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Zone speakers are separate without interaction since the last apps update

  • July 20, 2026
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Hello

I’ve been using zone with four Era 100 in my sun room since last fall. No issue to report, it’s perfect to play ambiance music in a large area. But since the last app update, my zone disappear and all 4 speakers become separate.

Am I the only one ?  Is it a known issue ? 

I’m using Alexa and 

Best answer by nik9669a

I was able to recreate the zone (I’ve done it twice )  but separation happen without reason after random time (could be a day or two)

Generate a diagnostics report with ten minutes of the next occurrence and speak to Sonos support. The report may indicate why the zone is separating.

 
https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/submit-diagnostics
 

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  • Senior Virtuoso
  • July 20, 2026

Can you re-create them as a Zone, or is Zones not working?


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  • Contributor I
  • July 20, 2026

I was able to recreate the zone (I’ve done it twice )  but separation happen without reason after random time (could be a day or two)


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  • Senior Virtuoso
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  • July 20, 2026

I was able to recreate the zone (I’ve done it twice )  but separation happen without reason after random time (could be a day or two)

Generate a diagnostics report with ten minutes of the next occurrence and speak to Sonos support. The report may indicate why the zone is separating.

 
https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/submit-diagnostics
 


Stanley_4
  • Grand Maestro
  • July 20, 2026

Are you using the right term, Zone and not Group? Very different answers depending on which it is.

Support can sort that out.


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  • Contributor I
  • July 24, 2026

Yes, it’s about zone not grouping, I now realise it could have been a slow network issue. I’ve seen the problem happening live and waiting a few minutes solve the issue.

It could be link with the new apps needing some fine tuning on the network side( the issue was not happening before the update). I have 22 Sonos speakers, I will probably isolate my IoT devices (not Sonos) on a 2.4Ghz network to avoid conflict and help synch between Sonos devices


Stanley_4
  • Grand Maestro
  • July 24, 2026

Some folks see issues in well working systems after an update/reboot cycle, usually a network refresh will get things working again. Powering down that many Sonos, rebooting the router and powering them back up is a pain in the neck.

In my case, which "shouldn't" impact users with other DHCP servers, I ended up setting reserved DHCP IP addressses for all Sonos, then doing the network refresh to lock them in.