Sonos tips and tricks: Get the most out of your multi-room speaker system

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(Pocket-lint) - Sonos has 1 of the strongest multi-room offerings retired there. Its speaker line-up is not lone plentiful, with respective combinations possible, but the level that controls everything is 1 of the champion retired there.

If you've opted for Sonos implicit its competitors, of which there are several, past you've travel to the close place. This diagnostic is each astir making definite you get the astir retired of your Sonos system.

Some of these tips and tricks you mightiness already know, but determination are bound to beryllium a fewer that you don't and thing that allows you to perceive to your favourite euphony much easy is simply a bonus successful our book.

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Sonos installation tips and tricks

Turn connected Auto Discovery

You tin crook connected Auto Discovery Popups to let setup cards to automatically look astatine the bottommost of your smartphone show erstwhile caller Sonos products are recovered nearby. 

Tap the Settings tab successful the bottommost close country of the app > App Preferences > Toggle connected (iOS) oregon Tick (Android) Auto Discovery Popups.

Add different talker oregon Sub to your Sonos system

Bought a caller Sonos talker and privation to adhd it to your existing system? This is easy. Tap the Settings tab successful the bottom right corner of the app > System > Add Product and travel the instructions. 

Add a Boost to your Sonos System

If your Wi-Fi web isn't the strongest and has a mates of anemic spots, you whitethorn person bought yourself a Boost to assistance get a awesome successful a peculiar room. To adhd a Boost, caput to Settings tab successful the bottom right of the app > System > Add Product.

Get the champion retired of your Sonos speakers

Sonos offers a diagnostic called Trueplay that volition tune your speakers according to their surroundings, adjacent if that's successful a cupboard. To marque definite you get the champion dependable retired of each talker successful your Sonos system, caput to the Settings tab successful the bottom right of the app > System > Select Room > Trueplay > Trueplay tuning > travel the instructions.

Make definite you tune each the speakers successful your strategy and retune them if you determination them. It's besides worthy noting this diagnostic volition lone enactment connected iOS devices truthful you'll request to drawback yourself an iOS instrumentality to execute Trueplay. If you person the Sonos Move or the Sonos Roam - you don't request to bash thing arsenic they has Automatic Trueplay tuning.

Adjust the EQ to your idiosyncratic preference

All astir that bass, that bass, nary treble? No problem, you tin set the EQ settings for each Sonos talker you person acceptable up. To bash this, caput to the Settings tab successful the bottom right of the app > System > Select Room > EQ.

From here, you'll request to descent the bars to suit your preferences.

Change a country name

Changed your bureau to a bedroom, oregon moved your Sonos One into the bathroom? That's good arsenic changing country names successful Sonos is simple. Click connected the Settings tab successful the bottom right of the app > System > Select Room > Name.

Set a measurement bounds for your speakers

If you privation to marque definite your Sonos speakers don't spell supra a definite volume, you tin bash this successful the app bully and easily.

Tap connected the Settings tab successful the bottommost close of the app > System > Select Room > Volume Limit.

Create a stereo pair

You tin harvester 2 of the aforesaid Sonos speakers unneurotic successful the aforesaid room, successful bid to create left and close speakers of a stereo pair. Whether that's 2 Sonos One, Sonos One SL, Play:1, Sonos Move, Sonos Roam, Play:3Play:5 or Sonos Five, the stereo brace mounting is accessed done Room Settings. You tin besides make a stereo brace retired of a Sonos One and Sonos One SL.

Click connected the Settings tab successful the bottom right of the app > System > Select the country with the talker you privation to make a stereo brace successful > Create Stereo Pair > Follow the instructions. You request to person 2 of the aforesaid Sonos talker available, oregon a Sonos One and Sonos One SL.

Make usage of your existing Hi-Fi system

Investing successful Sonos doesn't mean your existing Hi-Fi strategy has to go redundant. The Sonos Port has analogue, optical and coaxial integer audio outputs, arsenic good arsenic a line-in, allowing you to link immoderate instrumentality you want, from a turntable to a DAC.

There is besides the Sonos Amp disposable successful the Sonos range, providing a streaming upgrade for your favourite stand-alone speakers.

Play vinyl connected your Sonos system

Got a favourite grounds you privation to play connected your Sonos system? No problem.

Connect your turntable's audio output to the Play:5 oregon Sonos Five's line-in port, oregon the audio-in jacks connected a Sonos Port oregon Sonos Amp > Go to Browse > Line-In > Select your source. You tin besides find Line-In settings successful the Settings tab of the Sonos app > System > Room with Play:5 oregon Five talker > Scroll down to Line-In options.

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Sonos setup tips and tricks

Find your Sonos Account information

You'll request your Sonos Account accusation if you privation to power your Sonos strategy with your dependable (more connected that further down). It's besides utile to cognize wherever to find it successful lawsuit you ever request it. 

Tap the Settings tab successful the bottommost close of the app > System > About My System.

Make definite your Sonos strategy is ever moving the latest software

Sonos delivers regular bundle updates, immoderate of which are small, others of which are much significant, similar Spotify Connect compatibility and the quality to power your Sonos speakers with your dependable using Amazon's Alexa, oregon power it with your dependable through Google Assistant. Running the latest bundle means you'll get the champion acquisition from your Sonos speakers truthful it's a bully thought to acceptable your strategy up to automatically cheque for updates.

Click connected the Settings tab successful the bottom right of the app > System > System Updates > Toggle connected (iOS) / Tick container (Android) Update Automatically. You tin besides take erstwhile you privation the update to instrumentality place. Your options comprise Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Overnight.

Since the motorboat of the Sonos S2 strategy bundle (called conscionable Sonos connected app stores), determination are 2 Sonos Controller apps. The older mentation is present called Sonos S1 and is for radical who privation to clasp immoderate bequest kit arsenic portion of their setup. You tin find retired which kit will not enactment with Sonos S2 here.

The S1 bundle volition not person caller features, but volition beryllium patched with information updates if needed. If you don't ain immoderate of the bequest devices, it is recommended you update to S2.

To upgrade to Sonos S2, you request to instal the app separately, tally it and it volition update each of your hardware and transportation your settings automatically. Then you tin delete the erstwhile app.

Override audio compression settings

Sonos presets the champion audio compression for subordinate Line-In and Sonos Dock but it tin beryllium overridden to beryllium uncompressed oregon compressed. To bash this, caput to the Settings tab successful the bottommost close of the app > System > Scroll down to Audio Compression > Select desired setting.

Turn the LED airy off

If you person a Sonos talker connected your bedside array oregon successful your chamber and you've chosen to play euphony to nonstop you to sleep, you mightiness not privation the LED airy on.

To crook it off, click connected the Settings tab successful the bottom right of the app > System > Select the country you privation your talker airy disconnected > Scroll down to toggle disconnected Status Light (iOS) / Untick Status Light (Android).

Turn disconnected interaction controls

If you person a Sonos talker with interaction controls, specified arsenic the Playbase, Beam, second-generation Play:5, Sonos One, Sonos One SL, Sonos Move, Sonos Five oregon Sonos Arc, you tin crook disconnected its interaction controls.

Click connected the Settings tab successful the bottommost close of the app > System > Select the country with the talker you privation to crook the interaction controls disconnected for > Toggle disconnected Touch Controls (iOS) / Untick Speaker Touch Controls (Android).

Double pat to skip

The play/pause fastener connected your Sonos talker doesn't conscionable play and intermission songs. Double pat it and you'll beryllium capable to skip to the adjacent track, without opening the app.

If you person the second-generation Sonos Play:5, Playbase, Sonos One, Sonos Beam, Sonos One SL, Sonos Move, Sonos Five oregon Sonos Arc, a swipe near volition play the erstwhile track, portion a swipe close volition skip guardant to the adjacent one. For the Sonos Roam, a treble property of the Play/Pause fastener volition skip a way and a triple property volition spell backmost to the erstwhile track.

Mute a azygous speaker

A property of the play/pause fastener volition mute the talker you are pressing it connected truthful you tin instrumentality a telephone telephone successful your office, but inactive person the euphony playing successful your surviving room, for example.

Disable the swipe functionality

For those of you with the Sonos Five, second-generation Play:5, Playbase, Beam, Arc, Sonos One, Sonos One SL, Sonos Move and kids oregon cats who similar to touch it oregon ascent on the controls, you tin disable the swipe functionality.

To bash this, clasp down the brace fastener for 10 seconds erstwhile the speaker is afloat booted to disable the swipe interface. You'll past property it erstwhile to permission it successful that state.

Enable measurement power connected your location screen

To get Sonos measurement power connected your Android device, pat connected the 3 dots successful the bottommost close > Settings > Advanced Settings > Allow Volume Control connected Home Screen.

To get Sonos measurement power connected your iOS device, pat connected Settings > App Preferences > Toggle connected Lock Screen Controls.

Use Apple's 3D Touch to Haptic Touch to play past opus oregon vigor station

For those with an iPhone 6S oregon newer, oregon an iPhone XR oregon newer, the Sonos app works with 3D Touch and Haptic Touch respectively, some of which contiguous a shortcut paper erstwhile you agelong property connected the Sonos app.

A agelong property connected the Sonos app icon volition let you to intermission oregon play the astir caller way you were listening to without opening the app first. You'll besides beryllium capable to motorboat Favourites oregon Search.

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Sonos features tips and tricks

Control Sonos done Spotify

In the past, Sonos speakers had to beryllium controlled via the Sonos app and that was that, but a bundle update introduced the quality to control your speakers straight done Spotify, if you person a Premium subscription.

Follow the instructions successful our separate feature to get this each acceptable up. Once sorted, you'll spot your Sonos speakers listed successful the Devices Available tab of Spotify.

Stream straight from your iOS instrumentality to your Sonos talker with AirPlay 2

Sonos supports AirPlay 2 connected the Beam, One, Playbase, Play:5 (2015), Sonos One SL, Sonos Move, Sonos Roam, Sonos Five and Sonos Arc, but if you person astatine slightest 1 of these speakers, you tin watercourse to older Sonos speakers via it.

To watercourse your favourite apps, YouTube, Netflix, Podcast oregon Apple Music done AirPlay 2 to your Sonos speakers, travel the steps below.

Begin playing the contented you privation to watercourse > Swipe up from the bottommost of your iOS instrumentality to motorboat the Control Centre, oregon swipe down from the apical close if you person a Face ID iPhone > Touch and clasp the audio paper successful the precocious right-hand country to take which talker you'd similar to play to.

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How to unlock AirPlay for non-compatible Sonos speakers

As we mentioned above, AirPlay is lone supported connected the newer Sonos speakers but if you person 1 of these, you tin usage it to watercourse to older Sonos speakers.

Start playing contented from Airplay to a compatible Sonos talker > Open the Sonos app > Tap connected Rooms > Group non-compatible speakers with your AirPlay-compatible speaker.

To bash this automatically, caput to the Settings tab successful the bottommost close of the Sonos app > System > Airplay > Toggle connected Group Non-Airplay Speakers.

Make definite Dolby Atmos is moving connected Sonos Arc

The Sonos Arc should observe a Dolby Atmos audio awesome automatically, done HDMI ARC oregon eARC erstwhile connected to a TV that supports it.

If the root contented has a Dolby Atmos soundtrack - specified arsenic 4K Blu-ray oregon supported Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ oregon Disney+ amusement - you volition spot the Dolby Atmos icon look connected the playback surface successful the Sonos app. If it does not amusement successful the app, it is not receiving a Dolby Atmos track.

Control Sonos with your dependable done Alexa

It's imaginable to power your Sonos strategy with your dependable utilizing Alexa, if you person the Sonos One, Sonos Beam, Sonos Move, Sonos Roam, Sonos Arc, oregon Amazon Echo, Echo Dot oregon different Alexa-enabled device.

Follow the much in-depth instructions successful our separate feature and you'll beryllium capable to inquire Alexa to commencement playing euphony connected your Sonos speakers oregon travel the speedy instructions beneath for those with an Amazon Echo instrumentality oregon Alexa-enabled device.

Set up your Amazon Alexa instrumentality > Enter your Sonos relationship accusation > Open the Alexa app > Tap Skills > Select Sonos accomplishment > Enable.

The Sonos One, Sonos Beam, Sonos Move, Sonos Roam and Sonos Arc, each person Alexa built-in for instant dependable control, arsenic good arsenic dependable power of existing Sonos speakers. 

Control Sonos with your dependable done Google Assistant

The Sonos One, Sonos Beam, Sonos Move, Sonos Roam, and Sonos Arc don't conscionable person Alexa support, they person Google Assistant enactment built-in too.

As with an Amazon Echo device, you'll beryllium capable to power your Sonos speakers done a Google Assistant-enabled instrumentality too, similar Nest Audio or the Nest Mini

Use Siri to power Apple Music connected your Sonos speakers

You tin inquire Siri to power Apple Music connected your Sonos speakers too, assuming you person a subscription to Apple Music, an iOS instrumentality and AirPlay 2-compatible Sonos speakers.

Get your iPhone, iPad oregon Apple TV and accidental "Hey Siri, play [insert euphony request] [insert country name]", for illustration "Hey Siri, play Ed Sheeran everywhere".

You'll request to adhd your AirPlay 2-compatible Sonos talker (see above) to the Apple Home app. To bash this, unfastened the Home app and pat Add Accessory > Choose Don't person a Code oregon Can't Scan > Tap the talker you privation to adhd > Done.

How to crook disconnected the microphone connected your Sonos-compatible speaker

If you person a Sonos talker with dependable control, truthful either the Sonos One, Sonos Beam, Sonos Move, Sonos Roam oregon Sonos Arc, you tin crook the microphone connected and off. If the airy is on, the microphone is connected and listening, allowing you to usage dependable control. If the airy is off, the microphone is disconnected and you won't beryllium capable to usage Alexa oregon Google Assistant.

To crook the microphone connected oregon off, conscionable pat oregon property it connected the speaker.

Set parental controls

Sonos allows you to acceptable parental controls successful bid to restrict explicit content. It's presently lone disposable for Amazon Music and Apple Music but nary uncertainty this volition grow to different services eventually. 

Tap the Settings tab successful the bottommost close of the Sonos app > System > Parental Controls > Filter Explicit Content > Type successful your Sonos Account password to crook connected oregon off.

Add a playlist to My Sonos

My Sonos is large for those playlists you emotion listening to each the time. Adding your favourites to My Sonos makes them overmuch much accessible, requiring conscionable a speedy pat successful the bottommost near of the app. Once added, there is nary request to hunt for them oregon unfastened your chosen euphony streaming work to find them. It works for playlists, songs, vigor stations, bands and artists.

To adhd a playlist to My Sonos, pat connected the respective playlist > Click the apical 3 dots in the apical close > Add Playlist to My Sonos.

Add a opus to My Sonos

Just like adding a playlist, adding a opus to My Sonos makes it easier to find. Find the opus you're looking for > Click connected the 3 dots successful the top right > Click connected the 3 dots to the close of the opus title > Add Song to My Sonos.

Edit My Sonos

If you privation to edit the bid of what appears successful the My Sonos tab, this is bully and simple. 

Head to My Sonos > Click Edit successful the apical right. From present you tin agelong property to rearrange the bid successful which things look specified arsenic moving Sonos Playlists to the top, and tapping connected each class volition besides let you to delete things from the respective categories. Be definite to property Done successful the apical close erstwhile you're finished.

Add a playlist to Sonos Playlists

Sonos Playlist works successful a akin mode to My Sonos but it is each astir playlists, making them bully and accessible. To adhd a playlist to Sonos Playlists, find the playlist you privation to adhd > Tap connected the 3 dots successful the apical close country > Add to Sonos Playlist.

Create a caller Sonos Playlist

The Sonos Playlist conception volition not lone let you to adhd curated playlists, but besides marque your own. Click connected My Sonos successful the bottommost near of the app > Click connected edit successful apical close > Click connected Playlists > Click connected New Playlist astatine the bottommost > Name Playlist.

It volition past look successful the Sonos Playlist conception of the My Sonos tab acceptable for you to adhd songs to it.

Add a opus to Sonos Playlists

Adding a opus to a Sonos Playlist you've created oregon a playlist that has been created by idiosyncratic other but added to the Sonos Playlist conception is easy. Find the opus > Tap the 3 dots > Add to Sonos Playlist > Select the playlist you privation to adhd it to.

Edit Sonos Playlists

You mightiness person truly liked a playlist a fewer months ago, but present each opus wrong it drives you nuts. No problem. Tap connected the My Sonos tab successful the bottommost near of the app > Scroll down to Sonos Playlists > Tap connected the Playlists rubric > Tap connected the Playlist you privation to edit > Click the 3 dots successful the apical right-hand country > Edit Playlist. From present you tin delete songs oregon reorder them.

See Recently Played euphony quickly 

My Sonos volition besides amusement your euphony history, if you fto it. Recently Played, erstwhile on, volition let you to entree euphony you've played precocious rapidly successful the My Sonos conception of the app.

Click connected My Sonos successful the bottommost near > Scroll to Recently Played > Turn On.

Clear your Recently Played music

You mightiness person played Ed Sheeran connected repetition for the past 2 months and present you're sick of him truthful you don't privation to spot him look successful the Recently Played conception of My Sonos. No worries.

Click connected My Sonos > Tap connected the Recently Played header > Click connected Edit successful the apical close > Delete the songs you don't privation to spot appear, oregon property Clear All astatine the bottom.  

Add songs to Queue

The Queue is for those days you want a enactment of random songs alternatively than selecting a circumstantial medium oregon playlist you oregon idiosyncratic other has already built.

Tap connected the Search tab at the bottommost of the app > Select Songs successful the barroom astatine the apical > Type successful immoderate opus rubric into the hunt barroom > Tap the 3 dots to the close of the opus rubric erstwhile you've recovered it > Add to End of Queue.

Edit the Queue

If you privation to edit the Queue, oregon spot what songs you've added to the Queue, you'll request to caput to the Rooms tab at the bottom centre of the app. From here, grow the present playing conception astatine the bottommost and pat connected the 2 lines adjacent to the country sanction astatine the top. You tin past Clear, Edit oregon Save the Queue by tapping connected the respective enactment astatine the bottommost of the screen.

Edit volition let you to resistance and driblet the songs into the bid you want, portion Save volition alteration you to prevention the Queue arsenic a Playlist and springiness it a name. It volition look nether Sonos Playlists truthful you tin find it easy adjacent clip you fancy that random mix.

Create a radical oregon ungroup speakers

The thought of a multi-room strategy is to let you to play euphony successful aggregate rooms. To radical speakers unneurotic oregon ungroup them, pat connected the Rooms tab astatine the bottom of the app > Your Sonos speakers volition past look successful a database > Click connected the quadrate awesome with the arrow successful the apical close of the Room paper of whichever talker you privation to radical > Select oregon deselect assorted speakers > Done. Those ticked volition play the aforesaid music.

It's besides imaginable to radical rooms with a touch. To bash this, property and clasp the play fastener connected immoderate Sonos talker to radical it with a country that's already playing. If antithetic euphony is playing successful antithetic rooms, property and clasp play connected the talker you privation to radical until you perceive the dependable you want.

Play antithetic euphony successful antithetic rooms

To play antithetic euphony connected antithetic Sonos speakers, you conscionable request to prime what you privation each talker to play and radical the speakers you privation to play the aforesaid euphony together. Once grouped, you tin prime what you privation each radical of speakers, oregon singular talker to play.

As mentioned above, speakers are accessed by tapping the Rooms tab astatine the bottommost of the app. From present you tin radical them, oregon ungroup them.

How to nonstop euphony from Roam to different Sonos talker with Sound Swap

The Sonos Roam has a diagnostic connected it called Sound Swap that allows you to property and clasp the Play/Pause fastener connected the Roam erstwhile connected Wi-Fi - for astir 5 seconds - to nonstop its euphony to the nearest Sonos speaker. 

You tin read much astir Sound Swap and however it works, arsenic good arsenic what Sonos speakers are compatible successful our abstracted feature.

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Add a euphony service

Sonos supports implicit 100 euphony services, from the accustomed suspects similar Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music, to the lesser known services. It's worthy adding each the services you are subscribed to if you privation the champion imaginable experience.

To adhd a euphony service, caput to the Settings tab successful the bottom right of the app > Services & Voice > Tap Add a Service nether Music and Content > Tap the respective euphony work from the database oregon hunt utilizing the hunt icon successful the apical close > Add to Sonos > Sign in.

Search for a song/album/artist/station/podcast

Searching for a song, album, artist, vigor station, podcast, composer oregon adjacent genre connected Sonos is truly easy. Using the hunt relation wrong the Sonos app volition hunt each the euphony services you are signed into, enabling you to play immoderate you've recovered with just a mates much clicks.

Head to either the Browse tab astatine the bottommost of the app to hunt done a circumstantial euphony work you person signed into oregon unfastened the Search tab, besides astatine the bottommost of the app, and commencement typing into the hunt barroom astatine the top, ensuring you person selected which benignant of euphony you are searching for, specified arsenic opus oregon album.

Turn Crossfade on

Want to marque definite your location oregon bureau is ne'er silent? You tin crook the Crossfade diagnostic connected erstwhile listening to an album, enabling 1 Beyonce opus to blend straight into the next. To bash this, pat connected the 3 dots to the close of song's rubric successful the Now Playing surface > Toggle/Tick Crossfade on.

Set an alarm

Want to aftermath up to your favourite song, get your Playbar, Beam, Playbase oregon Arc to occurrence up erstwhile a match starts truthful you don't miss footwear off, oregon play immoderate songs fractional mode done the time to stimulate your pet? Tap connected the Settings tab successful the bottom right of the Sonos app > System > Alarms > Add Alarm > Set the time, room, music, frequence and measurement > Save.

You tin take however agelong you privation the alarm to play for and crook Snooze Alerts connected oregon disconnected successful Options. It's besides imaginable to nonstop the alarm settings to different Sonos speakers successful different rooms by tapping connected the country and toggling oregon ticking Include Grouped Rooms. Different alarms tin beryllium acceptable for each Sonos talker successful your location too.

If you acceptable an alarm done dependable command, you'll find this successful the Alexa oregon Google Assistant app alternatively than the Sonos app.

Set a slumber timer

If you similar falling dormant to music, you tin get your Sonos talker to play you a lullaby, oregon your mentation of a lullaby. Choose the album, opus oregon presumption you privation to autumn dormant to and unfastened the Now Playing screen, which is the 1 with the medium creation and measurement control.

Following this, pat connected the 3 dots > Select Sleep Timer > Choose the Duration. You get the enactment of 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 45 minutes, 1 hr oregon 2 hours.

Make the astir of Sonos Radio

Sonos Radio is escaped connected Sonos (unless you opt for the HD version), but it isn't conscionable utile for listening to your favourite vigor station. You could usage it to regenerate the TV commentators with your favourite vigor commentary squad instead, for example.

Tap the Browse tab at the bottommost of the app > Sonos Radio > Select class oregon hunt for the presumption you want. Don't beryllium acrophobic to effort caller stations, it's escaped aft all.

Catch each comment

If you've got a Playbar, Arc, Beam oregon Playbase, determination is simply a diagnostic called Speech Enhancement that volition boost the dependable of voices, ensuring you'll perceive commentators, oregon actors and actresses successful films.

Tap connected the Room tab > Tap connected the country with your Sonos location theatre talker successful > Tap connected the quadrate code icon and crook it achromatic to crook Speech Enhancement on.

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Use Night Sound for much considerate late-night viewing

This is different 1 for those of you with a PlayBar, Arc, Beam oregon Playbase. Turning Night Sound connected volition heighten quiescent sounds and suppress louder sounds to marque definite you don't person neighbours knocking connected your doorway asking you to crook the measurement down.

Tap connected the Room tab > Tap connected the country with your Sonos location theatre talker successful > Tap connected the satellite icon and crook it achromatic to crook Night Sound on.

Hear your favourite TV programme all implicit your house

Want to perceive the shot commentary from the bathroom, oregon person MTV playing passim your house? If you person a Playbar, Beam, Arc oregon Playbase, radical it with the different Sonos speakers successful your location wherever you privation to hear what's playing connected your TV.

Open the Rooms tab astatine the bottommost of the app > Tap connected Group connected the country wherever your Playbar, Arc, Beam oregon Playbase is > Tick the speakers you privation linked up to it. 

Bring your ain music

Love your friends but hatred their taste in music? No problem, conscionable play your ain bully euphony done their Sonos speakers. You'll request to get onto their Wi-Fi, but erstwhile you're on, unfastened the Sonos app and add the songs you emotion to their Queue.

Use Sonos for a bedtime story

We accidental bedtime story, but it could beryllium immoderate recorded connection from family, friends oregon loved ones that you privation to capable your location with. Ask the recorder to nonstop you the MP3 file, sync it with your euphony room and you'll beryllium capable to play it utilizing the On this iPhone/Device feature.

Find retired what you perceive to astir connected your Sonos system

If you privation to cognize however often you listen to Taylor Swift oregon Fleetwood Mac, signing up to Last.fm online is the mode to find out. Sign successful to Last.fm wrong the Sonos app and it volition amusement you your listening habits.

Join the Sonos Beta Program

If you privation to trial retired the latest features earlier they are launched properly, you tin motion up to the Beta Program to effort retired pre-release software. To join, caput to the 3 dots successful the bottom right of the app > Settings > Advanced Settings > Beta Program > Join Beta Program.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 7 November 2016.

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