How to use Sonos for iPhone and iPad: The ultimate guide

By Rene Ritchie
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Sonos is a wireless smart speaker system that lets you connect up to 32 components so that you can fill your home with music. Once you're set up, you can control every speaker from every part of your home, using the handy Sonos Controller app for iPhone or iPad.

With it, you can add and remove components at any time, play from your favorite music streaming services, control volume, pause and change music, even run as a full-on home theater system complete with night mode and dialog boost.

It's every technologists dream speaker set up, and it all works right from the app on your iPhone or iPad. Here's how! Check out our round up of the best Sonos deals now!

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Rene Ritchie
Rene Ritchie
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Rene Ritchie is one of the most respected Apple analysts in the business, reaching a combined audience of over 40 million readers a month. His YouTube channel, Vector, has over 90 thousand subscribers and 14 million views and his podcasts, including Debug, have been downloaded over 20 million times. He also regularly co-hosts MacBreak Weekly for the TWiT network and co-hosted CES Live! and Talk Mobile. Based in Montreal, Rene is a former director of product marketing, web developer, and graphic designer. He's authored several books and appeared on numerous television and radio segments to discuss Apple and the technology industry. When not working, he likes to cook, grapple, and spend time with his friends and family.

2 Comments
  • Can the volume control work from Apple TV 4 remote?
  • Yes, the remote still has the ability to produce an IR signal that the sonos will recognize. Although the signal will require line of site unlike the Bluetooth signal to the Apple TV 4. Sent from the iMore App