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Will Sonos Keep Working?

Alive

Made by Sonos · wireless speakers, soundbars, subwoofers and amps

74%
Odds it works through 2029

Last checked: October 13, 2026.

Sonos made multi-room speakers mainstream. The speakers are excellent, but the company has spent the last few years damaging its owners’ trust, mostly through software.

CompanySonos (independent, publicly traded)
Founded2002
Matter supportNo
Needs the cloud?Partly. Music plays over your home network, but the app needs a Sonos account
Works withAirPlay 2 on most models, Alexa and Spotify Connect
Subscription for basics?No
How long devices get supportIts oldest speakers, up to about 15 years old, were moved to a separate S1 app in 2020 and stopped getting new features. They still play music.

Why 74%

  • Starting point80%A loss-making company, despite its size.
  • Track record−8Recycle mode in 2019, the S1 split in 2020 and the 2024 app disaster.
  • Works without the cloud+2Music streams over your home network, and AirPlay works on most models.
  • Our estimate74%

The good news: Sonos speakers stream over your home network and most work with AirPlay, so they are less cloud-dependent than a lot of smart gear. The company has a new CEO, Tom Conrad, and has spent 2025 and 2026 fixing its app and releasing new speakers again.

The bad news: In 2024 Sonos replaced its app with a rebuilt version that removed features owners relied on and caused months of bugs, and it took more than a year to recover. Before that, in 2019, it offered discounts to owners who put old speakers into a recycle mode that disabled them for good, and in 2020 it split older models off into a separate S1 app. Sonos has also been losing money, and it cut more jobs in June 2026.

If you own Sonos

  • Set up AirPlay or Spotify Connect as a backup way to play music if the Sonos app has a bad day.
  • Check whether your speakers run on S1 or S2. Older S1-only models no longer get new features.

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