SONOS app and Web Controller User Guide

Overview
Your key to the ultimate listening experience, the Sonos app brings together all your favorite content services in a single app. Easily browse music, radio, and audiobooks, and listen your way with step-by-step setup instructions.

Features

All-in-one app for music, radio, and audiobooks
Step-by-step setup guidance

Search functionality for quick access to content
Customizable playlists and favorites

Grouping of Sonos products for enhanced sound experience
Remote control capabilities and voice assistant integration

Specifications

Compatibility: Works with Sonos products

Control: Remote control via app, voice control compatible
Features: Customizable playlists, search function, grouping of products

Product Usage Instructions

Getting Started

To begin using the Sonos app:

Download and install the Sonos app on your device.
Follow the on-screen instructions to set up your products.

Explore the Home screen for easy access to your favorite content and settings.

Navigating the App

The Home screen layout includes:

Your System name for product management.

Account settings for managing content services.
Collections for organizing your content.

Your Services for quick access to manage services.
Search bar for finding specific content.

Now Playing bar for playback control.
Volume control and output selector for audio management.

Customization and Settings

You can customize the app by:

Setting up groups and stereo pairs for enhanced sound.
Configuring preferences and settings in the App Preferences section.

Creating alarms for scheduled playback.
Adding Sonos Voice Control for hands-free operation.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How do I change my system name?
To change your system name, go to System Settings > Manage > System Name, then enter a new name for your system.
How can I group Sonos products together?
To group two or more speakers, use the output selector in the app and choose the products you want to group for synchronized playback.
Where can I get help with my Sonos products?
If you need assistance with your Sonos products, you can access the Help Center at the bottom of the settings menus to get support and submit diagnostics to Sonos Support.

Overview

Your key to the ultimate listening experience.

All your services in a single app. The Sonos app brings together all your favorite content services so you can easily browse music, radio, and audiobooks and listen your way.
Plug, tap, and play. The Sonos app walks you through new product and feature setup with step-by-step instructions.
Find everything you want faster. Search is always available at the bottom of the Home screen. Just enter the artist, genre, album, or song you want, and get a set of combined results from all your services.
Curate and customize. Save playlists, artists, and stations from any service to Sonos Favorites to create the ultimate music library.
More powerful together. Easily move content around your system with the output selector and group Sonos products to take the sound from room filling to thrilling.
Total control in the palm of your hand. Adjust volume, group products, save favorites, set alarms, customize settings, and more from anywhere in your home. Add a voice assistant for hands-free control.

The Home screen controls

The intuitive layout of the Sonos app puts your favorite audio content, services, and settings into an easily scrollable Home screen.

System name

Select to see all the products in your system.
Go to System Settings > select Manage > select System Name, then enter a new name for your system.

Account

System Settings

Account

Manage your content services.

View and update account details.
Customize App Preferences

System Settings

Customize and configure productsettings.
Create groups and stereo pairs.
Set up a home theater.

TrueplayTM tuning.
Set alarms.
Add Sonos Voice Control.

Need help with your system? Select
Help Center at the bottom of both settings menus to get help with your Sonos products and submit a diagnostic to Sonos Support.

Collections
Content in the Sonos app is sorted by collection. This includes Recently Played , Sonos Favorites , pinned content, and more. Select Edit Home to customize your lay out.

Your Services
Select Manage to make changes to your accessible services.

Preferred Service
Your preferred service will always display first in lists of services in the Sonos app.
Select Manage > Your Preferred Service, then choose a service from the list.

Search
The Search bar is always available at the bottom of the Home screen. Enter the artist, genre, album, or song you want and get a set of combined results from all your services.

Now Playing

The Now Playing bar sticks around as you browse the app, so you can control playback from anywhere in the app:

Pause or resume streaming content.
View artist and content details.

Press once to bring up the full Now Playing screen.
Swipe up to see all the products in your system. You can pause active streams and change the targeted activity.

Volume

Drag to adjust volume.
Tap the left (volume down) or right (volume up) of the bar to adjust volume 1%.

Output selector

Move content to any product in your system.
Group two or more speakers to play the same content at the same relative volume. Select the output selector , then choose the products you want to group.
Adjust volume.

Play/Pause
Pause or resume content from anywhere in the app.

Note: The ring around the play/pause button fills to show the content progression.

Edit Home
Customize the collections that appear on your home screen to more quickly access the content you listen to most. Scroll to the bottom of the Home screen and select Edit Home. Then, select – to remove a collection or hold and drag to change the order collections appear on the Home screen. Select Done when you’re happy with the changes.

Content services

Sonos works with most of your favorite content services—Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Audible, Deezer, Pandora, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, YouTube Music, and many more. Sign in to the accounts you use the most or discover new services in the Sonos app. Learn more about the hundreds of available services on Sonos.

You can enter the name of your service in the search bar or filter the list by content types, like “Music” and “Audiobooks.”

Note: If Find My Apps is enabled, Suggested Services lists the apps you already use on your mobile device at the top of the list.

Remove a content service
To remove a service from the Home screen, navigate to Your Services and select Manage. Then, choose the service you want to remove. Select Remove Service and follow the instructions to disconnect all accounts and remove the service from your Sonos system.

Note: You will no longer be able to access the service from the Sonos app until you add it again.

Preferred Service
Your preferred service displays first anywhere lists of services appear and search results from your preferred service are always prioritized.
Select Manage > Your Preferred Service, then choose a service from the list.

Now Playing

Press the Now Playing bar to see all controls and information about your current listening session.

Note: Swipe up on the Now Playing bar to view your System.

Content information
Displays information about your current listening session and the where content is playing from (a service, AirPlay, etc.)

Information can include:

Song name
Artist and album name
Service

Content audio quality
Shows the audio quality and format of your streaming content (when available).

Content time line
Drag to quickly fast forward or rewind content.

Playback controls

Play
Pause
Play next

Play previous
Shuffle
Repeat

Volume

Drag to adjust volume.
Tap the left (volume down) or right (volume up) of the volume bar to adjust volume 1%.

Queue
Add, remove, and reorganize the songs coming up in your active listening session.

Note: Not applicable to all content types.

More menu
Additional content controls and app features.

Note: The controls and features available can change depending on the service you’re streaming from.

Output selector

Move content to any product in your system.

Group two or more speakers to play the same content at the same relative volume. Select the output selector , then choose the products you want to group.
Adjust volume.

Search

When you add a service to the Sonos app, you can quickly search the content you love or browse various services to find something new to play.

Note: Select + under Your Services to add a new service.
To search content from all your services, select the Search bar and enter the name of the albums, artists, genres, playlists, or radio stations you’re looking for. You can select something to play from the list of results or filter search results based on what content each service offers.

Browse a service in the Sonos app
Navigate to Your Services and select a service to browse. All content that streams from the service you selected is available in the Sonos app, including your library of saved content in that service’s app.

Search history
Select the Search bar to view recently searched items. You can select one from the list to quickly play it on the targeted room or speaker, or select x to clear a previous search term from the list.

Note: Enable Search History must be active in App Preferences.

System controls

Your system view shows all available outputs in your Sonos system and any active content streams.

To view and control products in your Sonos system:

Swipe up on the Now Playing bar.
Select your system name on the Home screen.

Outputs
Select a card to change which output the app is targeting. Outputs are displayed as groups, home theaters, stereo pairs, portables

Note: Choosing an output in your system view will not change where your active content plays. Go to the output selector to move content around your system.

Volume

Drag to adjust volume.
Tap the left (volume down) or right (volume up) of the bar to adjust volume 1%.

Output selector

Move content to any product in your system.
Group two or more speakers to play the same content at the same relative volume. Select the output selector , then choose the products you want to group.
Adjust volume.

Play/Pause
Pause or resume content playing in any room or product in your system.

Mute
Mute and unmute TV audio playing in a room with a home theater setup.

Output selector

The output selector helps you move content to any product in your system. From Now Playing, select a group to adjust where content plays during your active listening session.

View System
Select to view all products and groups in your system.

Preset groups
You can create a group preset if you typically group the same Sonos products, then select it by name in the output selector.

To create or edit a group preset:

Go to System Settings .
Select Manage.

Select Groups.
Create a new group preset, remove products from an existing group preset, or delete a group preset altogether.
Select Save when you’re finished.

Selected product
Add or remove Sonos products from your current listening session.

Note: Volume changes live, before applying output selections.

Apply
When you’re happy with your output selections, select Apply to return to the previous screen.

Group volume
Press and hold the volume slider on Now Playing to see all active products and their volume levels. You can adjust all products’ volumes at once or adjust them individually.

Product volume

Drag to adjust the volume of an individual product in a group.
Tap the left (volume down) or right (volume up) of the bar to adjust volume 1%.

Group volume

Drag to adjust the volume of all products in a group. Product volumes adjust relative to the starting positions.
Tap the left (volume down) or right (volume up) of the bar to adjust volume 1%.

System Settings

To view and update System Settings:

Go to System Settings .
Select Manage.
Choose the setting or feature you’re looking for.

Voice control

You can add Sonos Voice Control, or a voice assistant you use often, for hands-free control of your Sonos system.

Note: If you’re adding a voice assistant, download the voice assistant’s app before adding it to your Sonos system.

To add voice control in the Sonos app:

Go to System Settings .
Select Manage.
Select + Add a voice assistant.

Voice control settings
Settings available in the Sonos app can change depending on the voice assistant you choose.

Room Settings

The Room Settings displayed are based on the capabilities of the products in a room.

To view and update Room Settings:

Go to System Settings .
Select a product in your system, then navigate to the settings or features you’re looking for.

Name

Products

Sound

Account Settings

Go to Account to manage services, view messages from Sonos, and edit account details. On the Home screen, select to view account information and update App Preferences.

App Preferences

In App Preferences, you can customize Sonos app settings and view details like app version. On the Home screen, select Account , then select App Preferences to get started. Select Reset App to return to default app settings.

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