Still frustrated with the Sonos app? People have been making alternatives using AI to solve long-standing annoyances — and some are pretty damn cool

An even closer shot of the Sonos Era 100 SL, showing the Sonos logo on the front and the play/pause and skip buttons on top.

• Sonos customers have been AI-generating alternatives to the Sonos app
• Some look pretty cool in design, and offer easy access to features
• They won't all be easy to set up and run yourself, though

The Sonos app continues to be a controversial point for people. After a 2024 app overhaul annoyed basically every customer with bugs and missing features, and 2025 fixes only barely addressed the problems, owners of the best Sonos speakers started looking for alternative solutions.