Soro - For Sonos

*Soro 2.0 adds Live Activity and Home Screen widget to control your Sonos system from the lock and home screens.*

Soro extends iOS and Siri and the Shortcuts app with new actions to control your Sonos speakers and devices and now version 2.0 implements Live Activity and Home Screen widget to control your Sonos system from the lock and home screens.

On top of the new control functionality, Soro lets you create both quick actions or extensive workflows to control your speakers with the Shortcuts app using widgets, Siri voice commands or automations.

▶ LIVE ACTIVITY, WIDGET and APP SHORTCUTS - NEW IN SORO 2.0
- Live Activity for the Lock Screen
- Widgets for the Home Screen and Standby Mode
- App Shortcuts for the Action Button, Spotlight and Siri

▶ SPEAK TEXT ON YOUR SPEAKERS
- Similar to the Intercom action available for the HomePod, this action lets users to play messages (or media files) on any of their supported* Sonos speakers utilizing the text to speech features built into iOS, iPadOS and macOS and continue the already playing content after the message.
- See the example shortcuts 'Text to Speech' and 'Walkie Talkie' to explore the possibilities of what you can do in your own shortcuts.

▶ SHORTCUTS AND AUTOMATIONS
- Soro adds 30+ action in the Shortcuts app to control your Sonos 
- Create automations
- Create actions for the Action Button
- 3rd party app Integrations
- Control playback
- Adjust speaker groups
- Set Volume and EQ
- Set sub, surround and TV sound parameters
- Set and update alarms
- Create and separate stereo pairs
- And more

Please note that your device needs to be on the same network as your speakers and local network access need to be granted by first launching the main Soro app.

If you are using VPN, multiple Sonos systems or experiencing connectivity issues please try the feature called Direct Connect within the app. It also improves the speed of execution in general so feel free to utilize it anytime.
You can set it up by tapping ••• in the top left corner and selecting 'Multiple systems or using VPN?'

* 'Speak Text' action supported speakers: Sonos One, Amp, Port, Play:5 (gen 2), Beam, One SL, Move, SYMFONISK table lamp with WiFi, SYMFONISK WiFi bookshelf and all newer speakers using the Sonos S2 system.
* 'Speak Text' action (as the rest of the app) works over the local network only.

Soro is not affiliated with Sonos Inc. nor is it an official Sonos app. Sonos is trademarked by Sonos Inc.