# Sonos S1 Controller

> Control for older products

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id293523031](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id293523031)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id293523031`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sonos, Inc.
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (820,780 ratings)
- **Version:** 11.16.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-25
- **First published:** 2008-10-28
- **Size:** 103 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sonos-s1-controller/id293523031)
- **Website:** [https://www.sonos.com](https://www.sonos.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.sonos.com/legal/privacy/](http://www.sonos.com/legal/privacy/)

## Description

This extension lets you manage Sonos systems that include the earliest products: Zone Players, Play:5 Gen 1, Bridge, Connect Gen 1, and Connect:Amp Gen 1. Easily control your system with volume, room grouping, favorites, alarms, and more.

Stream from popular services and browse music, podcasts, radio, and audiobooks in one app. Listen to Sonos Radio with thousands of stations—including live radio, genre stations, and artist-curated content.

## Rankings

- #512 — Overall
- #59 — control
- #64 — continue

## Review summary

Reviewers praise the S1 app for convenient mobile control and multi-room use, with stability on legacy hardware. However, persistent connectivity problems, the forced move to S2, and widespread glitches dominate, along with mixed streaming-service integrations. Downgrading to S1 is seen as a practical fix by many, while others find the app unreliable and in need of fixes to support legacy devices.

### Pros

- Convenient mobile control of the entire Sonos system from the iOS app.
- Stability/compatibility with legacy hardware when using S1 (downgrade can restore reliability).
- Strong multi-room/whole-home control from a single app.
- Supportive customer service that helps resolve issues.

### Cons

- Frequent connectivity failures and devices failing to connect across the app.
- Forced upgrade to Sonos S2 and lack of backward compatibility; some legacy devices become incompatible or bricked.
- General glitches and unreliable performance; the app feels buggy or in beta.
- Streaming service integration issues (Apple Music naming, Amazon Music glitches, YouTube Music pairing problems).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id293523031)