Sonos Ceo Steps Down Following A Disastrous App Redesign

Hunter Schwarz, Fast Company
Mon, 01/13/2025 - 4:00pm

After Sonos redesigned its app last year, the company saw its revenue tank and announced layoffs. Now its CEO is stepping down. Bad app design can have real-world consequences. Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is out at the company after a rough 2024 that saw the rollout of a widely panned app redesign followed by an 8% year-over-year drop in revenue and layoffs.

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