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unable to see Sonos devices when using Airplay

Here’s some things suggested by Apple/Sonos users to maybe try next time your Speaker(s) do not show (or play) as available in the AirPlay c...
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recommend NAS drive to play cd’s through sonos

I need to replace my NAS drive used to play my CD’s over my Sonos. Need a bit of expert advice on best makes/models compatible with Sonos? T...
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How can you create internet radio streams now that TuneIn is no longer...

Hi @Dan187856 Welcome to the Sonos Community!I have the following information to share with you:Customers who already have manually added st...
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WebbdogContributor I
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New app Sucks!!

This new app is one of the worst apps I have ever used! I have been a high end integrator for 30 years! I love Sonos but will now have to find a new music system to sell if they don’t fix this!

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Rip TornContributor I
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New SONOS App - Adding to queue

I’m unable to add an album to existing queue. Is this feature gone or am I missing it?

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Griff_Contributor I
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Bring back the ability to search music library

I have been using Sonos for several years, and it is attached to a streaming service and my music library on a USB drive, which has years worth of accumulated music, including a lot not available on streaming. I have just (8 May) updated to the new Sonos app. Now I can still see and trawl through my music library, but cannot search in it. The general search function just returns the streaming and Sonos radio results, and there’s no dedicated search for the music library. This effectively cuts off my access to my own music, by making it prohibitively difficult to find anything. Please bring this functionality back. I know you want to prioritise revenue generation, but this is disrespectful to your customers.

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IambashContributor I
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Why is the new Sonos App crap?

How does the app keep getting worse and worse over time. It's too bad, I've had some of my Sonos speakers for around 10 years now. Even on a brand new phone the current app is not user friendly, missing functionality that it used to have. And removed the playlists I had. So disappointing given how great the whole experience used to be. The new update is much worse, missing basic functionality now,  So irritated. 

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TarHeelsTrending Lyricist I
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alarms

Where in the hell are the alarms?  They were restored and have now disappeared again.  God, I hate Sonos right now.

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Casa NapoleonContributor I
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Sonos app update issues

The latest Sonos app update has removed my speakers  from the app and I am not able to add them back to the system. I keep getting “Not Registered “ messages and cannot get in touch with tech support. 

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Adabs77Contributor I
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new sonos app released 7th May 2024 issues

 Apart from the listed problems with music libraries, sleep,alarm, wifi channel options missing and Rova issues, I’ve noticed another, forgetting Sonos systems.This is when i leave my home system and go to work which we have Sonos, when i opened my app with the old app, this would seamlessly connect to the work system, then when i get home seamlessly connect to my home system and so on. Now the new app requires me to ‘join new system’ every time i go to work and come home. It doesn’t remember or seamlessly change between the 2 systems. I also tried this when going to my parents home and brothers who have Sonos. I am on their local networks and the same issue. I have to join their system, then i get home and have to join my system. Too many bugs on the new app, and Sonos should allow us to download the old app until they sort out all the problems. Im sure once the bugs are ironed out, this new app will be a better experience. I have noticed when it is working, it is quicker on connectio

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World Traveler321Contributor I
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New Sonos App Not Working

Few days ago I received notification to update Sonos App on my iPhone.  After updating the app would not recognize or find my arc speaker.  I followed various instructions on Sonos website, reset my speaker, removed and reinstalled the app on my phone, reset my wireless router among other things.  None of these worked and the app was not able to find my speaker on my network.  I even checked my wireless router and saw the speaker being connected.  I then used the Sonos website on my Surface Tablet, signed in and bingo, it recognized my speaker and was able to play all my music using the app from Sonos website on Surface Tablet.   Then I called Sonos helpline and after 128 minutes I was connected to a tech. Specialist who was extremely helpful.  We spent another hour with me and guided me through various options and connected to my system to run diagnostics.  I reset my phone network settings and the wireless router to no avail.  At the end he told me Sonos does not guarantee that the p

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DPMcClaryContributor I
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music Library

Where's my Music Library?!! Anybody out there??

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ReochiefContributor I
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changing the music playing on my speakers

I have been successful getting my play1 to play a Pandora station. I am frustrated by the fact that I cannot figure out how to get a different pandora Station to play. Nothing I do seems to give me the capability to change the station!!

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Johnny RicoEnthusiast I
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Music library gone from new app, where is it?

Maybe I’m an outlier, but as a Sonos customer since the days of the ZonePlayers and CR100 controllers, I have a huge music library on a Synology NAS that I use primarily; I am not a big user of these “services” that the new app seems to put an emphasis on. After foolishly updating my app last night I was able, after much time and effort, to find my music library and play a couple tunes as a test. Ok, it worked. None of my carefully curated album art displayed and so I figured tonight I’d be posting a message asking if anyone knew why that was. Instead, tonight in my app I find that my music library is gone, gone, gone. Can somebody please explain how to get it back? The gear icon for settings is strangely devoid of much in the way of settings, including anything regarding the music library. It doesn’t seem to be a “service” but still, I looked through several pages there until giving up. I have the Windows-based app and it still shows the music library path properly configured so I am

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salami slicesContributor I
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How to solve the Error 913 (Music Library) on a Mac

There is a reported bug fix coming mid-June 2024. If you can’t wait until then…(I did this running Sonoma 14.4.1) And thanks to folks in a separate thread on the details - just tried to put them all in one place.I made a video of the process if you prefer that way: https://youtu.be/kjhKhDuvgDYPart 1 - Set up the share (System Settings/Preferences)Open System Settings (in earlier MacOS it’s called System Preferences). Click on the apple in top left of your screen to find that option. Choose General Select **Sharing**. Enable **File Sharing** Click the "i" symbol Click the "+" symbol. Add a shared folder by choosing the folder where your music is stored and selecting Open The name of the folder here will be the ShareName that you’ll use in Part 3. Under ‘users’, confirm that the list includes an ‘everyone’ option, and that you set ‘everyone’ to *Read Only* at a minimum (or “Read & Write”) Ensure the customer's account is set to **Read & Write** I’m not 100% sure ‘customer’s acc

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prAscoContributor I
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Disaster App Update 80.xx.xx - May 2024

I just want to put my review (app store) from the latest update here in as already so many of us feel the same way: first of all - i m a customer and fan since 2011 and i ve several setups in my home: 1x arc - 2x era 300 - 1x sub (3rd gen) - 1x beam (2nd gen) - 2x era 100 - 1x one (2nd gen). also i m a software dev and system admin for about 25y (large international corporation). yesterday I downloaded the new update and it s a total failure and complete disaster! it s so bad that i m willed to sell all my speakers if it s not corrected or will be rollbacked. the new design is neither intuitive nor performant (iPhone 14 pro) and also key features missing like editing an actual playlist/cue, sleep timer, alarm, etc. also my favorites don’t work anymore, can’t mute, can’t switch between tv and music, nas settings gone and are not available, some services had to been removed and new connected, etc.how is it possible that a big company like this „burn it down to the ground“ when the app be

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greg_67Contributor I
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Personal music library features removed in the new May 7 2024 app version

The new “improved” app version seemed to wreck all of the features that made a personal music library on Sonos usable. Two major problems:There is no way to search your own personal music library anymore Browsing your personal music library is extremely painful if you have thousands of albums. We used to be able to zoom in by first letter. Now if you want something beginning with a “T”, you have to scroll through hundreds of screens worth from “A”.Has anyone found a workaround for these?I know Sonos has been optimizing for streaming services these days. But completely abandoning support for your own hosted music library was not what I expected.

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SterlyWhirlContributor I
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Unable to download update, unable to login as “owner”

Unable to login as the system owner. I’ve had the same devices on the same internet, under the same profile, for four years.

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SimpleGuyContributor I
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New SONOS App has removed Windows music library and won't let me re-add it!

I’ve updated SONOS on my Android phone. The new app is awful compared to the old one and has so many bugs, as noted by customers on this site minute-by-minute over the past week or so.I’ve also updated my SONOS app on my Windows 11 computer. This is where I have my music library. The update removed the library. I tried to re-add it, and it came up with Error 913. I can’t access the music library…..I can’t use SONOS for what I bought it for!!!! Frustrated doesn’t go anywhere near how I feel right now. I’m not an I.T. Test Analyst. Neither have I volunteered to be a BETA tester for SONOS. But my investment in SONOS equipment has been destroyed by this update. PLEASE HELP!!!!!

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HenkievContributor I
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Switch back to old version of app

Hi,I installed the new app yesterday and I hate it.Many options I use a lot have disappeared.Can I somehow install the previous version of the app?  

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Mike_10Contributor I
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Where is the music index now option and the new S2 app?

All of my digital music is stored on my western digital Nas Drive. The previous S1 and S2 apps allowed me to update my music index whenever I added or deleted music on my Nas Drive. I can’t find that option in the new app.   I was also able to create shortcuts to the various music folders on my Nas Drive through the old app, but apparently the new version no longer supports that option. Why is that?

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NDobzContributor I
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Help - How do i turn off alarm now?

Hi - With the app update I can’t seem to turn off the alarm I set a couple of days ago (I won’t get into how unhappy I am that it wasn’t made clear that we’d lose this functionality). The help notes are saying to go to the web app and click on alarms from the select a music source pane - I’m on the web app but I can’t find any thing to click on. I’ve been trying for two days to figure this out…. Any help appreciated as I don’t want to wake up at 5:30am for the rest of my life.  Thank you!

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Majo133
Majo133Enthusiast II
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TruePlay simply does not work in the new App

I tried to TruePlay Arc / Sub / Ones but the tuning is simply stuck on “Continue” step.I’ve updated to the latest version 80.00.04.  @Corry P do u guys are aware of this? 

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MCB66Contributor I
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sleep timer missing on new app

Why have Sonos removed the sleep timer function in the new App . This makes my speaker useless to me.    Waiting for a response from Sonos but if nothing forthcoming I will have to ditch it and change brands as I use it all the time.  if you’re having the same issues please email Sonos as well, the more that do should hopefully make them take some action !! 

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castallaLocal Superstar
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The new Courageous App or the Battle for Sonosgrad

The Battle of Sonosgrad commenced during the early hours of 7th May 2024 when the Corporate Command launched their new wonder weapon, the Courageous Update, on the unsuspecting users in Sonosgrad.   Within the day there was a vigouroous response, and in the days that followed the resistance has swelled as users employed a withering array of heroic responses in an attempt to turn back the Corporate advance.  An Interim armistice meeting was held on 14 May but broke down 3 hours after it started, and was swiftly followed by Corporate software & firmware reinforcements, under guise of a truce. Continued resistance, however, has grown on behalf of Sonosgrad defenders.  Latest reports suggest a further Corporate advance is expected by 21st May.   Bulletin no. 1 issued by the Committee To Defend the Original S2 Application  (CDOSA) -  Sonosgrad, 17th May 2024  01:50h

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VejiganteNYContributor I
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Adding Apple Music to Sonos - something went wrong check internet

After the update I was unable reauthenticate my Apple Music on the new Sonos App so I removed Apple Music from Sonos. I tried adding back Apple Music service to app and now get a message that says “Something went wrong check your internet connection and try again”. Tried deleting app and redownloading, restart my Wifi but still no luck. I can no longer use my Sonos to stream on the app. PLEASE HELP!

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dave77
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How do we disable remote access with the new Sonos web app?

Now that we have the new Sonos web app we can control our Sonos players from anywhere in the world, something that I believe wasn’t available before.Is there any way to turn that off?

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press250Renowned Enthusiast II
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Adding a Windows SMB Share, Step-by-Step

For those who have been using the Sonos proprietary(ish) file sharing built into the about-to-be-deprecated Windows desktop client (SonosLibraryShare.exe), here are the steps to enable Windows 11 ‘native’ SMB file sharing (applies to Windows 10 with some nomenclature differences). Godspeed to all.If you’re running an up-to-date version of Windows 10 or 11, you’ll automagically get SMBv2 which is forward-compatible with Sonos. (SMBv1 and SMBv2 discussed at length elsewhere in these forums).1. Switch your LAN to “Private Network”Settings > Network & internet > Ethernet/WiFi- Select “Private Network” radio button2. Enable file sharingSettings > Network & internet > Advanced sharing settings- Under “Private networks” (current profile) section    - Set “Network discovery” On    - Set “Setup network connected devices automatically” checked    - Set “File and printer sharing” On3. Setup local account specifically for music file sharingOh man, I can’t tackle the whole “loca

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