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Sonos CEO Patrick Spence Resigns After App Redesign Debacle

Sonos CEO Patrick Spence resigned after fallout from an app redesign and layoffs. He'll remain a strategic advisor to interim CEO Tom Conrad for now.

Sonos CEO Patrick Spence stepped down from the top job and his seat on the board on Monday (Jan. 13) after the speaker company faced months of challenges and laid off 6% of its workforce following a fraught redesign of its mobile app. Spence, who joined Sonos in 2012 and was named CEO in 2017, oversaw the launch of the company’s redesigned app last May, which frustrated customers who said the app didn’t recognize existing Sonos speakers and made it difficult to link new speakers. I am excited to work with our team to restore the reliability and user experience that have defined Sonos, while bringing innovative new products to market.”

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