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April 23, 2024
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The new Sonos Mobile App & Web App

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  • April 23, 2024
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The new Sonos Mobile App & Web App

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.

 

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 new Web 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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1674 replies

Trending Lyricist I
May 24, 2024

Today Winner is….

Since yesterday it has been impossible to connect to Deezer, only the search results work, but no access to music and services.

Obviously with the old S1 combined with the old Play5 (gen1) from the same devices and the same network everything works perfectly.

Fai una cosa e ne sbagli due.

Lyricist I
May 24, 2024

Why doesn’t everybody take a breath and hold off until the app is released before panicking? 

This didn’t age well. The naysayers were 100% correct and quite prescient--this app update is the single worst move Sonos has ever made, and unless they undo it completely, it could potentially be the end of the company.

Contributor II
May 24, 2024

I just want to congratulate you for letting designers\developers who never used Sonos before completely ruin my Sonos ecosystem.

Amazingly bold move.

Lyricist I
May 24, 2024

Since I first bought a ZP100 in 2005? What blew me away about Sonos was the queue.  The library was mostly local then, but as streaming came to be, the queue still did everything it could do with local files.  i moved to streaming completely 10 years ago, mostly Spotify, but the ability to mix in Apple has been handy, and the queue never cared.  Spotify Top Tracks for each artist is a great way to dump 10 or 20 songs into the queue and shuffle, throw in another artist or two, and bam, all night music list. 

 

Sitting around a Firepit passing the controller (in the old days) and the phone today, asking each person to dump their favorite song from high school into the queue without showing anyone.  

 

A playlist is providing mellow dinner music but someone recalls a concert they went to, and throw in an REM song as a Play Next to everyone’s delight.

 

The queue management functions (add, play now, play next) need to be high on the recovery list.  

jgatie
May 24, 2024

 

 

The queue management functions (add, play now, play next) need to be high on the recovery list.  

 

Queue functions are slated to be fixed in early June.

Lyricist I
May 24, 2024
Priorities

No Recently Played, No Playlists - BUT got the ad for Sonos Ace.  Certainly shows what is important to Sonos Execs.

Contributor I
May 24, 2024

I just want my old playlist from my NAS to work again, took me weeks to sort it and feel demoralised.

I can live with updates just as I have friends round for dinner and all the other quirks that detract from the overall experience.

But! the latest app update leaves me speechless.

NAS playlist. still on favourites but when I view and try to play it it just skips the current playlist from Spotify track for track. something seriously wrong.

10 second delay when skipping tracks?

there are more but I've waisted enough time on this post already 

sort new update ASAP

Pleeeease

 

Lee

 

Lyricist I
May 24, 2024

Can we add quick EQ settings back on the volume slider?

Enthusiast II
May 24, 2024

Just received mail from sonos 

We love listening - especially to our customers. If you have a minute, we'd love to hear about your Sonos experience.

 

Enjoyed telling them - well it was a chance to let off some of the steam that has built up since new app release.

 

Nice to know they value customer input - not much evidence of that recently. Have a good weekend!

Renowned Enthusiast I
May 24, 2024

The new Web App.

WHY?

JUST WHY??

How about fixing the Controller apps first, rather than waste programming resources on a new project which, as a long-term user, I can see no reason for.

Please, just GIVE US OUR BASIC FUNCTIONALITY BACK!