Sonos Android app will stop playing local music files next week
Sonos is removing a useful feature from its Android app. Starting next Tuesday, May 23, you will no longer be able to play audio files stored locally on your device on a Sonos speaker system. The company removed this ability from its iOS app back in August 2019.
Sonos offers a host of ways to play local audio files across its systems in full quality. You can stream stored music via line-in, Bluetooth, AirPlay, and network-attached storage (NAS) drive. On top of this, its mobile apps also let you play those tracks directly on its hardware. This ability was available on both Android and iOS until August 2019 when Sonos removed the feature from the latter platform citing changes brought by newer versions of iOS. Those changes made the feature “unreliable,” it said back then.
However, the feature remained on its Android app. Dubbed “On this device,” it let you play any music file stored on your phone through Sonos systems. Unfortunately, the feature has now reached the same fate as its iOS equivalent nearly four years back. And the reason is the same, at least according to Sonos. “As newer versions of mobile operating systems are released, it can sometimes change the way information is shared between devices, and this feature will no longer be compatible with newer versions of the Android operating system,” a company representative said in a community post.
Sonos drops local music playback from its Android app
It’s unclear what changes to the Android OS have triggered the removal of this handy feature from the Sonos app. Perhaps the company found the feature not worth keeping around now that it has launched new speakers with built-in Bluetooth support, the Era 100 and Era 300. Of course, playing via Bluetooth doesn’t always produce the best sound quality. To that end, you have the options of line-in and NAS drive playback as well. These options may not be as convenient as playing directly through the app, but it is what it is.
Alternatively, Sonos recommends uploading your locally stored tracks to a supported streaming service to continue listening to them on your Sonos hardware. Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, and Plex are among the services that you can use. As the company points out, some services require a premium subscription to work with Sonos. The aforementioned Sonos representative states that more than 100 music services are available on Sonos. YouTube Music lets you upload up to 100,000 local files with a free account.
Sonos is removing a useful feature from its Android app. Starting next Tuesday, May 23, you will no longer be able to play audio files stored locally on your device on a Sonos speaker system. The company removed this ability from its iOS app back in August 2019.
Sonos offers a host of ways to play local audio files across its systems in full quality. You can stream stored music via line-in, Bluetooth, AirPlay, and network-attached storage (NAS) drive. On top of this, its mobile apps also let you play those tracks directly on its hardware. This ability was available on both Android and iOS until August 2019 when Sonos removed the feature from the latter platform citing changes brought by newer versions of iOS. Those changes made the feature “unreliable,” it said back then.
However, the feature remained on its Android app. Dubbed “On this device,” it let you play any music file stored on your phone through Sonos systems. Unfortunately, the feature has now reached the same fate as its iOS equivalent nearly four years back. And the reason is the same, at least according to Sonos. “As newer versions of mobile operating systems are released, it can sometimes change the way information is shared between devices, and this feature will no longer be compatible with newer versions of the Android operating system,” a company representative said in a community post.
Sonos drops local music playback from its Android app
It’s unclear what changes to the Android OS have triggered the removal of this handy feature from the Sonos app. Perhaps the company found the feature not worth keeping around now that it has launched new speakers with built-in Bluetooth support, the Era 100 and Era 300. Of course, playing via Bluetooth doesn’t always produce the best sound quality. To that end, you have the options of line-in and NAS drive playback as well. These options may not be as convenient as playing directly through the app, but it is what it is.
Alternatively, Sonos recommends uploading your locally stored tracks to a supported streaming service to continue listening to them on your Sonos hardware. Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, and Plex are among the services that you can use. As the company points out, some services require a premium subscription to work with Sonos. The aforementioned Sonos representative states that more than 100 music services are available on Sonos. YouTube Music lets you upload up to 100,000 local files with a free account.
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