Sonos has revealed its most extensive app redesign to date with major changes to a customisable home screen.
Users can organise playlists, stations, albums and more from over 100 services on the home screen, which now also provides faster access to Sonos system controls with one swipe up. The updated app supports all existing S2 products and will be available globally through a software update for the S2 mobile app and via an all-new web app on May 7, 2024.
Patrick Spence, CEO of Sonos, said: “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.
“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.”
Maxime Bouvat-Merlin, chief product officer of Sonos, said: “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.
“As the only audio brand with an open platform offering extensive choice, Sonos makes it easy to control your system and curate your favourite 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 home screen now serves up content and controls in one place. Users can quickly jump back into recently played and browse libraries and recommendations from preferred services.
Users can pin rows of their favourite content and services; then move, edit, or rearrange them.
Artists, songs, podcasts or audiobooks can be searched across all preferred streaming apps at once via a search bar that’s always available on the home screen.
Swiping up from the bottom of the home screen provides a visual overview of what’s playing on each of a user’s products and lets them group speakers, and dial in on the perfect volume from anywhere in the app.