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Sonos: Group and Ungroup Rooms

Sonos: Group and Ungroup Rooms

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Group and Ungroup Rooms

You can group two or more products together so they play the same content in sync. This article will show you how to group rooms, ungroup rooms, and change the volume of individual products in a group.

iOS or Android

Group and Ungroup Rooms

You can choose which rooms are grouped together using the Grouping menu in the app.

  1. iOS or Android: Select the Grouping icon in your Now Playing bar located at the bottom of the screen.

    • Web app: Select the Grouping icon next to any of your listed rooms on the right-hand side of the window.

In the Grouping menu, check or uncheck rooms to add or remove them from the group. You can also choose from your list of saved groups at the top of the list. To save your changes, select Apply.

Using the Sonos S1 Controller app

On S1 systems, you can group rooms together and change the group volume using the S1 Controller apps for iOS, Android, macOS, or Windows.

Group and Ungroup Rooms

  • iOS or Android: From the Rooms tab, select the Group button. Check or uncheck rooms to add or remove them from the group.

  • macOS or Windows: From the Rooms pane on the left side of the app, select the Group button next to the selected room. Check or uncheck rooms to add or remove them from the group.


Using the physical buttons on your products

You can press and hold the Play / Pause button on any Sonos product to group it together with another room (or group of rooms) that’s currently playing audio. You can press and hold the same button to remove a product from a group.


Change the volume of grouped rooms

When two or more rooms are grouped together, you can use the Sonos app to adjust the volume of the entire group or of each individual room in that group.

To show the volume controls for all grouped rooms, select or adjust the volume slider in the Sonos app.

  • On iOS or Android, the volume slider is located in the Now Playing bar at the bottom of the screen.

  • In the Web app, the volume slider is at the bottom right-hand corner of the window.

You can also set the volume of individual rooms in the Grouping menu before applying any changes.


Save groups

If you frequently add the same Sonos rooms together in a group, you can save that group as a preset in the Sonos app. This saved group will show as an option along the top of the Grouping menu.

Saved groups are not available in the Sonos S1 Controller app.

Create a group

  1. Select Create Group.

  2. Select the rooms you want to include in your saved group.

  3. Give your group a name and select Save.

You can also create a saved group from the Grouping menu. Go to the Grouping menu on your Now Playing bar, then select the plus icon. Any rooms that are currently grouped will be automatically selected in the Create Group screen.

Edit a group

  1. Select one of your saved groups.

  2. Add or remove rooms by checking or unchecking them from the list.

  3. Select the Group Name to edit your group’s name.

  4. When you’re done editing, select Save.

Delete a group

  1. Select one of your saved groups.

  2. Select Delete Group, then select Confirm.

Using your saved groups

You can use your saved grouping presets from the Grouping menu in both the Sonos app for iOS or Android and the Sonos Web app. The names of your saved groups appear above your list of rooms.

In the Grouping menu, select the name of your saved group, then select Apply.

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