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Talk about Sonos S1 and S2 Controller apps for mobile, and the desktop app. This is also the place to talk about partner apps, Airplay, and direct control.

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bamber2001Contributor I
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New, May 2024 Sonos S2 app network access

I’ve just upgraded to the new, May 2024 Sonos S2 app.  It wants local network access (photo).  It already has this.I’ve toggled Sonos’ local network access on and off in iPadOS settings.  No luck.  The app just keeps asking for access.  I’m now unable to use my Sonos system from the device I use most.Does anybody else have this problem, and is there a solution other than to wait for Sonos to fix it?Peter  

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PhilippeMAvid Contributor I
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Yet another low with the latest release of the Sonon App

I was able to buy a couple of Sonos One and a soundbar why my company moved in a new location and was eager to make them play. I must add that I own a complete system at home and was very happy with it. The was is the key and everything said was before the f%”=)&?/(ç”(&g update the S2 App. I have applied a factory reset to the units and tried to build a new system. Then it quickly turned to a real nightmare.First of all, the Sonos App wants to know your exact location. Except of trying to get a maximum of data about you, I don’t see the point.Then the App was able to find the first Sonos One and tried to connect it to a WiFi network. So far so good but the WiFi network selected was not the one my smartphone was connected to.After many other iterations, I believe (absolutely not sure) my smartphone and the Sonos One were on the same WiFi network. Then came the update of the Sonos One since it was disconnected for about a year. The update was, guess what, unsuccessful …You can tr

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Julian RoperContributor I
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unable to connect to system via App

My system has worked fine since the upgrade but this morning I’m unable to connect via the App or manually.I deleted the App and reinstalled but still doesn’t connect, no support available till Monday. 

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daave0Contributor I
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Lost ability to toggle Touch Controls on/off in iOS update 16.1 -> 80.00.08

Hello, I’ve been a loyal Sonos user since 2013, and have several products in my home:  Play:1, Play:3, Era 100, One SL, Move & MoveI rely heavily on the feature in the iOS app that allows me to disable the touch controls on each speaker, my kids each have one in their room for audiobooks, and we turn it off when they ought to be in bed / doing homework, etc. but in the new iOS app that feature is gone on all but the One SL!Now to ensure they’re not used, I need to physical unplug the speakers and remove them from the room, a big hassle!I have a few other minor complains about the new app: it’s more work to get to an overview where I can see what’s playing in all the rooms; and I’ve experienced several instances where speakers vanish/reappear, or don’t play when I try to start music.Would love to be able to roll back to an old version until these issues are addressed!

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CrazynurseContributor I
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the app keep telling me to login as administrators...how do i do that? i deconnect, but then no options to login as administrator

I keep disconnect myself from the app and try to reconnect us in the administrator but I have no option for so and it keeps telling me that my speaker is not registered although it keeps lugging in but I have no option I canike news

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StardogEnthusiast I
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Informed Consent

Apparently the executives of Sonos are frat boy so they don't understand the concept of informed consent. A horrible update was forced upon me without my consent. And now the products that I spent thousands of dollars on are no longer worth a dime. When I made a comment on this forum about that situation someone hid my comment in a much larger multi-page thread without my consent. When I made that comment they also added that comment as one of my favorites without my consent so that now I have to go in and figure out a way to take it off of my favorites so that I will stop getting emails every single time someone else posts a comment on a thread that I had nothing to do with. I posted my own. My own comment was moved so that it would get it hidden and I would still receive email after email after email every time someone else makes a comment in someone else's thread that has nothing to do with me. Informed consent is important in private life and public life and professional life. Spen

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Lemmi1963Contributor I
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Yes, a CR200 runs in an up-to-date S1 system

Hi allI have two CR200 running inside an up-to-date S1 system, it works perfectly.I saw this topic here: It works. These devices are one of the reason, why Sonos split the devices into S1 and S2 devices.I have them running since 10 years, and I always did an update. I just recently had to reset my configuration, and it was a challenge to get them back into the system.When adding the CR200, I found, that one player must be connected with a LAN cable to the router directly.It does not work, if the LAN connected player is behind a bridge (what I normally have). After it is added, there still must be one player LAN connected, but then it can be behind a bridge. I guess this has to do with a network broadcast message, which does not go through a bridge. If anyone is interested in more details, feel free to answer here.

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CococoChromatic Producer I
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New Sonos App - Deezer How to know if the title is flac or mp3

All is n the title. Thanks in advance.

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Aussie GregContributor I
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16.0 software for Windows

Can you download the 16.0 software for Windows and roll back from this horrendous software update?Otherwise, I think that outsourcing their software division to a competitor has worked, it has given the competitor more sales.

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ProggieContributor I
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last.fm

The new app removed the last.fm service so we can no longer scrobble music. Thanks for not giving us the heads up before upgrading. So upset!

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KeithglipsettContributor I
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another worthless and intrusive upgrade

went outside to listen to some music on a warm spring day. opened the S2 app and discovered it had been “upgraded”. and it demanded I “sign in” before allowing me to access my own property. After several minutes of trying to work around the thing I finally relented and went down to the basement to look up my Sonos credentials. which the app decided were invalid. This is not the first time I have suffered through one of Sonos’ completely unnecessary and unavoidable updates. So I gots to ask, why would anybody spend more for this intrusive crap than any one of the less expensive systems available?

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gsclineContributor I
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New App Sucks

All the things I used to like about the Sonos listening environment are gone.  Search for an artist, play one song now or add to end of queue.  Seems like all you can do is play an entire album from an artist and not select individual songs.  The thing I always loved about Sonos was that I could sit on my patio and queue up 20 songs and relax.  There seems to be no way to create a playlist on this new app?   I see they’re probably making the app so it relies on the playlists already built in your connected music services.  That’s fine but they better smooth out and advance this new app quickly.   Rating:  F+

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BGoverdeContributor I
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New App is terrible

Hi,Is there a way to downgrade this poorly thought out new app to the previous version.The new app is not user friendly and does not appear to have a “shuffle” option for my music. I have a NAS with over 12,000 songs and now it appears the sonos app will not provide the ability to shuffle the songs. Either I have to downgrade the app to the previous version or I will have to find another method to play my in house library on the sonos setup.This supposed update is quite obviously inferior to the old one. Certainly won’t purchase anything else from sonos unless this gets rectified. Butch

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holsenAvid Contributor I
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New Sonos App - ALL My Album Artwork Is Gone

I’ve generally been very complimentary of Sonos and the Eco System.   Have been responsible for dozen of sales to people who have see the system operating in my home  But I gotta ask:“Am I the only one who thinks the new app absolutely sucks”  There’s nothhing intuitive about it.  All my album artwork has disappeared, none of my custom radio URLs work - I could go on an on but this is no upgrade.  Could someone please advise:how to restore all my album artwork (which is still fine on the desktop controller) how to remove all my tune in radio stations (which are all now greyed out) so I can try to re-establish them.    They all still work on the desktop controller.From where I sit, this new app sucks.   If I bought the system like this I would have returned it. 

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ClowContributor I
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Awful S2 update

The S2 update is one of the worst music control systems I have ever used! Please make the last version myself and over 200 of my Sonos clients loved and enjoyed available again!!! Thanks Please stop sucking!Thanks

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ColinvZContributor I
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Adding speakers and components on older firmware with v80 app

I have been able to add a Sonos Port on a recent firmware version using the new v80 App (iOS). However, a second Port that was on a much older firmware version can simply not be added. I have also been unable to add a Sonos One (also on older firmware) - in this case the speaker is partly added to the system but then the mandatory firmware update fails during the setup process. I have tried this on: (1) Different networks. (2) Wired and wireless. (3) On my existing and a new Sonos account.I tried to downgrade to S1 to attempt updates this way - but the downgrade option has not been developed for v80 App and is not listed on the roadmap (so I assume this will take some time).Has anybody been able to find other workarounds? Sonos customer support is uncontactable due to all the App issues resulting in customer service being overloaded but it also seems that customer service just blames the Wi-Fi network which cannot be the case for me as I tried this on two networks.

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tg1Enthusiast II
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Apple Music Lossless on the new app

Not a fan of the new app, but I listened to a playlist on Apple Music this morning. And a saw a Lossless logo on one of the songs. It came and went and hasn’t showed up for other songs, but thought it was interesting.  Is lossless playback coming?  Was it already here and I missed it?  

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Bob GutjahrContributor II
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When I open a function such s "Settings", the top of the box is above the top of the screen and is not usable.

How do I fix this?

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stein067Enthusiast I
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Articles about new app failure?

I am aware of four articles so far about the epic failure of the new Sonos app:https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/14/24156703/sonos-app-redesign-new-ama-complaintshttps://www.theverge.com/2024/5/9/24152675/sonos-new-app-bad-reviews-response-statementhttps://www.wired.com/story/people-do-not-like-the-new-sonos-app/https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanreichental/2024/05/09/4-lessons-from-sonos-app-upgrade-fiasco/?sh=3fc057d656ad Anyone aware of any others? 

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Wiz2003Contributor I
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Sonos app for android v80

I am sorry if this has been raised elsewhere, but prior to the release of version 80 of the Sonos app I was very pleased and happy with my system as it worked very reliably and was a welcome upgrade to my previous Libra tone.However, since the release of version 80 of this app many features have disappeared but most importantly, my Sonos move 2 is often apparently offline even when it is continuing to play streamed music, and when trying many functions I often get the message an error something went wrong, but when trying a few seconds later the error goes away. An excellent system has been turned into an absolute waste of time money and space!All of my absent my systems are up to date and my internet connection is provided by Virgin Media and my whole system is managed and controlled by a comprehensive and fully managed Ubiquiti UniFi. 

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Mac Controller - Music Library vanished now (14 May 2024)

Not going to re-hash the omni-shambles the recent app updates has been but we’ve been re-assured that we can keep searching Music Library on desktop controller. Well yesterday I could search my NAS stored Music Library and today Music Library as a source has disappeared. I am seeing an update Now option. Really Sonos? Why would I do that? Music Library disappearing from Desktop controller has been a long established bug but always has re-appeared if I close and re-open program on Mac. Not now. What else will break if I update controller on Mac? Also Mac updates haven’t worked for over a year meaning had to update manually by downloading updater.

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jrubbelContributor II
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Sonos Web App - Now Playing not working

Hi Sonos Team and Community,I really like the new App and just discovered the WebApp which is a really cool additional remote control option. However the “Now Playing” screen is nor working for me - not on Chrome and not on Edge (see Screenshot below). BTW: Please also add a AppleTV App which should be quite simple now leveraging the WebApp..ThanksJesko  

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greenyneu
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New Sonos App User Friendlyness

I don’t want to repeat what other users already posted about missing functions (playlist,…..). Just want to add one function I am missing when you play music is the mute all button. Secondly I was hoping that in the settings for each room the “Sound” settings would be moved on top since it is more likely to change these settings more often. How often do you add or remove a speaker or rename the room? Probably never. I suggested this long time ago but Sonos is ignoring this request.It would be nice to have the quick settings like the equalizer back. I was hoping that with the new version other settings would be added when the system has it available (e.g. surround). With the new app it is very cumbersome to get there. The room list is confusing too. Especially when music groups are used and when I want to assign a different station to one of the rooms in the groups. New app seems to be very slow sometimes too compared to the old one. The volume sliders are sometimes lacking, and moving

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supernova32Contributor I
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Apple Music Lossless not working properly

I have been waiting for this feature for a long time, and now that it's finally here, it feels underwhelming. It only works about half of the time, other times I need to scrub the song to get it to start lossless, and sometimes the music just cuts off and playing the next song does nothing, it only plays silence. I have to choose a different album or playlist to get it to play music again.Has anyone else experienced this?

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alvareanuContributor I
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I honestly don’t understand how this update could happen

This whole thing is a joke, I honestly don’t understand how this could happen.In order to launch an update like this, dozens of people need to go through this project, and it’s just impossible that they “missed” all these things. It’s screaming high level incompetence, it’s screaming higher-ups that don’t listen to feedback, it sounds like a company that does not even understand their customers.But even when I say, “it sounds like a company that does not even understand their customers” it makes no sense, because I’m very sure that 90% of Sonos staff go home and listen to these speakers too, so why would they make their own speakers worse?These speakers are very much a home appliance, and it’s utterly unacceptable to take features away from users.I demand Sonos to revert to the previous version of the app, and in the meantime maybe launch a beta for this new redesign.

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