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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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User519801

Enthusiast II

Guys….I hope it’s a joke… they can’t be so stupid to have erased one of the best service offered…the possibility to stream a local library…again…It should be a joke… otherwise I sell everything!!

I guess not because a users local library is still there for many users - see screenshots attached from my Sonos App, just as an example, to show the new App definitely has that feature.

Yes the library is there…

…just can’t browse or search it.

making it impossible to use in practice.

when we invested in Sonos 10+ years ago it was all about making streaming music from NAS simple and straightforward to one or many speakers.

New stuff is potentially great but not at the expense of the basics. Fortunately Sonopad IOS app works great for us.

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calliopejane

Enthusiast I

Will the Windows11 Desktop application be updated?

As far as i am aware,later in time, the Desktop app will be terminated as it is replaced by the web app. But someone correct me if i'm wrong.

Which is just the final straw for me.

I am at least grateful that I know this now, so I have time to research alternate systems to SONOS. Thanks to this non-functional app, and planned future "updates" deleting more features, I'm ready to start over and shell out some money for products that won't get bricked by an all-powerful overlord.

Suggestions? Something with open-source controls maybe?

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Smithersjones

Lyricist I

It is disappointing that Sonos slashed my unwavering 100% confidence over a decade of passionate use, loyalty and promotion of your system.

Bravo, you set your app back to the 1990s. It now has the functionality and flexibility of my once innovative Sony100 disc CD player. I can no longer instantly customize what is being played, besides switching discs, shuffling it all, or skipping.

The inability to edit by adding, removing, reordering or combining the Sonos queue and Spotify playlists is an insult because this was a critical feature I loved most about your platform. I no longer see the value in your platform or system.

You can earn your phenomenal reputation back by allowing users the option to install the prior version ASAP while you clean up this senselessly self-inflicted mess. We all make mistakes, you had a good run. Now show some humility and you’re certain to get back on-track with your most loyal customers.

Thank you for allowing feedback and your attempts to correct course.

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HenriR NL

Enthusiast II

that will be fun 🤣

Quote: “(...)some of you might have questions when you have had a week to get to know the new Sonos App interface. Because of that, we want to give you all a chance to ask some of the people who were integral in its creation and design, the questions that have come to mind while you have used the app.

We are therefore happy to announce our first live Community AMA!

Our panelists will be:

Diane Roberts, Senior Director of Software Development
Kate Wojogbe, Senior Director of User Experience
Tucker Severson, Director of Product Management

It will be hosted on the 14th of May from 11:00 until 14:00 GMT -07.

If you look at the right side of this page, you can see the when the AMA happens, in your local time.”

Ken_Griffiths

Yeah it’s there for sure, just sometimes it inexplicably doesn’t show up. It shows up in Sonophone and other third party apps I’m using, just not always in the official Sonos app … because its a buggy POS imo.

and also / or beacause it takes ages for the app to react / scan whatever it has to scan to function - see for instrance how incredibly slowly it reacts to attempts at changing the volume of one (or more) speakers.

I’m not seeing the local library not show-up on my iOS controllers, but I agree with the lag on the ‘grouped’ volume sliders - but the sliders work.

It’s perhaps just a case of further optimisation is needed in this area, but these things can come later (for me, at least) as I think getting the ‘missing’ playback/queue-editing features put back in the new App is more of a priority, that’s from my own perspective.

What is clearly more important than my own ‘wants’, is for the screen-reader voice-over accessibility features to work well for those that are visually impaired. I’d really like that to be ‘top of the pile’ for the next App update as it is clear that some have highlighted that issue too.

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calliopejane

Enthusiast I

that will be fun 🤣

Quote: “(...)some of you might have questions when you have had a week to get to know the new Sonos App interface. Because of that, we want to give you all a chance to ask some of the people who were integral in its creation and design, the questions that have come to mind while you have used the app.

We are therefore happy to announce our first live Community AMA

OMG YES, can't wait 🍿👀🍿

Bumper

Yeah it’s there for sure, just sometimes it inexplicably doesn’t show up. It shows up in Sonophone and other third party apps I’m using, just not always in the official Sonos app … because its a buggy POS imo.

and also / or beacause it takes ages for the app to react / scan whatever it has to scan to function - see for instrance how incredibly slowly it reacts to attempts at changing the volume of one (or more) speakers.

I’m not seeing the local library not show-up on my iOS controllers, but I agree with the lag on the ‘grouped’ volume sliders - but the sliders work.

It’s perhaps just a case of further optimisation is needed in this area, but these things can come later (for me, at least) as I think getting the ‘missing’ playback/queue-editing features put back in the new App is more of a priority, that’s from my own perspective.

What is clearly more important than my own ‘wants’, is for the screen-reader voice-over accessibility features to work well for those that are visually impaired. I’d really like that to be ‘top of the pile’ for the next App update as it is clear that some have highlighted that issue too.

They say May 21 for Voiceover support. About the same priority as alarms. It’s still 14 days too long.

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chrisred

Lyricist III

Personally I want to:

Stream from a local file share
Be able to add a custom stream URL, which i do with the old TuneIn app that actually works well for this purpose (unlike the “new” one)

The new app takes this functionality away from the product i paid significant money for. Going to another room to use the desktop app isn’t a solution (who knows how long that will be around now anyway).

Lots of other missing features that are important to others. I thought Sonos could be trusted more than the big tech companies with similar products. Shouldn’t have spent the extra and just got cheaper Amazon speakers, lesson learnt.

I installed the old Android app, i wont be updating it until I can use the product as I can now. I wont be updating my speakers in case it breaks compatibility with the old app.

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Moon Dog

Lyricist II

To add insult to injury the app has suddenly decided that I do have a music library.

Fired up the controller on the iPhone and the library appeared phew thats good me thinks!

Fired up the Ipad and no music library, rebooted it, and just generally buggered around, cant add it as there is no option.

Was just about to give up and bingo it appeared!

There is nothing I hate more than software that is not consistent.!!

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Steady Beats

Lyricist I

Thank you to those who recommended SonoPad / SonoPhone.

Definitely worth $2 to get queue editing back. And it’s just a nice interface to use overall.

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