The Sonos Android app is set to lose the ability to play music files stored locally on phones and tablets.
Sonos customers who use Android devices to control their wireless speakers are about to lose the ability to play music files that are stored locally on their phones or tablets. As spotted by The Verge, Sonos recently announced that as of May 23, 2023, the Sonos app for Android will no longer give you the On this Mobile Device option in the app’s Music Sources tab.
Apple users already know what this is like. The same feature was removed from iOS and iPadOS versions of the Sonos app several years ago. The difference, though, is that as Apple user owns a newish Sonos speaker they have the option to stream any content from their phones to their Sonos gear over AirPlay 2, a lossless, 16-bit wireless protocol that’s supported on tons of Sonos products.
Recommended Videos Android users aren’t as lucky. After May 23, their choice will be to use Bluetooth or they can put their phone’s music library on a network-attached storage device. If you don’t own a NAS drive, you could use a Mac or PC instead, but these would need to be left on 24/7 in order to access the content.
Don’t hold your breath for Chromecast support. Sonos and Google have spent a lot of time in court together over the past few years, which doesn’t bode well for any new cooperative efforts between the two companies. It’s notable that the Sonos Era 100 and Era 300 are the first Sonos smart speakers that aren’t currently compatible with Google Assistant, although Sonos claims this has to do with Google’s new, stricter technical requirements, not the result of any legal cases.
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