Sonos brings tab navigation, speaker sorting and more to its app
Sonos has released an app update introducing several quality-of-life improvements, including optional tab navigation and speaker sorting options. The changes aim to make it quicker to reach key features and manage larger multi-room setups, marking a further step in the app's recovery after a badly received 2024 redesign that prompted a change in company leadership.
The tabbed navigation, enabled via an "Enable Improved Navigation" setting, gives one-tap access to system, search and home screens. The system tab lets users sort speakers and headphones alphabetically, by frequency of use or by current playback, and pin favourites to the top of the list. Additional changes include a redesigned volume slider and album-art-matched backgrounds on iOS, plus the ability to swipe to remove favourites, alongside general bug fixes and performance improvements. The update is rolling out gradually over a couple of weeks.
In short
- Sonos app gains optional tab navigation and speaker sorting
- iOS gets new volume slider and dynamic Now Playing colours
- Update rolls out gradually over the coming weeks
Explained simply
Sonos is a company that makes wireless speakers and audio systems for homes. Users can play music across multiple rooms simultaneously, with independent control of what plays in each space.
The Sonos app is how users control their speakers and choose what to listen to. In 2024, Sonos released a major redesign that frustrated many users because it made common tasks harder to navigate, leading to customer complaints and a change in company leadership.
The latest app updates represent Sonos's effort to address those frustrations and make the system easier to use. This is particularly important for people who have installed speakers throughout their homes.