Sonos CEO Patrick Spence today issued a written apology to Sonos customers for “significant problems with our new app.” The apology — which was uploaded as images on various social media accounts, in an email to customers, and as proper text (with additional links) on Sonos’ blog — acknowledges the various issues users have had since the Sonos app received a major update on May 7.
As we’ve documented, the new app not only was missing basic features users had enjoyed previously but it was also just buggy.
“I want to begin by personally apologizing for disappointing you,” Spence wrote. “There isn’t an employee at Sonos who isn’t pained by having let you down, and I assure you that fixing the app for all of our customers and partners has been, and continues to be, our number one priority.” The letter links to the official release notes page, if you want to keep up with the app changes.
The botched app rebuild came just ahead of Sonos releasing its first headphones, the Sonos Ace.
Sonos, for its part, has at least noted the issues since the May update and kept users abreast of a general roadmap for fixes via a thread on Reddit. And the app indeed has received a number of updates with bug fixes and new (or resurrected) features, as recently as July 22. Spence adds that software updates will continue on a biweekly basis.
Here’s the update roadmap that appears in Spence’s letter:
Coming in September and October
“We deeply appreciate your patience as we address these issues,” Spence concludes. “We known we have work to do to earn back your trust and are working hard to do just that.”
Sonos is scheduled to announce its fiscal 2024 third-quarter earnings on August 7.
Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its "finest headphones ever." The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.
The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.
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