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.
Well, after spending over an hour with the Sonos chat people last night about my Roam not connecting issue and them telling me it’s a modem issue and to call them tomorrow, I see that my Roam is connected this morning but only if I click the speaker in the “now playing” and then clicking view my system. On that screen I have all my speakers and the Roam is connected and working. The only issue is I can’t group speakers… lol
Choose any room in the slide-up ‘room-selector’ screen to first set a room as the Group co-ordinator and then either…
Select the speakers icon next to the play/pause button to see the ‘group rooms’ screen
Whilst in a rooms ‘Now Playing’ screen select the bottom centre ‘speakers’ icon to popup the group-rooms screen.
Then select rooms to group and select their volume level etc. See below screenshot (example) from my iPad Sonos controller App. YMMV slightly.
I can group rooms together but it won’t connect to the Roam. The Roam also won’t connect as the group coordinator.
Now, if I click the speaker next to the play button, I then have the option to click “view system” which brings me all the rooms. From there, I pick the Roam. Plays fine. However, I can not add any other rooms to form a group.
Well, after spending over an hour with the Sonos chat people last night about my Roam not connecting issue and them telling me it’s a modem issue and to call them tomorrow, I see that my Roam is connected this morning but only if I click the speaker in the “now playing” and then clicking view my system. On that screen I have all my speakers and the Roam is connected and working. The only issue is I can’t group speakers… lol
Choose any room in the slide-up ‘room-selector’ screen to first set a room as the Group co-ordinator and then either…
Select the speakers icon next to the play/pause button to see the ‘group rooms’ screen
Whilst in a rooms ‘Now Playing’ screen select the bottom centre ‘speakers’ icon to popup the group-rooms screen.
Then select rooms to group and select their volume level etc. See below screenshot (example) from my iPad Sonos controller App. YMMV slightly.
I can group rooms together but it won’t connect to the Roam. The Roam also won’t connect as the group coordinator.
Now, if I click the speaker next to the play button, I then have the option to click “view system” which brings me all the rooms. From there, I pick the Roam. Plays fine. However, I can not add any other rooms to form a group.
You’ll only see “view system” after a song has been playing a few seconds.
Latest update for iPad now has alarms, but no sleep feature that I can find.
I just did a system update (using the update fintion in the new app itself) on my iPhone but still no Alarm function to be found… how did you manage?
@jlaviolet,
Is your Roam perhaps ‘isolated’ on one WiFi band and your other Sonos speakers either on SonosNet, or maybe a different WiFi band? If so, consider trying them all running on your routers 2.4Ghz WiFi band and see if that resolves the matter - if you’re perhaps unsure how to resolve that you yourself, you might be best to first reproduce the issue, then immediately submit a Sonos system diagnostic report from within the Sonos App, note it’s reference and then contact/chat with Sonos Support via this LINK to discuss the matter in detail and see what the Staff can perhaps then suggest to help you resolve the matter.
Hope you can get it sorted. 👍
Latest update for iPad now has alarms, but no sleep feature that I can find.
I just did a system update (using the update fintion in the new app itself) on my iPhone but still no Alarm function to be found… how did you manage?
I have both Android and iOS controller devices and the Alarms are now present on both those platforms.
Goto device App Store and install any new Sonos App updates.
In App itself, check for any updates and install any firmware updates (if required)]
Fully close the App (slide of screen) - it’s worth doing this twice with a short delay to ensure the App closes out of memory.
In App select ‘Settings/System’ (cog icon top right in App). Then select ‘Manage’ and all being well the Alarms will be the list on screen.
Hope that assists.
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.
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.
Hello all, since I installed the new app, the line-in imput I need to play vinyl records is not recognized anymore. Can’t play vinyls. Also, I can’t reconnect my Sonos radio, I get an error message which say that I should check my internet connection and retry later. Did it, didn’t help. Last but not least, from the new app, I can’t connect to my Sonos Stereo pair of two FIVE units. When I try to select that option I get an error message stating that there is a connection issue. When doing the same directly from another app such as Apple Music, I can connect to that pair without any problems. Anyone experiencing similar issues? Thanks 🙏🏻 a lot.
@jlaviolet,
Is your Roam perhaps ‘isolated’ on one WiFi band and your other Sonos speakers either on SonosNet, or maybe a different WiFi band? If so, consider trying them all running on your routers 2.4Ghz WiFi band and see if that resolves the matter - if you’re perhaps unsure how to resolve that you yourself, you might be best to first reproduce the issue, then immediately submit a Sonos system diagnostic report from within the Sonos App, note it’s reference and then contact/chat with Sonos Support via this LINK to discuss the matter in detail and see what the Staff can perhaps then suggest to help you resolve the matter.
Hope you can get it sorted. 👍
How do I see which Wifi is a speaker on? Thanks.
@jlaviolet,
Is your Roam perhaps ‘isolated’ on one WiFi band and your other Sonos speakers either on SonosNet, or maybe a different WiFi band? If so, consider trying them all running on your routers 2.4Ghz WiFi band and see if that resolves the matter - if you’re perhaps unsure how to resolve that you yourself, you might be best to first reproduce the issue, then immediately submit a Sonos system diagnostic report from within the Sonos App, note it’s reference and then contact/chat with Sonos Support via this LINK to discuss the matter in detail and see what the Staff can perhaps then suggest to help you resolve the matter.
Hope you can get it sorted. 👍
How do I see which Wifi is a speaker on? Thanks.
Never mind, found it. It’s on the same wifi.
Latest update for iPad now has alarms, but no sleep feature that I can find.
I just did a system update (using the update fintion in the new app itself) on my iPhone but still no Alarm function to be found… how did you manage?
Same problem here. The new system is buggy AF. But Double check your firmware is updated as well. You can try force quite the app a few times. Won’t come back for me but good luck to you
@girwil, & @Bumper,
Not sure if it might work for you, if not tried already, perhaps try signing out/in on the App in the user Account Settings. There is also an option to reset the App in "Account Settings/App Preferences” and then connect the App back to the local system.
Maybe that will resolve your issues.🤞
Does anyone notice that there is NO participation or assistance here from Sonos?
Brutal new app. No instructions, less functionality crappy look, .... why?
Sonos has their collective fingers in their collective ears going “la la la la la...: ad infinitum. I find it quite incredible that a company can show such total disdain for its customers. It’s pathetic. They have such a simple solution within a few minutes… re-provide the old app… but they refuse to do it at our expense. A sad and pathetic failure.
Thanks for making my 40,000+ song high-resolution music library and carefully curated playlists inaccessible and focusing on streaming services, SONOS!
As a serious music listener who cares about quality and pays artists for their money instead of streaming them pennies.
It’s good to know now, after 14 years and $7K invested into your hardware, that you don’t cater to serious music lisyeneers.
I agree, the New Search is nowhere near as good as the classic.
The new update makes a point of how easy and accessible the new App makes the search function.
“Search is always available at the bottom of the Home screen. Just enter the artist, genre, album, or song you want, and get a set of combined results from all your services.”…. but it does only mention Services.
Can Sonos @Marco.B@Corry P confirm is Classic search will still be available in the New App or whether local libraries are now searchable? Or can the new app be run alongside S2 and there's no immediate need to switch to the new one?
The new Sonos App won't support classic search. And the new app will replace S2, so there is no possibility to run both at the same time.
So the infohub pages say that the on-device OS isn’t changing , which would suggest local library functionality remains — unless it has been engineered out of the new app only. This is killing me — I need some clarity on this.
There are no plans to stop supporting local library shares. The functionality to add/remove shares won't be available in the new Sonos app for now, but will be added with a future update. In the meantime the desktop controller for Win/Mac can be used to add/remove shares. Shares that are added to a system can be played from the new Sonos App.
I hope this helps...
Dear Marco.B
I can’t even see my Local Library in version 80. I have no Your Sources option on the home screen. I don’t even want to Search my library. I just want to be able to browse through it and select something I fancy out of the 400 CD’s in there. (Certainly I can see it in the Desktop app, and play from it. But I rarely open my Windows PC as I don’t need to)
Why doesn’t everybody take a breath and hold off until the app is released before panicking?
This was 21 days ago. For those keeping score at home, things have not gotten better.
Thanks. To be clear then, after updating from S2 to the new version (I'm not calling it an upgrade), users can still play from a local library but will have no ability whatsoever to search from it?
For now that is correct. There is an alternative though. You can use Plex, most NAS also support it. Universal Search does support Plex.
Yabut, if you created playllists in iTunes and then exported them too XML, it’s no playlists for you, even if you have Plex (which I do).
I’ve spent 20 years creating such playlists. Sonos decided to take a blowtorch to them and to the local playlists of thousands of other serious music listeners.
I have a fairly locked down work laptop, which blocks the Windows desktop controller, or at least sets my home “private” network to “public”, blocking some connections. The new web app gets around this nicely.
But there’s zero reason for something like a command to play music on a speaker, initiated by a web browser on your network to a speaker on your network, ever leaving your network. Why would this command go via the cloud? I have a niggling feeling now that the new app does the same thing. Can anyone confirm? This would render even playing local files impossible if your internet connection went down.
Ok, just attended the AMA. How shall I put it: it was not exactly what I hoped for. A few answers not addressing the community feedback. Lots of text but not addressing the questions… I learned that we now have play.sonos.com. Just entering a username and password is sufficient to control your speakers in your home, that is gonna be fun in the nearby future with all those leaked userid’s/passwords flying around … How does this work? I’d like to block access from play.sonos.com to my network and speakers. I’v made a network trace in Wireshark but that takes a lot of time to decipher…. Anyone have a good tip?
TIA!
Sonos. Complete idiots. IQ less than an amoeba.
The CEO is squatted in a corner with his thumb in his mouth going “la la la la”…
C’mon out Patrick wherever you are! RESIGN! How could you morally and ethically remain?
Yoo hoo… Patrick? Wibble wobble!
Still stunned how incredibly bad the new app is - and how you could dare to even release such a pile of shit - having to learn that saving Radio Paradise service tunes as Sonos Favorites is impossible, it just don’t work. 🤬
Thanks. To be clear then, after updating from S2 to the new version (I'm not calling it an upgrade), users can still play from a local library but will have no ability whatsoever to search from it?
For now that is correct. There is an alternative though. You can use Plex, most NAS also support it. Universal Search does support Plex.
Yabut, if you created playllists in iTunes and then exported them too XML, it’s no playlists for you, even if you have Plex (which I do).
I’ve spent 20 years creating such playlists. Sonos decided to take a blowtorch to them and to the local playlists of thousands of other serious music listeners.
Not sure if this (below) may assist here, or not?
Convert/export the playlists in the .xml file to seoaratec .m3u playlists with UNC paths to your library structure and store them in a library folder - you can then use those.
If you use iOS, there’s an app called MusicStreamer that simplifies the export of playlists - it will even scan your local library (it takes a while) and you can create the 8.m3u playlists direct in that App too for export (which is what I prefer to do) I then take out the usual directive/extensions to keep things simple with a ‘find/replace’ text editor (albeit Sonos ignores the extensions produced anyway) and they can be used with your library tracks. They will show in the Plex Service in Sonos too aswell as any local library link. See screenshot of some of my own Plex playlists below from my own setup in the new Sonos App.
Not sure if this link (below) perhaps might help in this thread too - it explains in step-by-step detail how to create a Windows SMB 2 (or higher) shared local ‘Music Library’ which the new Sonos App supports… it’s just an alternative if maybe currently using an SMBv1 or ‘http’ share at the moment. Hope the link might prove helpful for some users:
I missed the AMA yesterday. Was anything said about the issue of large libraries and the new web app taking so long to load them?
I have a library of around 4000 albums and the new web app takes almost a full hour to load all the albums or artists when browsing my collection (and because its web based it needs to reload the library each time you restart it). Hence ion its current form, it's pretty useless beyond serving as a basic remote. This is frustrating because the desktop app is how I interact with my library while working in my home office. The current Mac app is not pretty but at least I can browse my music at a reasonable speed.
