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In Somos InControl, a “room” maps directly to a Sonos® room on your home network. Every room in your Sonos® system — a home theater with a soundbar and surrounds, a stereo pair, a single standalone speaker, a portable Move or Roam — gets its own page. What you can control in each room depends on the hardware in it: all rooms share a common set of controls, and certain room types unlock more.
Somos InControl discovers every Sonos® room on your Wi-Fi automatically each time the app launches. You don’t need to add or configure rooms — they appear as soon as the app finds them, usually within a few seconds.

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Anatomy of a room page

From top to bottom:
  1. Room name — press and hold it to rename the room. The new name applies everywhere, including the Sonos® app.
  2. Status line — connection state and the model (“Era 100 · Stereo Pair”, “Move 2 · 87% ⚡” for a portable with its battery level), or “Grouped with …” when the room is in a group. The group button in the top-right opens Group Rooms.
  3. Source row (soundbars) — TV / Music pills and the audio-format badge. On other rooms, the Music button opens the Music sheet.
  4. Volume card — pinned as you scroll. See Volume.
  5. Sound Presets — three TV presets. See Sound Presets.
  6. EQ card — sliders and toggles. See EQ & Trueplay.
  7. Room diagram — what’s bonded to the room; press and hold to set up speakers. See Room Diagram.
Pull down anywhere on the page to force a refresh; the app also resyncs in the background about every 30 seconds.

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What each room type supports

All rooms

  • Volume, − / +, mute
  • Bass, treble, Loudness
  • Three TV presets and three music presets
  • Trueplay, Status Light, Touch Controls
  • Music sheet (favorites, playlists, queue)
  • Grouping, rename, room diagram

Soundbar rooms

Everything above, plus:
  • TV / Music source pills and the audio-format badge
  • Night Sound and Speech Boost (a level slider on the Arc Ultra)
  • Height level on height-capable bars
  • Surround level and Surrounds on/off (with surrounds bonded)
  • Music Level and Ambient / Full on the Music sheet
  • Group Audio Delay (while grouped)
  • Home Theater Setup from the diagram

Stereo pairs

Everything in “All rooms”, plus a Balance slider, and the option to separate the pair from the diagram’s setup sheet.

Rooms with a Sub

Any room with a bonded Sub — soundbar, stereo pair or single — adds the Subwoofer level, an on/off switch, and on a Sonos Amp the Crossover slider.

Portable speakers

Move, Move 2 and Roam appear as normal rooms with their battery level (and a ⚡ while charging) in the status line. A portable switched to Bluetooth disappears from the app — and from the Sonos® app — until Bluetooth is turned off again.

Rooms that need attention

A speaker running older firmware than the rest of the household shows Needs a firmware update and its page has no controls until the Sonos® app updates it. A Sub that isn’t bonded to anything gets a page explaining where to bond it.

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Switching rooms

  • Swipe left or right on a room page to move between rooms.
  • Bottom bar — the top 4 rooms in your menu order sit here as tabs. Tap to switch instantly. A button at the end flips the bar to your Saved Groups. See Favorite Rooms.
  • Menu — tap the menu button in the top-left; every room on the current system is listed. Tap a room to switch to it, hold and drag to reorder, or swipe left on a room to rename it.
If you have more than one Sonos® system (an S1 and an S2 household, or two homes), the menu’s System section lets you switch between them. See Multiple Systems.