Sonos May 2024 update

[Mars]

Mahalo said:

It does not seem to be getting any better. They released a new update yesterday and still not access to my music library. I have changed the inferface protocol to SMB2 and it says it can see the music and that it is indexing it. Indexing completes after a while as I have nearly 13000 tracks but then there is nothing shown nor any indication that I have a music library. No problems accessing my music library on the NAs from any other software so this is all Sonos crappy software. Thank god I have Roon as that is what I am now using. This must rank as one of the most ill thought out and amateurish software updates I have seen from an established software company.

That worries me as I was considering building a new NAS since Sonos decided my SMB1 NAS was no longer supported. Think I'll wat it out a bit. Honestly, since they took the shine off my system, I have found myself just not bothering to use it at all. This happened with the TV when all the apps fell out of support and I no longer use that at all. I am currently listening to music with my headphones and enjoying it just as much. My Sonos kit will end up on eBay before long.

[TownIdiot]

Mars said:

That worries me as I was considering building a new NAS since Sonos decided my SMB1 NAS was no longer supported. Think I'll wat it out a bit. Honestly, since they took the shine off my system, I have found myself just not bothering to use it at all. This happened with the TV when all the apps fell out of support and I no longer use that at all. I am currently listening to music with my headphones and enjoying it just as much. My Sonos kit will end up on eBay before long.

This is what has happened to me.

It does work "in a fashion"
A couple of my regular podcasts have just vanished so I have to go to that app and then cast.

It's still as laggy as fk.

Regularly takes two or three times to find my system

It's just a PITA to use.

[Mahalo]

Update
Music Library has now mysteriously appeared - I have four NAS systems two Synology and two Qnap. All are configured to use SMB2. Three of the NAS have now appeared and the music is now accessible and playable. You can search the music library etc as in the previous Sonos software but it is noticeably very laggy compared to what it was prior to the update.

[Tim Cognito]

The most annoying thing I have is that the Android app seems to take ages to load - even if you have just selected some music 5 minutes ago, it seems to go into sleep mode or something so if you try to open the app again to pause or change track it takes about 20 seconds to load.

[Capitan Obvio]

I’ve got Sonos products dotted around the house, enjoyed always having music on… the app update is so st I’ve noticed I’ve taken to just wearing headphones all the time and using Spotify app direct. So disappointingly.

[NDA]

I may have posted this earlier, but I use Roon to control my (now reduced) Sonos zones. Roon is rock solid and has never lost my library - the Sonos app is junk.

[Mars]

NDA said:

I may have posted this earlier, but I use Roon to control my (now reduced) Sonos zones. Roon is rock solid and has never lost my library - the Sonos app is junk.

Thanks. I'm looking into Roon now. I'm going to see if I can get the Linux version of their server to run on a Raspberry Pi. If I can, I'm going to fully move over to that. It seems to satisfy every need that Sonos used to answer.

[interstellar]

I’ve always thought the app was rubbish. It constantly can’t find my stystem so I regularly have to force close the app 3 or 4 times before it finds it.

Or I have to reboot my router…….

[zalrak]

I’ve just updated my stuff to the latest release and it all seems to be back up and running again. There seemed to be a lag when playing Apple Music but perhaps this will improve shortly.

[Lovey1]

Following the update I have lost the ability to control the volume of my Playbar with my LG Magic remote. Has anybody else had this issue and managed to resolve? i appreciate that the Playbar is among the oldest supported issues so probably not Sonos's priority to fix!