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The new Sonos Mobile App & Web App

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April 23, 2024
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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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castalla

Local Superstar

Can't get current track to display as 'now playing' screen - this rubbish doesn't even qualify as a delta version.

It's the courageous bee's knees - all 6 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝. - - - - - Make Sonos Great Again - - - - -

Ken_Griffiths

Can't get current track to display as 'now playing' screen - this rubbish doesn't even qualify as a delta version.

The ‘Web App’ doesn’t have a full ‘now playing’ screen - I only see one in the Sonos App. I guess this would have to go forward as a feature request. Anyhow, it’s +1 from me.

The Web App is very basic and for most part and is just a ‘remote’ App interface for basic playback functionality. Its not clear if Sonos intend to extend that functionality either, as clearly the main-user market is more towards mobile users and the phone/tablet controller devices.

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Sam_5

Enthusiast I

It’ll be interesting to see how the AMA goes next week!

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caesar327

Prodigy I

Marco -- it is after 1 PM in California, and I don’t see this update anywhere. The app says “no update required” when I check. And a search in the App Store on my iPhone shows the same App I already have. When is it released on the west coast?

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furacaopr

Prodigy III

It’ll be interesting to see how the AMA goes next week!

Save the Date, everyone. Let's express our feedback 😒

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castalla

Local Superstar

Can't get current track to display as 'now playing' screen - this rubbish doesn't even qualify as a delta version.

The ‘Web App’ doesn’t have a full ‘now playing’ screen - I only see one in the Sonos App. I guess this would have to go forward as a feature request. Anyhow, it’s +1 from me.

The Web App is very basic and for most part and is just a ‘remote’ App interface for basic playback functionality. Its not clear if Sonos intend to extend that functionality either, as clearly the main-user market is more towards mobile users and the phone/tablet controller devices.

Thanks for the explanation! I'll make do with the Web app and not update the actual app. I use the Sonos speakers as LMS endpoints in most sessions, in any case. Cheers.

It's the courageous bee's knees - all 6 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝. - - - - - Make Sonos Great Again - - - - -

Mthusi

Contributor I

The new app keeps on cutting audio, and it is still slow to update videos

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Ivo_4

Trending Lyricist I

This update is terrible, I want the old app back! It is completely focused on streaming services, but many steps back if you use a local NAS with your own music.

If this is not solved soon I will sell all my Sonos equipment.

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chavster01

Lyricist III

Another thing I spotted in the web app is that if you click on the album art in the bottom corner it tries to open something but it’s just basically a blank screen, wonder what this is meant to be?

It’d also be nice for there to be a better now playing style view so things like the album art/track/album/artist stuff could be made a bit bigger as opposed to a bar at the bottom - though this isn’t too far off what places like tidal already do. (They do have playlist view scrolling through the actual playlist at the active track though).

I still maintain this is a good idea but has a long way to go before sonos can even think of it replacing the desktop apps, having all the features from them in the web app would be nice to begin with.

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Sam_5

Enthusiast I

Although this is a pretty low-priority complaint, the update also removed last.fm service from the app. This means I can no longer scrobble listens of my local music.

Just figured I’d add this to the running list of disappointing and frustrating changes/omissions that have come with this new app update.

Well, oddly, it turns out I’m my account is actually still scrobbling from my local library, despite no apparent way to enable/disable last.fm scrobbling from within the Sonos app. I guess there’s some hidden last.fm account that got carried over from the previous version (thank goodness!).

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