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The new Sonos Mobile App & Web App

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Today we are introducing the most extensive app redesign ever, creating an unprecedented streaming experience that allows listeners to organize their favorite playlists, stations, albums and more from over 100 services on one customizable Home screen.

The new Home screen provides faster access to Sonos system controls with one easy swipe up, making tab to tab jumping a thing of the past. As a leader in sound experience that’s focused on creating a better way to listen, Sonos intentionally redesigned the app on a modern software platform for an easier, faster and better experience that can support more rapid innovation.

The reimagined app supports all existing S2 products and will be available globally through a software update for the S2 mobile app.

100+ streaming services, one Home screen

The redesigned Sonos app prioritizes a listening experience that’s human - allowing you to bring your true favorites front and center and giving you more control to make your streaming experience your own.

Get into your music (and off the app) faster: No need to tap between tabs — the new Home screen serves up all your favorite content and controls, all in one place. Quickly jump back into your recently played, browse libraries and recommendations from your preferred services, and fill your home with music and all the sounds you love.
Customize and curate: Enjoy unparalleled curation by designing your Home screen to reflect how you listen. Pin rows of your favorite content and services; then move, edit, or rearrange them to your liking.
Search every streaming library: Look for an artist, song, podcast, or audiobook across all your preferred streaming apps at once via an easy-to-use search bar that’s always available right on your Home screen.
Elevated system control: Swipe up from the bottom of your Home screen to seamlessly control your entire system and access a visual overview of what’s playing on each of your products, quickly group speakers, and dial in on the perfect volume from anywhere in the app.

Accessible from any modern web browser, a brand new web app allows listeners the same seamless system control as the mobile app.

The Web App will be available alongside the redesigned mobile app on May 7, 2024.

Want to find out more about the new Sonos App? Have a look at the Info Hub section of the community for a complete rundown of the new user interface.

Here you can find the full press release.

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Airgetlam

The data being received from the speakers is the same. The UI refresh means it is being displayed to you slightly differently.

Bruce

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Kumar

Hi @Kumar

The new app is not going to affect speaker functionality - it’s a User Interface refresh for the controller. As a comparative example, you would not expect a replacement remote for your TV to affect the picture quality.

As a result, it should not be compared to the S1/S2 split - it really isn’t anything like that at all.

I hope this helps.

@Corry P

Are you able to say by way of assurance to users that no more borderline Sonos kit will go underwater as it did recently via just a S2 update, if they run an update to S2 that will move them to this new UI? As happened a few months ago because of changes to S2 that were nothing as major as the S1/S2 split?

I am sure you remember your words here of how the case of such users affected and a solution to their woes is being given the “highest priority” by Sonos. That was two months ago.

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JohnG666

Enthusiast II

This is feeling more and more like what I would term a reskin. It sounds like the UI has been completely rewritten but what we used to call the “business logic” has been left the same, so the guts of the coding that does all the work will be the same as in the S2 version.

I could be 100% wrong though 🤣

Airgetlam

No, I don’t think you are. A UI refresh is exactly that, a ‘reskin’ of the same data. Which is what Sonos appears to be doing.

Bruce

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sjw

Local Superstar

Airgetlam wrote:

No, I don’t think you are. A UI refresh is exactly that, a ‘reskin’ of the same data. Which is what Sonos appears to be doing.

How can you say it's a reskin of the same data if they're actually removing functionality - functionality that has been there since day one? It will still show the data, let you navigate and play it but not let you search for it. I imagine even you would think that's bizarre (but wouldn't say so here).

A reskin removes or adds no core functionality, but can make doing some things easier or harder depending on point of view, not remove it.

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JohnG666

Enthusiast II

Airgetlam wrote:

No, I don’t think you are. A UI refresh is exactly that, a ‘reskin’ of the same data. Which is what Sonos appears to be doing.

How can you say it's a reskin of the same data if they're actually removing functionality - functionality that has been there since day one? It will still show the data, let you navigate and play it but not let you search for it. I imagine even you would think that's bizarre (but wouldn't say so here).

A reskin removes or adds no core functionality, but can make doing some things easier or harder depending on point of view, not remove it.

With a reskin you can opt to leave out the links to those functions by not putting the menu options in the interface etc. So whilst the code might still be there to perform those functions, there’s no way for the user to select them.

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sjw

Local Superstar

Oh behave. Of course they could ‘hide’ almost anything but why would Sonos deliberately antagonise customers by hiding functionality they use and keep the code?

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JohnG666

Enthusiast II

Oh behave. Of course they could ‘hide’ almost anything but why would Sonos deliberately antagonise customers by hiding functionality they use and keep the code?

I’m just saying how it could happen. I’m not condoning it or saying this is what they have done.

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SleepyRobot

Trending Lyricist III

What exactly is the reasoning behind not being able to search through the personal music library? Why would you actively downgrade your product?

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Antifon

Prodigy III

What exactly is the reasoning behind not being able to search through the personal music library? Why would you actively downgrade your product?

Almost certainly the usual reason in this industry: the product is not ready, but Marketing say it must be released anyway. Searching through the personal library will be in release 2(b) - probably.

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