AirPlay problem with iOS 26.2 on Sonos

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AirPlay problem with iOS 26.2 on Sonos

Dear All,

First, I whish you an Happy New Year for you and your Family, friends, …

Then, since iOS 26.2, I have a recurrent issue with Apple Music on Sonos system.

All of my hardware (iPad, iPhone, Sonos) are updated, each devices has an dedicated IP address. The WiFi is stable and reliable.

The issue is that when I listen music with AirPlay on Sonos speakers, the track playing but no sound comes from the speakers. Only solution at the moment is rewind or forward the tracks. Sometimes the issue do not appears and sometimes the issue appears until 4 times by hour.

The issue appears in listening by genre, novelties, artists, albums, playlists, …

I have read that this problem appears also on Bose system.

Thank you forward for your feedback.

Kind regards.

iPad (10th generation)

Posted on Jan 5, 2026 2:05 AM

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Answer 1

Rudegar

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Jan 5, 2026 2:15 AM in response to FragmentsOF

does it work if you use the sonos native app?

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Rudegar

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Jan 5, 2026 3:39 AM in response to FragmentsOF

haven't experiences issues with my sonos speakers, I mainly use the sonos app. and all network devices just use hdcp to get ips

if you have access to a windows pc then they also have an app for that (not sure if they have a macOS app too)

if you experience the same issues there then it's unlikely to be related to ios 26.2

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Luigi408

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Jan 14, 2026 11:49 PM in response to FragmentsOF

I’m having the same issue using AirPlay from my iPhone since 26.2 beta testing. I’ve submitted multiple bug reports and even got a reply from Apple saying this issue was fixed on the latest version (I think they mean 26.3 beta). I’m testing the latest 26.3 beta and I’m still having the same issue so it hasn’t been fixed yet. I’ve submitted another bug report once again.

Do you stream your music or download it directly to your device? I download my music to my iPhone as High Res Lossless. Not sure if that makes a difference. Thanks.

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