CarPlay
Your libraries, downloads and radio stations on the car’s screen. In the car, Cue always plays from your iPhone.
- Recents, Library, Downloads and Radio
- Up Next, shuffle and repeat in Now Playing
- Downloads that play with no signal
Music player · Sonos controller
Your music.
Here, or everywhere.
Cue plays Apple Music, Plex, Subsonic, radio, audiobooks and your own files on your iPhone — then hands the same queue to any Sonos speaker with one tap.
- iPhone
- Apple Watch
- CarPlay
One queue. Wherever you are.
Cue is a complete music player on its own. Sonos is where it goes next, not what it needs.
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Plays on your device
Every song, album and station plays right here — no speaker, no network, no problem.
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Hands off to Sonos
Tap Play On and the queue moves to any room or group, right where you left it.
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Controls the whole house
Group rooms, set volumes and alarms — on every speaker you own.
Library
Your whole library, instantly.
Cue syncs your Plex or Subsonic library once and keeps it on your phone. Songs opens complete, search filters every track as you type, and every list sorts the way you like.
- Title, artist, album, year, play count or date added
- Plex editions labelled with format and bitrate
- Plays counted back on your server
Offline
Downloads for the road.
Download songs, albums and playlists from Plex and Subsonic. With no signal, Cue shows just what’s on your phone and keeps playing.
- Offline Mode for planes and tunnels
- Streaming quality you choose, MP3 or Opus
- Smooth hand-off between your server and Apple Music
Radio
Live radio, word for word.
Thousands of TuneIn stations and Apple Music’s live radio. Tap captions to read what’s being said, transcribed live and entirely on your iPhone.
- Trending stations and browse by genre or place
- Apple Music 1, Hits, Country and more
- Live Transcription on iOS 26 and later
In the car. On your wrist.
The same player goes where you go, with no speaker needed.
Apple Watch
Put Plex and Subsonic music on your watch and leave your iPhone at home. Browse and search your server right from your wrist.
- Add to Apple Watch from any album, playlist or song
- Plays from the watch, with no iPhone nearby
- Widgets, a Control Center button and double tap
Everything a player should do.
And the things you only notice once you have them.
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Universal Search
Search several services at once and get one ranked list that forgives typos.
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Offline Mode
Download from Plex and Subsonic and keep listening on a plane or in a tunnel.
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Your Own Server
Plex, Navidrome and any Subsonic server, with plays counted back on the server.
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Streaming Quality
Stream lossless at home, or MP3 and Opus at a bitrate you pick on cellular.
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Audiobooks
Plex and Audiobookshelf books with chapters, speed, Smart Resume and every place you’ve been.
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Read Along
See a book’s words as they’re read, transcribed on your iPhone. Tap a word to look it up.
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Live Transcription
Read what a radio station is saying, transcribed live and entirely on your device.
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Playlists, Edited
Create playlists, add songs to several at once, reorder, and undo.
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A Queue That Remembers
Shuffle keeps the real order behind it, through edits and relaunches.
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Lock Screen Controls
Your speaker in the Lock Screen player, with the volume buttons to match.
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Song Previews
Hear a quick clip of any Apple Music song before you play it.
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Sleep Timer & Sonos Alarms
Fall asleep to a book or playlist on your iPhone, and wake up to music on your Sonos speakers.
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Every Home
S1 and S2 systems, and more than one house, a tap apart.
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Home Theater
Night mode, speech enhancement and lip sync for Sonos soundbars.
Free to start. Super for more.
Cue is free to download and plays every service. Cue Super lifts the limits and adds a few extras.
Free
$0
- Every service, on your iPhone
- CarPlay and Apple Watch
- 50 downloads, shared with your watch
- One Sonos room
Cue Super
Free trial
- Unlimited downloads on iPhone and Apple Watch
- Audiobook downloads
- Read along with any book
- Every Sonos room, grouped any way
Every service plays on both.
If Cue can play it on your device, it can play it on Sonos — no exceptions, no “speaker only” fine print.
- Apple MusicCatalog, library and live radio
- PlexYour server, at home or away
- SubsonicNavidrome, Airsonic, Gonic and more
- TuneInThousands of live stations
- Your FilesA folder on your device or in iCloud
Running Plex or Navidrome? See what Cue does for your server
Questions
Do I need Sonos speakers?
No. Cue is a complete music player on its own. If you have Sonos, switch it on in onboarding or later in Settings ▸ Sonos, and every song can move to a speaker.
Which music services does Cue support?
Apple Music, Plex, Subsonic-compatible servers (Navidrome, Airsonic, Gonic and more), TuneIn radio, and music files on your device or in iCloud Drive. Audiobooks play from Plex and Audiobookshelf.
What does Cue Super add?
Unlimited downloads on your iPhone and Apple Watch (free downloads are 50 songs, shared between the two), downloading audiobooks, reading along with a book as it plays, and every Sonos room. Free, Cue plays on one Sonos room. One purchase covers every Cue app.
How does Read Along work?
While a book plays, tap the quote button to see its words as they’re read, transcribed privately on your iPhone with nothing sent anywhere. It’s read a few minutes ahead of you, downloaded or streamed from Plex or Audiobookshelf, so each word lights up as it’s said. It needs iOS 26 or later and Cue Super.
Why isn’t Spotify supported?
Every service in Cue has to play on your device as well as on a speaker. Spotify doesn’t let other apps play its music, so it could only ever work while a Sonos speaker is around.
Which Sonos systems work?
S1 and S2, including homes that run both, and more than one household. Cue finds your speakers on the network automatically.
Which devices does Cue run on?
Cue is for iPhone, and works with CarPlay. It also has an Apple Watch app that plays Plex and Subsonic music downloaded to the watch, with no iPhone needed.
Try the beta.
Cue is in public beta on TestFlight. It’s free to join, with every feature unlocked.