Gets worse with every update
Update (June, 2026). The Rose somehow disconnected from the internet so I went to fix it and found out that I needed a pin code to do anything. I never created a pin code. I was never asked to create a pin code. Why do I need a pin code? But the solution for not knowing the pin code was great: a forced factory reset! So now things work even worse than before. It would be almost comical if this device had not been so expensive. (Also the English is still terrible. “Recently Playlists” is amusing every time I see it.)
Update: The playlists you have to make manually of your various box sets (because the Rose does not keep the tracks in numerical playback order) now just stop at random in the middle of playing them. The app is also getting even slower. Nothing is ever fixed by this company—they just add new problems. I wonder if anyone at Rose even reads these reviews. (April 2026)
Update: As of Sep. 14, 2025 the volume button no longer functions, the tracks from multi-disc sets are listed incorrectly, and I still have no idea what at least half of the poorly-written English in the app even means. Way too many goofy frills and not enough incredibly basic functionality. And updates fix nothing; They only create new problems.
This is embarrassingly bad. I cannot search for artists in the “Music” section since the last update. Terrible app. So bad it makes me question the entire company. Had I known I would never have purchased one of these units. I do not think anyone who built the device or the app has actually used it.
Update: The playlists you have to make manually of your various box sets (because the Rose does not keep the tracks in numerical playback order) now just stop at random in the middle of playing them. The app is also getting even slower. Nothing is ever fixed by this company—they just add new problems. I wonder if anyone at Rose even reads these reviews. (April 2026)
Update: As of Sep. 14, 2025 the volume button no longer functions, the tracks from multi-disc sets are listed incorrectly, and I still have no idea what at least half of the poorly-written English in the app even means. Way too many goofy frills and not enough incredibly basic functionality. And updates fix nothing; They only create new problems.
This is embarrassingly bad. I cannot search for artists in the “Music” section since the last update. Terrible app. So bad it makes me question the entire company. Had I known I would never have purchased one of these units. I do not think anyone who built the device or the app has actually used it.
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Yeah, it’s pitiful
Was really hoping this was gonna get better, but so far it has not. It’s extremely clunky, all it really gives you are the recently heard albums, which is exactly what I don’t want, the search feature doesn’t work at all, thank goodness the Tidal portion is not too bad. But they’re going to tank the business if they don’t get their act together.
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Install Rose EA (early access) app ! Not this one
There is a new app for Rose devices! Search Rose EA (not Rose Connect). It works beautifully
Gets worse with every update
Update: The playlists you have to make manually of your various box sets (because the Rose does not keep the tracks in numerical playback order) now just stop at random in the middle of playing them. The app is also getting even slower. Nothing is ever fixed by this company—they just add new problems. I wonder if anyone at Rose even reads these reviews. (April 2026)
Update: As of Sep. 14, 2025 the volume button no longer functions, the tracks from multi-disc sets are listed incorrectly, and I still have no idea what at least half of the poorly-written English in the app even means. Way too many goofy frills and not enough incredibly basic functionality. And updates fix nothing; They only create new problems.
This is embarrassingly bad. I cannot search for artists in the “Music” section since the last update. Terrible app. So bad it makes me question the entire company. Had I known I would never have purchased one of these units. I do not think anyone who built the device or the app has actually used it.
Update: As of Sep. 14, 2025 the volume button no longer functions, the tracks from multi-disc sets are listed incorrectly, and I still have no idea what at least half of the poorly-written English in the app even means. Way too many goofy frills and not enough incredibly basic functionality. And updates fix nothing; They only create new problems.
This is embarrassingly bad. I cannot search for artists in the “Music” section since the last update. Terrible app. So bad it makes me question the entire company. Had I known I would never have purchased one of these units. I do not think anyone who built the device or the app has actually used it.
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Sehr unübersichtlich und überladen
Die App versucht alles auf einmal und vergisst dabei eine logische Ordnung vorzunehmen. Man fummelt sich so durch und lernt auswendig, was wo ist, anstatt dass die App einen führt.
Es macht einfach keinen Spaß, ein High-End HiFi-Gerät damit zu steuern. Dann lieber Spotify Connect und man weiß, was man hat und muss nicht umständlich rum suchen.
Es macht einfach keinen Spaß, ein High-End HiFi-Gerät damit zu steuern. Dann lieber Spotify Connect und man weiß, was man hat und muss nicht umständlich rum suchen.
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