Sonos plans to update its app to improve navigation and controls

Sonos plans update your app with the aim of simplifying the navigation and control of audio devices, especially after the failed 2024 modernization that involved internal changes in the company.

The technology firm will update the application for Android and iOS in the coming months, but does not plan to launch a complete redesignbut with it improvements in navigation and easier-to-use controls will be introduced.

These plans respond to the fact that the application, in its current form, keep giving problems for users, despite the updates released in the last two years to improve the experience.

The reason is found in the launch of a new application in May 2024, with which Sonos sought to offer a platform where users could organize their playlists. more than a hundred services, including Spotify, Amazon Music and Apple Musicon a customizable home screen.

Sonos engineers are still finalizing the details of the update, as the CEO, Tim Conrad, shared with Bloomberg on the occasion of the demonstration that the company gave at its headquarters.

Although he has not detailed what the improvements and new features will be, the manager has indicated that before its general deployment They will test it “in tens of thousands of homes“and they will keep it as optional until they make sure everything is correct.