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Alexa and Sonos Megathread

Since the first introduction in October 2017, we've been hard at work with the Amazon Alexa team to improve the Sonos skill and Alexa-enable...
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Resolving (the majority of) Issues with Alexa on Sonos

This thread is intended to help get you going if you get stuck setting up Alexa with Sonos, or if you have run into any errors. The setup pr...
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Alexa + Sonos: How it Works

So you’ve read all about Amazon Alexa working with Sonos and you want to know more. Here’s a rundown of how the integration works. Your A...
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payapayaContributor I
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alexa voice assistant is too energetic.

Since yesterday!?, the alexa voice assistant on the sonos device is louder.Even with the sonos volume set to 1, alexa announces loudly.The music volume can be changed as before from the app or alexa.This has occurred on several of my sonos devices and not on the amazon device.Also, this event is not cured by unlinking or signing out/in between sonos and amazon.Is there a solution?Am I the only one experiencing this?

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MikeamorgosContributor I
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Unable to connect to Alexa from Era 300

Hello everyone, I bought the Sonos Era 300, I follow all the instructions regarding the connection with Alexa but I cannot use it. I have a message that the Device is offline. Some settings may not be available.I tested everything with no results. Multiple reconfigurations, re-enables of skills, changing location (the current is Greece) .Do you have any suggestions?

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iBoyleyTrending Lyricist I
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Bug when starting music from Alexa with grouped speakers

I have an Echo Show 8 in my kitchen, set to play music through two Sonos speakers in the same Alexa room/group ("Kitchen"). In the Sonos app, I have a Playbar and Move 2 grouped together as "Kitchen." When I ask Alexa to play music, it starts playing and shows both speakers grouped in the Sonos app and playing music, but audio only comes from the Playbar, not the Move?Note: Alexa is not enabled on the Move 2, as I rely on the Echo Show for features like displaying video from my Ring cameras, useful when the doorbell rings etc. The Playbar obviously doesn’t inherently support Alexa due to its age.Moderator Note: Modified in accordance with the Community Code of Conduct.

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Bernd HillemannContributor I
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Lautstärke

Wie kann ich die Ansagelautstärke meiner Sonos one regeln?  Moderator edit:Google Translate-How can I adjust the announcement volume of my Sonos one?

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Hick 944Contributor I
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Sonos One and Alexa

Sonos One can play music from my phone, can command Alexa to provide weather etc, but when I ask ask Alexa to play radio station (eg. Radio 4), it replies “playing radio 4 (or Times radio or whatever) but then there is just silence. I have just changed my router but presumambly that is ot the problem as Alexa reponds, but it just doesn’t play the radio stations.Any help would be appreciated.

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ClaudContributor I
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Very low volume on sonos when alexa is asked to change volume

Sometimes when I say “Alexa, volume up” or “Alexa, volume down”, the volume on all 10 Sonos devices goes VERY low for 10 seconds before it going to the raised or lowered volume. This is irritating because if playing a podcast, I miss 10 seconds of the podcast. This doesn’t always occur, but probably half the time. This behavior recently started occurring. I can understand if a Sonos device that has a microphone might lower the volume when someone is speaking to it, but this happens to all Sonos device even those without a microphone.

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Stéphane LencludCollaborator II
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Alexa Spotify: This device is offline

When asking Alexa to play Spotify through Sonos Arc it would say: "This device is offline".When asking through an Alexa Echo device it would say: "Sonos is offline".Playing Spotify worked fine when not using Alexa.

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SparklesContributor I
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trying to get sonos 1 to play apple music and or radio

My husband ran off and left me with a Sonos system . Unfortunately he appears to have bought lots and installed them all over the place so I’ve got a system that refers to his other partners houses. I’m struggling to get even Alexa to work as I also got the Sonos voice thing to work. I think I’ve worked out which bits are for here and other places but how do I get voice control to work do I just use one ?Also nothing is coming up about connecting to media so whilst I can get things to play  from the app I can no longer get Alexa to work . Do I need to get an Alexa premium account as well as Apple to play music?Thankyou for any advice . 

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JCeladaContributor I
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services don’t work

From one week, I ask Alexa for radio (TuneIn) and music (Apple Music), Alexa answers OK, but these servicies don’t work  

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S SangarContributor I
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Adding Amazon Assist to Arc Ultra

Hi Guys ..Received my Arc Ultra...Was struggling to connect my Amazon Assit to it ..Solution was remove Amazon Shopping App from phone...Then follow instructions ...Connected straight away ...Hope it helps 

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Sonos One - Alexa Volume

After the upgrade of my Sonos One speakers to the newest firmware I have noticed that the Alexa Volume now is irrelevant from the Sonos actual volume. Even If I mute my Sonos One volume,  Alexa can still be heard from the speakers. In addition, when I change the volume of the speakers again Alexa volume does not change. Is something changed, or is this a bug?

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Live radio doesn’t play on Beam

Recently, Beam will not play live radio stations unless I use the controls on the device or press play on app with phone. This is new- for years I’ve been asking Alexa to play a live npr station (usually defaults to Tunein or Iheart). Now, Alexa confirms my prompt and says “playing…” but then nothing happens. Also- this is *not* happening on my older Sonos One- still works as usual. I tried removing Alexa, re-installing it, all apps are up to date, re-booting. Help! Any suggestions would be appreciated! 

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Jethro714Contributor I
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NEW APP PROBLEMS***Cannot add alexa as a voice assistant

I’ve removed every speaker and added back. Wiped cache and data from my phone, uninstalled and reinstalled both apps. Removed all sonos devices from my Amazon account on my desktop. What am I missing. When I try to add a voice assistant in the sonos app, after adding the skill back into alexa, the dial just spins. It will not link to my amazon account.What have I not thought of?

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NosolosContributor I
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Alexa Speaker Everywhere Group

I use a number of Alexa speakers around the house and have speaker groups set up. Alexa doesn’t have a portable device so I bought the Sonos Roam but It can’t be added to a speaker group like the everywhere group. Does anybody have a way to get this going perhaps a work around? 

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Slobodan RadetaContributor I
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cannot install alexa on Era 300

Hi there!I am getting really frustrated with trying to install Alexa on my new Era 300. I have tried several times, factory reseting speaker but still - at first there is only one option to add vooce assistent - Sonos voice assistent. When I succesfully add it, then click on add voice assistent it just gives me the option to use third part smart device to control Sonos speaker (which I do not want - I want to install and use Alexa on Era 300), and leads me to quick help manual. No other options at all. Also in the Amazon Alexa app - there is no Sonos skill, for that matter anyways?!i have tried to reinstall both apps (Sonos and Amazon Alexa app) with no luck. please help!

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Rob BroomContributor II
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Roam two

Hi all, I added a new ROAM 2 to my system last week and cant use Alexa voice control. I can use the sonos voice control, however  when I try and add Amazon Alexa I get the signing into Amazon then repeatedly get try again at he bottom of the app! My Beam, and the 4 other SONOS speaker work fine with alexa. Any ideas ?

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ChimneysContributor I
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Alexa

Has anyone found a fix to sign in to Amazon to add Alexa? I know this was asked 6 months ago but wondered if there has been any update? As everyone else was saying, get all the way to sign into Amazon then it fails.....

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Kirk33Collaborator II
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Adding Alexa still doesn't work

How can be it that you still can’t add Alexa if you happen to use the Amazon shopping app (literally one of the most installed apps in the world)? I understand Sonos software is awful, and I try to set expectations very low, but it’s been over 6 months. Have they just completely given up on even trying to make anything work?

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SansaContributor I
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alexa for india

Will there be alexa support in india for sonos speakers ? In future ?

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QQLDNContributor I
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Alexa issue with Connect:AMP

I have Alexa Echo and Connect:AMP ceiling speakers  in the same room, which can play music to the ceiling speaker,  but it stopped working,  I have tried todisable the Sonos Skill remove the speakers from the alexa app  uninstall amazon shopping app re-enable the sonos skill add the speakers backon alexa devices page the speakers shows and with “online” (no green dot) under it, but once clicked on the device, i got “Device offline , Some settings may not be available”when i play music on Echo, select play on devices,  the speakers are grayed out Tried the above steps several times, just can't get it working again .  Any advice would be highly appreciated! 

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Limbo65Contributor I
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Sonos Beam and Amazon Alexa

Been trying for days now done all what people say to do reboot the beam reboot the router uninstall Sonos app and reinstall it same as Alexa app and I still can't get Alexa to work on my Sonos beam 

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BrunoMindhornContributor I
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Can't play content with Alexa on Era 300, works on Roam

Hi.Just got an Era 300. Sounds great. Enabled Sonos Voice and Alexa from the iOS app.  Have enabled Apple Music as I have a subscription. Alexa confirms it is linked to my Amazon account. There’s only 1 in this household. It respons with correct info re time, date etc. However, I can’t play anything on the Era 300 with Alexa.It gives a message asking me to enable the Sonos skill in the Alexa app and then run device discovery.Have tried both. Including disabling then renabling. I have a Sonos Roam and this works fine on there. Including playing from other sources, Global Player, BBC etc. Anything else I can try? Did search forums but not seen a clear resolution. TY.

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FvspeteContributor I
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Alexa voice control keeps disconnecting

Alexa voice control disconnects from Sonos 1 and Beam on an almost daily basis. I have tried reconnecting from the app, resetting each speaker, changing names on Alexa app, but it still keeps happening. I have read there is a bug. Is there an update to stop this happening? Could it be that I have 4g internet connection which might not have constant IP address? 

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steveHGContributor I
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Alexa doesn't play Amazon Music on Sonos players

Hello. It seems like many on here, for some years I’ve been been happily playing Amazon Music on my 2 Sonos Ones and Era100. I could ask it to play a playlist, and it would continuously play till I asked it to stop. About 2-3 weeks ago it started playing a playlist but then stopped after the first track. Soon after that it stopped playing any music requested by Alexa. I can still request Alexa to do other things e.g. weather forecast, set thermostat, lights etc but as for music, nada.I’ve tried some of the useful advice I’ve found on here, e.g. re-authorizing Sonos to play Music etc, but am a bit nervous about wiping out the few features I still have if I de-install everything. At the moment it feels a bit like I have one expensive Bluetooth speaker and 2 paper weights! Any advice (preferably at idiot level!) would be much appreciated.Regards Steve

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Jens H.Contributor I
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Sonos one

Seit ich meine neue FRITZ!Box in Betrieb genommen habe, spielt Alexa über Sonos kein Radio mehr ab. Andere Sprachbefehle z.B. Smart Home dagegen funktionieren aber problemlos.Bin mit meinem Latein und Nerven am Ende. Bitte um Hilfe. Kann es eventuell mit dem Update der Sonos One zu tun haben? Beste Grüße Jens 

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