Short answer: mostly, yes — the Sonos app is in far better shape than it was at its 2024 low point, though some users still hit rough edges. Here's an honest rundown of what happened, what's been fixed, and what to do if your app is still misbehaving.
Last checked August 2026. This one is a snapshot rather than a fixed answer — it gets re-verified on a schedule, because "has it been fixed yet" stops being true the moment it stops being maintained.
What went wrong
Sonos shipped a ground-up redesigned app on May 7, 2024, and it launched without features people used daily. Accounts of exactly what was missing on day one vary between reports, but the ones raised most consistently were local music library support, alarms, sleep timers, queue editing and several accessibility features. Reliability suffered too: speakers dropping out, slow loading, devices not appearing at all. The backlash was significant enough to disrupt Sonos's product plans for the year.
What's been fixed
Sonos apologized publicly, published a fix-it roadmap, and put the missing pieces back over the following months. Two of those returns are well documented: sleep timers came back on June 4, 2024, and basic queue management — play next and add to end of queue — was restored in the same stretch. Alarms and the local music library returned on roughly the same timeline, though the exact dates are only recorded in user reports rather than release notes, so treat them as approximate. By now the core functionality is back and the app is meaningfully more reliable than it was at launch. For most people, day-to-day playback, grouping and settings behave.
That said, "fixed" isn't universal — depending on your system size, older speakers, and network, you may still see the occasional dropout or slow load. The steps below resolve most of what remains.
If your Sonos app is still buggy
- Update everything. Update the Sonos app on your phone and run System > System Updates in the app. Many lingering issues are old software on either side.
- Restart the system. Power-cycle your speakers (unplug for at least 30 seconds) and reboot your router — clears stale connections that make the app slow or speakers vanish.
- Fix discovery on your network. Most "speaker not found / won't load" issues are network: disable router AP/client isolation and band steering, and put your phone on the same 2.4GHz network as the speakers. The same discovery steps resolve a Sonos Arc with no sound from the TV.
- Wire one speaker for SonosNet. Connecting any one Sonos product to the router with Ethernet switches the system to SonosNet (Sonos's own mesh), which carries a large system better than a busy home Wi-Fi network does.
- Use an alternate control path. Spotify Connect, AirPlay 2, and Sonos's web/desktop controllers let you play to Sonos without leaning on the mobile app when it's acting up.
FAQ
Has Sonos fixed the app? Largely — it's far more stable than the 2024 launch and the missing features are back. Some users still see occasional issues, mostly network-related, which the steps above resolve.
Did the missing features come back? Yes. Sleep timers returned on June 4, 2024 and queue management alongside them; local library, alarms and the accessibility features followed over the same period. Update the app to get them.
My app is still slow or loses speakers. That's almost always your network. Update everything, power-cycle the system and router, disable router AP isolation/band steering, and consider wiring one speaker for SonosNet. If the speaker itself is flashing red, that's a setup or boot problem rather than the app.
Can I control Sonos without the app? Yes — Spotify Connect, AirPlay 2, and Sonos's desktop/web controllers all work as alternatives when the mobile app misbehaves.