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How to Rollback to S2?

Please provide a rollback option to S2. The new app was advertised as a feature upgrade.  No mention of feature losses.  We got feature losses and no warning.  No informed choice to delay the “upgrade.” I cannot add a single song to the queue.  Basic queue management a critical feature that somehow didn’t make it into your MVP. Now you expect your user base to wait months to return to feature parity.  Months.   Do you realize how ridiculous this is from a user perspective? 

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Change volume of all speakers at once with one slider.

Since the change in the Sonos app I have to use one volume slider for EACH speaker. How do I change it so I can use ONE volume slider for all speakers at once. I use the app on an iPhone for this.

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New SONOS iOS app (May 2024) is TOTAL RUBBISH!!

The New Sonos iOS app is absolutely terrible. If you haven’t upgraded yet please please don’t. There are so many missing features and bugs to boot. It looks like an pre-Alpha version of software rushed to market without being properly tested or checked.PLEASE PLEASE  PLEASE Sonos bring back the S2 app for download on the App Store. If I could downgrade I would do it in a heartbeat. I’m a long time user and fan of Sonos products but frankly this is a big miss a disaster. This new app is almost unusable. This is Sonos’s Windows Vista moment. Please listen to your users Sonos, negative feedback is everywhere now. Please give us back the S2 app whilst this one goes back to the drawing board or perhaps the trash can.  

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I can not connect to my music library on Mac. Access is denied

Hello, Today may 14, the systeem checked for updates, so I did.And my music library disappeared. All settings are ok, file sharing is on, password is ok, but Sonos keeps saying acces is denied. Check the username and password. Yesterday I noticed the android app was updated too, and music library was not an option anymore.So what is going on and how can it be solved?

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Sonos Beam Optical output no longer working

I’ve had a Sonos Beam for several years, hooked up to a system to allow me to play output from my computer. This required a bit of tinkering to get right! I had to:Buy a device that converts USB → SPDIF Get a SPDIF → HDMI converter Connect all that up so that I had USB → SPDIF → HDMI → HDMI into the BeamSince getting that sorted it has worked great! Until yesterday, when suddenly I could no longer get any audio through this setup :(. In all other respects the Beam works fine - I can connect to it through the app and play audio that way, and it correctly makes noises when I press the buttons.Things I’ve tried to fix the problem:Unplug and replug all of the various connections Reboot computer Reboot Beam Fiddle around with the audio output settings from my computer (as far as I can tell they are all fine) Rotate the HDMI-HDMI cableI’m pretty sure that everything is fine as far as the USB->SPDIF converter, because you don’t have an optical cable plugged in you can see the red light tha

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Installer proContributor I
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Is the new update still in beta?

Seems like all the good stuff is broken. Alarms gone, seamlessly connecting to multiple home, my 14000 song nas archive unusable.  Was this latest update released by accident? Can you please take it back?

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New Sonos App - Timer vanished?

Hi, just installed the new Sonos App. I do not find the Timer (Counrdown to Zero) any more. Loved this function to play my favourite playlist for 15 or 30 minutes when going to bed.Does anybody have an idea where to find the timer? Or is it gone?

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1014 error on updating Connect to S2

I have tried everything to get my Connect Gen 2 to update so I can add it to my S2 system.  It fails with a 1014 error 14 seconds in every time.  I’ve tried creating a new system for it with no other sonos speakers, just one sonos speaker, a dedicated router, multiple app restarts, new accounts, login in/out, but nothing works.  This post didn’t solve it either 🥺I spent time with Sonos yesterday who insisted it was my router setup but I’ve simplified that down to being the only connection to a new wifi router and that doesn’t work either.  I thought it may be my Connect so bought two more from CEX which experience exactly the same failures 14 seconds in to the update, so it has to be the Sonos app (which I’ve tried on iPads and iPhones and have deleted/reinstalled multiple times) or the connection/updater at the Sonos end.This is immensely disappointing from a system that used to be bullet proof    Any suggestions greatly welcomed!

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Playing All Tracks of My Tidal Collection

Concerning the new Sonos app, I can’t find a way to have Sonos play or shuffle all the tracks in my Tidal collection. I can play and shuffle all tracks in a playlist, but not all the tracks in the collection like I could do with the old Sonos app.Am I missing something?Mark

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New App wont connect to my existing system. Old App works fine.

I have downloaded the new app to my iPhone and one iPad and these devices are no longer able to connect to my Sonos system. Whereas I’ve kept the old Sonos app on another iPad and am still able to connect fine. i have contacted Sonos who were unable to fix my issue. Is this unique to me or is anyone else experiencing the same?

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DArmstrongContributor I
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Where Are My Playlists?

How do I access my playlists? 

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Feedback on New App

Can someone from SONOS please provide an update?  I have 10 SONOS speakers which I love but are inoperable currently.  I have no access to libraries, Amazon and Apple play sometimes and the list goes on with issues.  Basically, I  can’t use.  I have no access to my libraries on my MAC as well. I honestly believe this was a rush to market with no usability testing or any testing. As I mentioned last night, I am very disappointed.  Everyone on this forum has invested lots of money on top quality speakers.  It is very disconcerting that the new app does not live up to SONOS reputation.

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loss of song info from albums in music library since update

Since the Sonos update my songs on each of my albums in my music library are no longer listed. Also, in the previous version when an album started playing those songs were immediately put into the queue and at the end of the album you could delete the queue. This function no longer seems to exist. How do I get a list of all the songs on the album when I play that album and how do I automatically have the songs appear in the queue so I can delete them at the end of listening to that album . 

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George ParrTrending Lyricist I
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New app

Let's see if I can explain to management: I just want to play music on two speakers.All I need is a Toyota Corolla to go to the cleaners and pick up my laundry, and you are trying to give me an F35 vertical-takeoff fighter jet (armed with tactical nuclear weapons) to do that. So sure, if I learn to fly the darned thing I can use it to go get my laundry, but all I really need is a Toyota Corolla. Besides, you cannot actually give me the fighter jet, because that is an incredibly complex piece of machinery and you just can not get it right.I suspect that 90% of Sonos users are like me.So, what would a sensible company do?They would issue two apps: "Sonos Basic" and "Sonos Advanced". The first app (the Toyota Corolla) would be a simple, solid, bug-free workhorse for users like me. The second app (the F35) would have all the bells and whistle (and bugs) of the world, and would be designed for users with far more complex Sonos systems than the average Joe.And then users would chose which ap

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Has anyone else lost access to their TV as a source?

I have lost not only my Music Library, but I also lost my TV as a source. I cannot get any sound from the web app. Fortunately, I still have the old app on my MacBook Pro, so I can use that to reconnect to the surround system of the TV (Arc, Sub, satellite speakers). But if I decide to stream something on the surround system, the TV is lost. I have to go back to my MacBook to reset it. I’d call or chat with Sonos, but they are overwhelmed and I can’t get through. Please, please, Sono, do not remove my app from my MacBook or my system will be unusable. My use model is 70% TV surround, 20% using my Music Library, and only 5% streaming.

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martex68Contributor I
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Sub is connected, not available or assigned to room

I have a playbar, boost and sub in my living room. They have always worked, but Ever since the app update my sub won't assign to the living room so I can use it. The playbar is working with music that I play and tv that I watch. When I go to sonos system info, it shows playbay is assigned to living room, boost and sub are unavailable. When I click on living room, then connect sub, it says let's assign your sub to the living room. When I click on the speaker icon below the picture of the sub, my sub will play. But will not add it to the living room. I have a diagnostic test 1756842295.

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913 Error Code

Hi, I’m new to the forum and not tech savvy. Just wanted to voice my complete disbelief at the 913 error code. How anyone can release something so poor without ‘road testing’ it, simply beggars belief Staggeringly poor service and a lack of apology/information is NOT helping your position Sonos.Berryfields1967CambridgeEngland

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DottyContributor I
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playing long playlists

Until yesterday I was always able to play and shuffle playlists of up to 500 songs . Today however when I try to do this the sonos app will only  use the first 100 songs ofthelist. Very confusing?? I use, and always have usaed amazon prime to make my playlists. 

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Blake31aContributor I
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new to Sonos. i could not be less impressed

Just got a port and began the setup process. I created a profile and verified my email. After the initial setup and before I’ve been able to do ANYTHING, there is a forced update. This kicks me to the site to log in and I get the error that I need to log off and let the “system owner” log in to do the update. I’m dead in the water. needless to say, this expensive brick is getting returned. I’m glad that it only took one component to learn that the Sonos ecosystem is complete garbage. Judging by the recent posts, mine is FAR from an isolated experience.

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JarrattContributor I
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getting rid of Line In

I inadvertently enabled Line In; I can't figure out how to disable it.  Assistance appreciated

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dan4885Contributor I
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Moved - Now I cannot add Sonos Devices - Says Login as System Owner... I am!

I moved and now I cannot access any of my devices. When I hard reset them to add them it says I have to do a software update but I have to sign in as the system owner. I am the system owner?! This has been a very frustrating experience and based on messaged I have found online no one has an answer. Not sure why such a hefty price tag if the app is so difficult, especially for moving to a new house.

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DanLiContributor I
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New app is more than frustrating, really wish I had not updated. I cannot figure out how to play music on my sonos amp

After updating(not considering this an upgrade) to the new app I can see all of my devices after having to reboot all amps and my wifi to get the app to function at all. The issue I have now is that the only way I can get music to my amps is to select one of my other devices, start playing music on it and then join the amp to that group. The amps each show “No Music / Queue is Empty” when selected and if I select one of my streaming apps to begin music I get a spinning arrow for a bit when I select the play button and then it just resets back to the play button and nothing happens. This really should not be this difficult, but can anyone tell me how to start streaming to a sonos amp that is showing “No Music / Queue is Empty” without having to start music on another device and then join the amp?

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Sonos App iOS can't add songs to playlists - Tidal

Hi,I am using the new Sonos app on iOS and there seems to be no way to add songs to Sonos or Tidal playlists from the app. Is this really true or am I missing something? Is it up to the music services to do something?  If true, this is HIGHLY disappointing as it was the primary way to build playlists between using the Sonos app and Tidal playlists - which I also use the latter outside the home. Please fix!

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Daz_WrightContributor I
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Managing different rooms on iOS

Does anyone have any idea how you manage different rooms on iOS now? The Sonos app, on my iPad defaults to the first alphabetical device but then refuses to switch to a group playing on another device. It works ok on Android. I say it works ok, it’s a stupid number of button presses but I can do it.I’ve no idea why it would always have to default to devices alphabetically, rather than the last device used as it used to, but it seems strange you can’t access other devices that are playing.I press the device button, get a list of devices, uncheck the one I don’t want, check the one I do want, press apply and it returns to the one I don’t want. 

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cloudneilContributor I
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Where did local/NAS storage go?

My Sonos App updated and changed in a big way. The biggest way is that I can no longer access my NAS storage that holds my music library, or find any kind of network storage option at all. All I can access are 'services' that I don't want.Am I missing something or have my speakers just become fancy paperweights?

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