Currently it is not possible to add the IKEA Synfonisk speaker to a zone. I just recently got an Era 100 where that‘s possible and it would be amazing if the feature could be added to the Synfonisk speakers as well.
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Feature Request - Adding Synfonisk to a Zone
+16Hello
I’ve marked this thread as a feature request and forwarded it to the appropriate teams for consideration.
Thank you for the post and feedback, it is much appreciated.
+24That’s not going to happen. For reasons never explained, only the newest hardware (I think of it as “S3” though I get berated for using that term, despite there being a clear firmware version difference between them and the older S2 gear) can participate in Zones, and the Symfonisk stuff doesn’t fall into that category, nor will it.
If someone could provide a rational explanation for the restrictive Zone-supporting hardware list, I would love to hear it.
(And by Zone I mean the 2025 interpretation, not the 2010 version).
That’s not going to happen. For reasons never explained, only the newest hardware (I think of it as “S3” though I get berated for using that term, despite there being a clear firmware version difference between them and the older S2 gear) can participate in Zones, and the Symfonisk stuff doesn’t fall into that category, nor will it.
If someone could provide a rational explanation for the restrictive Zone-supporting hardware list, I would love to hear it.
(And by Zone I mean the 2025 interpretation, not the 2010 version).
S1 and S2 are not delineation's about firmware versions or how speakers can be bonded to form a single Sonos room, but the communication protocol between devices, as I understand it. I get your point regarding Sonos moving on to the latest generation of Sonos, and woudl agree, but that not what the ‘S’ tiers are about.
Regarding Zones, they were originally created for business customers primarily. In that sense, it made sense not to include the Ikea speakers since they were never designed for business use. It was added to the residential/consumer side of Sonos because they could do it easily without much rich or added support costs. I would assume that ikea speakers have the required hardware to support zones, but perhaps they just not see too many customers wanting to build a zone out Ikea speakers.
Aside - I consider Sonos to be in their 4th generation. Zone Players gen → Play gen → Voice Control gen (for lack of a better name) → Era/Atmos gen.
There’s one more reason why the OP’s request may never see daylight is this…
The Sonos/Ikea partnership has ended. Sonos will continue to support the speakers. However, I seriously doubt that any advance updates to further integrate the speakers into specialized Sonos areas will materialize. JMHO.
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