Lyd - Watch Remote for Sonos

Update: The app slowly appears to be more than I thought. It's not intuitive, but I am beginning to start up the Sonos and change the rooms it's playing. Now I just need to figure out how to change stations/playlist. Changed my rating from 1 to 4 stars. This app controls the Sonos only if most recently controlled by iPhone. I control my Sonos from my iPhone and my iPad. If I have it started on my iPad, I cannot do ANYTHING with this app unless I go get my phone. I was trying to remove that step from my life. Bummed.

It would be nice if the developer could add a couple simple instructions instead of relying on people to read through responses to bad reviews to find out how to use the complication. Two sentences would work. Thanks! As a new watch owner these things aren’t intuitive for me yet, and I’m sure I’m not alone in wanting to control Sonos with the watch right away. ;) Thanks for the app! Any new features planned?

It works, and works well, all for $.99. The Watch integration is well done: the fact that a user can control their Sonos system as an ever-present Watch “Complication“ is handy, and far superior to having to reach for your iPhone every time you want to mute your audio or select different rooms or volumes. The app directions are clear: just remember to open the app on your iPhone prior do your first use to complete the set up and syncing with your Sonos system before you attempt to use it on the Watch. I also appreciate that on the information page the developer includes complete contact information. Many Sonos systems users have commented that it is puzzling why the standard Sonos app does not include watch integration. Go figure. In the meantime this does the trick nicely.

While I had problems installing the app to the watch at first, a quick reboot of both my phone and watch fixed that problem. Once it was installed I quickly discovered it does everything I hoped it would - and more. The force press to group/ungroup is neat, as is near instant access to my Sonos favorites. A great app, well worth the purchase price and its place on my homescreen.

This is what Sonos should have had for their system. Was looking for the ability to control playback from my watch vs having to unlock my phone whenever I needed to make a change. So far this all works flawlessly and supports all the zones I have. Great app!