They had this exact same “courage” a while ago. This isn’t their first rewrite/re-invention. Anyone know why their software division is so broken?

Sonos was a cool trick in 2012, when getting multiple network connected speakers synced wasn’t an out of the box experience.

I threw my Sonos out after their previous re-invention. I use Apple TV connected speakers to stream any media nowadays.

Say the app was working flawlessly, what advantage does using Sonos provide in 2024?

Sonos has been dying a slow death every since their founding CEO John MacFarlane left. He probably got pressure from investors to jump right into the "virtual assistant" fad that's also mostly on life-support by the major vendors (Google, Apple, Alexa, Bixby) so the only thing to remain from that will be a couple of million additional devices with a microphone being connected to the internet.

Their apps have been slow and inconsistent and all attempt at a rewrite just made it worse.

If I hadn't gotten a free Arc as part of a beta test, I'd probably be looking for replacements already but since some Play 1s, a Sub, some Play 3s and the Arc are at least somewhat in a working state, I just try not to worry about it, unless I have to open the app, which just makes me annoyed for a few seconds.

Sonos should've stuck with being a little player in the market instead of trying to play catch-up with the big boys. Even their stock is barely holding on to a few bucks more than they IPO'd with.

I'm glad it wasn't just me. The update caused several of my devices to lose connection, made the Spotify integration flaky, and overall feels like a really slow UI. I don't think I'll buy another Sonos product again after this.

It would have been better to link with the original source, which is part of HN’s ToS https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/9/24152675/sonos-new-app-bad...

Does Sonos make streaming services pay to be on their platform? If not, they should.