Sonos Android Beta Simplifies Control And Offers Faster Access To Music

Today Sonos announced the release of a new beta update for its Android app. The update brings simpler room control and promises to provide faster access to users’ music. Sonos has released the new app in beta today for Android only. It builds up on all of the improvements that Sonos made with its new app that was launched last spring.

The app now has a more accessible rooms menu which makes it easier to move music around the house, it can be accessed by tapping the top of any screen in the app. Sonos tablet app gets new dedicated screens for what’s playing and music discovery which makes switching between screens more intuitive.

Users now now swipe down from the now playing screen to go back to music when on a smartphone. Swiping left to right will reveal all music sources. Under the now playing screen there’s a track progression bar for scrubbing through tracks.

Sonos users can download the new beta app on any Android mobile device, that includes both smartphones and tablets, today. The full release will be available “in the coming months,” an update will also be pushed out for the iPhone and iPad app around the same time, the beta is only available for Android.

Adnan Farooqui
Categories: Cellphones, Tablets
Tags: Android, Apps, sonos