Aware of the many complaints about its current mobile and desktop apps, Sonos says it intentionally redesigned the app on a modern software platform for an easier, faster and better experience that can support more rapid innovation.
"We introduced the world to multiroom music over 20 years ago, and are proudly playing in over 15 million homes today. As we are always pushing ourselves to innovate, and listening to feedback from our passionate customers, we felt now was the time to reimagine our app experience,” says Patrick Spence, CEO of Sonos. “After thorough development and testing, we are confident this redesigned app is easier, faster and better. It once again raises the bar for the home music listening experience, and sets up our ability to expand into new categories and experiences."
"Today’s streaming experience has become fragmented across multiple platforms due to varied content offerings, algorithmic curation, or simply the desire to not recreate playlists in multiple locations," says Maxime Bouvat-Merlin, Chief Product Officer of Sonos. "As the only audio brand with an open platform offering extensive choice, Sonos makes it easy to control your system and curate your favorite sounds all in one place. Our reimagined app delivers the industry’s most streamlined streaming experience by bringing a world of content and intuitive control to the Home screen."
The redesigned Sonos app prioritizes a listening experience that’s human - allowing users to bring their true favorites front and center and offering more control of the streaming experience. The new Home screen serves up all the user's favorite content and controls, all in one place, allowing to quickly jump back into recently played tracks or albums, and browse libraries and recommendations from preferred services.
Sonos also introduces improved curation by designing the Home screen to reflect how the user listens, allowing them to pin rows of favorite content and services, which can then be rearranged to their liking. The new search field was also the focus of much attention, now allowing users to search for an artist, song, podcast, or audiobook across all their preferred streaming services at once. The easy-to-use search bar is faster and always available right on the Home screen.
For system control, users only need to swipe up from the bottom of the Home screen to seamlessly have an overview of the entire Sonos system in the home. This includes a visual overview of what’s playing on each of the connected products, allowing users to quickly group speakers, and dial in on the perfect volume from anywhere in the app.
Sonos also confirmed a brand new web app that allows listeners the same seamless system control as the mobile app, available from any modern web browser. The web app will replace the existing Sonos desktop controller and will be available alongside the redesigned mobile app on May 7, 2024.
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