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Joe Svetlik

Sonos CEO apologises for the app redesign that deleted key features

Sonos Trueplay on the new Sonos app.

Sonos CEO Patrick Spence has apologised to users for the disastrous mobile app redesign, and set a timeline for fixing it.

The multi-room specialist redesigned the app on 7th May to coincide with the launch of its Ace wireless headphones. The Ace turned out to be a rushed product – with certain features missing at launch – and the same is true of the new app. Ostensibly redesigned to accommodate the Ace, the new app lacked a lot of the old one's features, including sleep timers, management of locally-stored music, and the ability to edit playlists and song queues.

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