EXACTLY. Running S2 and ‘S3’ in parallel for a time was (and still is!) completely workable. Down the road, the S2 app could be deprecated (formally or informally).

OMG. I just installed the new sonos app, and nothing works.

For a start, I try to switch device, but it keeps going back to the previous selected device. So I seem unable to start music on a single device for now.
I tried to select all devices in the house, it worked, but the sound went on/off, so i sounded like a bad DJ switching from left to right channel over and over.

Please, I need the old version.

I think they might have for Android. When I go to the Sonos Web app on my old LG G5 and it says screen size not supported please download the app it take me to the S2 app on Google Play. 

What does the new app icon even look like?

It’s black; the old v16 app had a yellow/gold icon.

Wow - what a terrible experience. I note people are complaining about missing features. I’d just like the included features to function at a reasonable speed. It’s so slow, taking 5 to 10 seconds to respond. I’ve uninstalled it and got the previous version back from APKMirror. What on earth possessed you to put this out?

Uninstall it. Then download Sonos 16.1 from APK mirror and install that. Then you’ll be back to how you were before this debacle

Yeah I do not see that black one on the Google Play store. Only the Gold S2 app and the Black S1 app? Perhaps only released for Apple devices? 

Yeah they have pulled the android update in the UK. Thank god it sounds like an utter disaster. Beta testing must have shown up these things like searches, local libraries not being visible or found. Poor show they need to get their act together.

Genuine question: Was this app "upgrade" tested by any members of the Sonos Beta program prior to release? Obviously it doesn't look like it, but just curious to know.

I miss the behavior in the old iOS app, when you adjusted the main volume slider, it automatically brought up a screen with volume controls for all speakers. 

Did the update but only on my iPhone and not the iPad which I use most. My NAS library is working okay, thank heavens, but can’t find a way of creating a queue of songs either from my library or Apple Music, only lets you create a new queue, also can’t search for tracks from my library. 

Poor show from Sonos for letting this be released like this.

Also rather surprised that no one from Sonos has responded to any of these comments, unless I missed it amongst them all.

You’ve not experienced the new web app, have you? It makes the new mobile app feel instantaneous.

Please bring back volume level displayed in number. Only way i can find it now is by choosing to group speakers.

This is missing “search for local/network tracks” - the omission here, and the fact that this mirrors the “new” style search from the old S2 app makes me wonder if it’s ever coming back.

Lucky you , poor / dammed us …

Just bring back the s2….simple...why wait

After hunting around the new app for an hour for where to find things on the new IOS app, I finally contacted support.  They told me that some features such as sleep timer local music library (note that there is no definitive list anywhere on what was lost). They also said that these things would come back in future releases.  I asked whether these future releases were coming in week, month, or year.  They just repeated “future”.

so I guess I just have to hunt around to figure out what no longer works...hard to tell what’s just moved and what’s gone.

...I guess I’m just joining the chorus of folks saying Sonos should finish the product before releasing it.  Heavy sigh

NOTE: Tech support also told me that once you upgrade, you can never go back.  In the comments here I see folks saying there may be a workaround...but if the Sonos tech support folks don’t know it, I wonder if it’s real.

For the Sonos Port, can you please restore the ability to set the Line Out level to Fixed as described in https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/set-up-your-sonos-port

Fixed allows the Digital Out connector to pass along the decoded signal without any limiter applied

They should make the S3 optional for those who want a pretty interface.  Leave S2 for those who want something more practical. 

i’ll try this, thank you

Oh God how did it auto update on my ipad. I’ve not updated from the app store and I turned off auto update in the app itself so I don’t know what else I should have done but it has put the new version on my iPad and I’m not happy because I never wanted it.

I now find that my favourite radio stations are messed up. They display the station logo fine on my Android phone in favourites but they are not showing the station logo in the iPad new version app. This causes a problem for me because 4 of the stations start with the word “Hirschmilch” and then another word or 2 to distinguish the station, only part of the first word shows in the description and no logo displays so they all look the same - there’s no way to tell which one is which. When you select one of these stations it opens up the full screen where you can then select to play it and it displays the logo ok there.

This has ruined my day having this auto install on my iPad. Thankfully I still have the old version on my Android phone but I’m afraid that it might auto update that as well.

Like others, my mind boggles at the decision to release a Music app without queue management!

Add to that the search not including my local NAS library, plus the removal of the shortcut alphabet on the right -hand side when browsing albums, artists and tracks stored on the NAS.

This just reinforces the point others have made that we’re not really in control of our Sonos kit. We’re at the whim of Sonos and whatever hare-brained releases they put out. What a shame. Once my Sonos kit reaches its end, I’ll probably just go for some decent, reasonably priced speakers that support Airplay and then stream the locally stored music on my phone. Shame, as Sonos was for a time the best of all worlds, in terms of supporting and integrating local libraries and streaming services.

Please bring back volume level displayed in number. Only way i can find it now is by choosing to group speakers.

 

 

Yup, not just you wondering about that: https://en.community.sonos.com/product-updates/the-new-sonos-mobile-app-web-app-6891770/index12.html?postid=7737#post7737

It might be a small thing, but for me too this was always very helpful to maintain a consistent audio volume e.g. when watching movies via my Sonos Soundbar. Since the number has been removed from the main volume screen, you can just guess when changing the volume to have the same setting as your previous session.

Still wondering why on earth this has been erased with the new app!

Sorry but this new app is an absolute s*** flap. Old bugs like can’t connect on prime time still exists. Same like all the small bugs and what I don't see in your list is local music location such as NAS or folder. Who has tested this app? Even as a school project, I would have rejected it and given it a failing grade. This really can't be done Sonos!

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 Have CEO, head of R&D, head of marketing and any other involved in this disaster app already been fired (or did they chooses to resign)? Considering the total silence / lack of reaction from Sonos  it seems more and more logical….