Set an alarm on Sonos
Use alarms to wake up to your favorite songs in the morning, or set up reminders throughout the day. Follow the instructions below to configure alarms for your Sonos products.
If you’d like the music to automatically turn off after a specified time period, see our article on setting a sleep timer on Sonos.
Sonos app for iOS or Android
Sonos app version 80.0
This feature is not currently available in the Sonos app for iOS or Android, but it will return in a future update.
As a temporary workaround, please use the Sonos app for macOS or Windows for full control over your system’s alarms.
- Go to the Settings menu.
- Select the Manage button next to My System.
- Select Alarms.
- Enable or disable your existing alarms by toggling them from the list.
Sonos app for macOS or Windows
- Click Alarms from the bottom of the Select a Music Source pane on the right side of the Sonos app.
- To create a new alarm, click the on macOS or the Add button on Windows. To edit an existing alarm, click the name of the alarm, then click Edit.
- Set your Time, Room, Music, Frequency and Volume settings.
- Click OK to save the alarm.
Sonos S1 Controller app for iOS or Android
- From the Rooms tab, select the Alarm icon.
- To create a new alarm, select Add Alarm. To edit an existing alarm, select the alarm from the list.
- Set the Time, Room, Music, Frequency and Volume settings.
- Select Save.
Alarms can also be accessed from the Settings tab by going to System > Alarms.
Additional details
- If you check Include grouped rooms, the alarm will play in the rooms that are grouped together at the time the alarm goes off. It does not play in the rooms that were grouped when the alarm was originally added to the Sonos system.
- To play tracks from your local Music Library, first add the track to a Sonos Playlist or Imported Playlists then select the playlist as the alarm source.
- The max number of alarms you can set up on Sonos is 32.