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rubeo
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October 16, 2021

Airplay Password

  • October 16, 2021
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All of my Sonos speakers recently starting asking for an Airplay password even though I have the password requirement disabled in Apple’s home app. I have not been able to figure out how to disable the password prompt and can no longer use Airplay.

Anyone know how to fix?

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    Pinned Reply By So-and-so

    A bit late… but if you own an AppleTV this could be the solution

     

    ”You may be prompted for a password to stream AirPlay audio to Sonos if you have an Apple TV or an AirPlay capable TV that requires a password for AirPlay to work on your network. Go into the AirPlay settings of your Apple TV or the AirPlay capable TV and make sure “Require Password” is disabled.”

    https://support.sonos.com/s/article/1230?language=en_US

     

    Using the AppleTV AirPlay password worked for me (just in case you don’t want to disable this feature).

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    AjTrek1
    AjTrek1
    October 17, 2021

    Hi @rubeo 

    This may not be the case but it sounds like your iPhone is part of a corporate environment. If so click the link to resolve the issue.

     

     

    Together Everyone Achieves More = T.E.A.M.
    rubeoAuthor
    Avid Contributor III
    October 17, 2021

    Hi @rubeo 

    This may not be the case but it sounds like your iPhone is part of a corporate environment. If so click the link to resolve the issue.

     

     

    Thanks, but this doesn’t apply to any iPhones in my household. 

    tracker
    Prodigy I
    October 17, 2021

    Then maybe it’s the other possibility: a bug or glitch in the configuration storage, which apparently can be chased away by hard-resetting the offending speaker(s) and re-adding it (them) to your system.  Resetting is often the last resort and always discouraged -- but you will see, if you click on many of the “Related Topics” to the right of your initial posting, that they all seem to boil down to those two possibilities in the end.  Check them out...

    rubeoAuthor
    Avid Contributor III
    October 18, 2021

    Then maybe it’s the other possibility: a bug or glitch in the configuration storage, which apparently can be chased away by hard-resetting the offending speaker(s) and re-adding it (them) to your system.  Resetting is often the last resort and always discouraged -- but you will see, if you click on many of the “Related Topics” to the right of your initial posting, that they all seem to boil down to those two possibilities in the end.  Check them out...

    Does this mean losing all of my true play settings across five of my rooms? If so, that is ridiculous - especially since Sonos doesn’t allow you to back up current settings.

    AjTrek1
    AjTrek1
    October 24, 2021

    @rubeo 

    I replied to your post a few days ago. Afterward I decided to check my Sonos for the issue with AirPlay2. Guess what...some rooms were experiencing the same issue...Airplay2 asking for a password/code.

    In my case it was my two Roams and Sonos Amp with Sonos Sub used to power stereo speakers. All other rooms were OK. My fix was to (as suggested by @tracker ) reset those speakers. As the Amp was configured it does not allow Trueplay so no loss there. The Roams will auto-TruePlay so no worries there either. Any other room would require TruePlay after a reset.

    I would not blame Sonos as AirPlay2 is not a Sonos developed feature. It’s licensed from Apple. As the software on your iOS device is also by Apple; therein lies where the blame should be directed. iOS software updates may affect certain Sonos speakers/components differently; as in my case. My Beam, ARC’s, Moves and Fives were not affected (i.e. requiring a password to initiate AirPlay2). However, oddly the Sonos Amp used to power speakers for a turntable was not affected:thinking: .  So some anomalies do exist for whatever reason.

    Botton-line...we’re dealing with electronics that use sophisticated coding to work developed independently by Sonos and Apple. Ninety-nine percent (99%) of the time Sonos and Apple play well together; unlike TV manufacturers and their implementations of HDMI-CEC coding :persevere: .

    I hope you are able to resolve the password issue to allow a seamless AirPlay2 implemetation with Sonos.

    Together Everyone Achieves More = T.E.A.M.
      rubeoAuthor
      Avid Contributor III
      October 26, 2021

      The only thing I’m blaming Sonos for is not having implemented a way to backup Trueplay profiles. If a foreseeable solution to this, or any, issue is to hard reset your speakers, it is a shame not to offer a backup option. I’ve spent countless hours getting my Arc setup sounding the way I like, which involved numerous tuning attempts with different model iPhones. As such, the hard reset is not a practical solution for me. 

      So-and-soPinned
      Lyricist I
      February 28, 2022

      A bit late… but if you own an AppleTV this could be the solution

       

      ”You may be prompted for a password to stream AirPlay audio to Sonos if you have an Apple TV or an AirPlay capable TV that requires a password for AirPlay to work on your network. Go into the AirPlay settings of your Apple TV or the AirPlay capable TV and make sure “Require Password” is disabled.”

      https://support.sonos.com/s/article/1230?language=en_US

       

      Using the AppleTV AirPlay password worked for me (just in case you don’t want to disable this feature).

        redarchie
        Lyricist I
        May 5, 2022

        Using the AppleTV AirPlay password worked for me (just in case you don’t want to disable this feature).

        This solution worked for me. It is in Settings → Airplay and HomeKit → Allow Access → Airplay Password

         

          CANDEman
          Lyricist I
          October 27, 2022

          I just came across this issue myself only today.  I cannot remember exactly when this last worked but it worked on this iphone I have (iphone 13) but i think it was when I was on IOS 15 and not IOS 16.  I have not touched any of the Sonos One speakers in my home - not done any changes of placement, no auto tuning, nothing.  Anyway today I came in from walking the dog and listening to my music I thought I would just airplay it to my Kitchen speaker to keep listening….oh no, not today.  Today it wants a password for airplay = whaaaat??!?!?  So then I tried again and again and again.  Then i thought lets try my other speakers in the house.  All Sonos One Gen 2 speakers were asking for password.  But the only Sonos One Gen 1 speaker I have worked fine for airplay.  I have Apple TV in my house and no password option so I still enabled the password and then disabled it = didn’t help.
          Then i saw a forum answer that suggested resetting the Sonos One speaker.  “Do i really have to do all this again” i thought.  Sure enough lets try it and I reset the speaker and then went through the adding process and the tuning process and the adding of voice assistants.  And then I tried AirPlay from my iphone to this speaker and at last…..it actually worked.  So reseting the whole speaker seems to have worked.

          Now I have to do this for 5 other speakers around the house.   great, just bloomin great!  Thanks Apple or Sonos.

          Airgetlam
          Airgetlam
          October 27, 2022

          I think a simple reboot (power cycle) should do this. I don’t think you need to factory reset each device. 

          Bruce
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