# Phonos Ultimate (for Sonos)

> Ultimate Sonos Controller

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.controlav.phonosultimate](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.controlav.phonosultimate)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.controlav.phonosultimate`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ControlAV
- **Category:** MUSIC\_AND\_AUDIO
- **Downloads:** 1,188
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (37 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.6.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2025-04-15
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 90 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.controlav.phonosultimate)
- **Website:** [https://www.phonos.org](https://www.phonos.org/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://phonos.org/ultimateprivacy.html](https://phonos.org/ultimateprivacy.html)

## Description

Control your whole-home Sonos music system with this reliable and easy-to-use app. Has all the features you need and a few you can&#39;t get anywhere else. Our priorities are reliability and performance.<br><br>Features you expect:<br>See all your devices, rooms, groups, and music sources.<br>Supports over a hundred music services (same as Sonos).<br>Supports local libraries, line-in and custom station URLs.<br>Save your music queue as a Sonos Playlist.<br>Play/Pause/Next/Previous/Shuffle/Repeat/Like/Unlike.<br>Volume control for groups and individual devices.<br>Play and Shuffle playlists directly.<br>Edit groups easily.<br>View, Edit and Clear the Queue.<br>Add and delete tracks from Sonos Playlists.<br>Save the Queue as a Sonos Playlist.<br>Alpha-jump on large lists in Local Library.<br>Podcast skip fwd/back.<br>Add and Delete Sonos Favorites<br>Portrait, landscape and dark mode supported.<br>Edit EQ settings.<br><br>Features you maybe didn&#39;t know you needed:<br>Unique Devices View shows exactly how your devices are connected.<br>Shows track streaming data including sample rate and bit depth (requires S2).<br>Does NOT use the Sonos cloud API, for speed and reliability.<br>Supports S1, S2, and multiple systems simultaneously, and every Sonos device (except Ace headphones).<br>Add direct streaming urls, as custom radio stations.<br>Will never update your system.<br>Will never show ads.<br><br>We have been producing independent Sonos apps since 2011 though this is our first Android app.<br><br>This app cannot setup a new Sonos system or make configuration changes such as adding or removing devices. You must use the official app for that.<br><br>This app is NOT connected to, or endorsed by, Sonos. Sonos is a registered trademark of Sonos, Inc

## Rankings

- #1,103,760 — Overall
- #13 — Music and audio (Paid)

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.controlav.phonosultimate.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.controlav.phonosultimate)