Perhaps the most beneficial announced feature of the new platform, Room Groups promises to make our Sonos systems a little smarter about keeping certain sets of speakers linked. There will be another, “Sonos S1 Controller” app, that will work with all the older Sonos hardware which lacks the memory and processing power required to take advantage of the Sonos’s upcoming new features. On June 8, 2020, the app named “Sonos” in the App Store will be the new S2 app, available to take advantage of all the new features that Sonos has in the pipeline. No worries, though – there’s a path to keeping those online, too. What it won’t bring with it are older Sonos units like the original Play:5 (Gen 1), Bridge, and others. Announced in March, this platform will allow Sonos to bring new features like room groups and increased audio bandwidth, allowing for a richer Sonos experience going forward.
Sonos’s next-generation software platform, Sonos S2, will be available for everyone on June 8, 2020.
