ​@Airgetlam  suggested but no difference. This happened immediately after a controlled, manual, app update (several days after the firmware) and is happening, on and off, still. No other changes... at all!

​@MarqsM have you tried quitting and restarting the app after doing a 'successful' system find (i.e. swipe up the app and relaunch it) rather than waiting? For me this is successful with app loading the system OK on the restart - I never had the patience to wait more than a minute or so after the unsuccessful 'successful' find…

(the S2 app was actually pretty good before they started the redevelopment amd it was local... what nearly 2 years ago now 😱)

Airgetlam
February 3, 2026

Then I would recommend that you submit a system diagnostic within 10 minutes of experiencing this problem, and call Sonos Support to discuss it. Don’t post the resulting diagnostic number here, Sonos’ lawyers get sensitive about GDPR, I suspect.

There may be information included in the diagnostic that will help Sonos pinpoint the issue and help you find a solution. They’re likely to see something we in the public can’t.

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
User117655
Prodigy II
February 3, 2026

​@Airgetlam good 'ol copy and paste still working well then Bruce 🤓