Sonos May 2024 update
Discussion
Just as a warning - the "new" (version 80.x on iOS) Sonos app that they've been hyping is terrible and if you've not updated yet, maybe hold off. This isn't like S1/S2, once it updates you can't go back.
It looks to be a complete rebuild but is missing lots of features, and could be a while until some of them come back. Fairly basic features like managing queues, alarms, sleep timers, etc are gone. Performance is bad enough with half a dozen speakers but people with lots are reporting it's horrible. It breaks any screen reader support for the visually impaired too. They seem to have rushed it out in time for their quarterly earnings call but clearly hadn't finished it in time.
Promised timelines for some of the features to come back:
https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/the-new-so...
It looks to be a complete rebuild but is missing lots of features, and could be a while until some of them come back. Fairly basic features like managing queues, alarms, sleep timers, etc are gone. Performance is bad enough with half a dozen speakers but people with lots are reporting it's horrible. It breaks any screen reader support for the visually impaired too. They seem to have rushed it out in time for their quarterly earnings call but clearly hadn't finished it in time.
Promised timelines for some of the features to come back:
https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/the-new-so...
I've been trying just using AirPlay for everything and it works pretty well, certainly a lot better than the early days of it.
Need another speaker for my office so have a HomePod Mini on the way, if I like it (and we're an all-Apple household) then I may start replacing the Sonos speakers.
Need another speaker for my office so have a HomePod Mini on the way, if I like it (and we're an all-Apple household) then I may start replacing the Sonos speakers.
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