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Edward R
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Resolving (the majority of) Issues with Alexa on Sonos

Moderator note: This article was updated in December 2024. This thread is intended to help get you going if you get stuck setting up Alexa w...
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Ryan S
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New to Sonos or Alexa? How to set up

So you have an Alexa device and Sonos players, where do you go next?1. Make sure your Sonos and Alexa devices are all powered up and connect...
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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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Arjol
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Symfonisk bookshelf not detected by Echo Dot 5th gen

I have an Ikea Symfonisk and I just got an Amazon Echo dot (5th gen, 2024). So far I have been able to add most of my intelligent devices but the Symfonisk is not found.I have the Sonos Skill (which has a very low rating for some reason). I have disabled and enabled many times, rebooting both the echo and the Symfonisk between attempts. What else can I do?  The symphonisk works great over airplay with apple devices but Alexa just cannot find it. Something I noticed is, on the instructions, the Sonos Skill refers me to open the Sonos S1 app, but I have the newest version (S2). Could it be that this model is no longer compatible with Alexa?  

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peteclanContributor I
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cant sign in to amazon when adding alexa

In an earlier conversation, Sonos said that fixing this is not a priority which makes this even more frustrating.  I have 4-5 Sonos products.  Earlier this week Alexa simply stopped working on the Sonos products.  I removed Alexa then tried to reinstall it.  My app (worst app update ever - people should lose their jobs) tries to restore Alexa but cannot sign into Amazon.  Just an endless cycle.  

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BobbyZSDContributor I
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Alexa Confirmation Sound

I cannot find how to turn off the sound Alexa makes after you give a command. Everything I’m reading says go to settings and then sounds and to turn off. Wake word confirmation there is no such setting. Can someone confirm how to turn it off? It’s very loud. I’ve searched both in the Sonos app and the Alexa app. This is for a Sonos Beam. 

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stephenelson63Contributor I
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Stopped making a sound - Amazon Alexa

When I ask Alexa my Sonos move would make a sound to  acknowledge my voice, this has stopped can someone help. 

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payapayaTrending Lyricist 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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SoplanpanContributor I
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Alexa volume

We have two different issues with Alexa and volume:1- when asking something, the response comes very, very loud. We have tried to set the volume on the app (both Sonos and Alexa) but it makes no difference. We have also tried to set up the volume with the buttons and then ask Alexa to remember that volume as our preferred volume, but nothing works. Not nice for either us or the neighbours.2- when playing the radio or music (doesn't matter through which platform) and we ask Alexa to turn the volume up or down, it goes up way to loud or way to low. Tried to change the command to "turn the volume up by 1" but it doesn't work. We also use a Google speaker and never had that issue with volume control. Unfortunately, we don't seem able to switch to Google voice control.Can anyone help fix that please?

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Sotiris C.
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1onewol7Contributor I
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Alexa Voice Control

I have two Spotify accounts linked to my Sonos system (A Account and B Account). I want my family to use the A Account with Alexa at home while I'm at work, so it doesn't interrupt my use of the B Account when I'm outside the house. Is there a workaround for this? Thanks!" 

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DandogAvid Contributor II
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Error on Transfer of Ownership

My wife and I both have valid accounts but we only need one (mine). Since hers was the original account she had ownership, which we’ve now transferred to me. The message Transfer Completed” indicated that this was successful but when I sign in to Manage the settings I get “Something went wrong” and am told to sign in as the owner so the system still thinks my wife’s the owner. I’ve deleted her account but the message says that I’ll get an email in a few days to confirm the deletion. I can still login to either account. The reason for switching ownership is because we now have the Amazon Alexa app and Amazon Music, for which I am the subscriber. I’m having problems playing Amazon Music probably because of the conflict of ownership so I’m hoping that setting the Sonos and Music accounts in my name will solve the problem but I can’t transfer the ownership to me! How can I fix this?

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DaveP4567Contributor I
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Multiple mics for Alexa.

I have 2 era300, a port hooked up to a large audio system and 1 beam on a TV in a large single room(10,000SqF). I am tired of yelling "ALEXA" across the room to my fire TV cube(Alexa). Can the era300 and the beam all listen and communicate to the cube?

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AsclepiusAvid Contributor I
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how to ask Alexa to play music on Move 2

hi there,I am unable to use voice command to request Move 2 to play music via Alexa.I am an Amazon Prime subscriber and I have Amazon music app setup on my iPhone. I also have connected Amazon Prime service to my Sonos app. I am only able to use my iPhone to select Amazon music and play to my Move 2 on wifi from my playlist using the Sonos app.However I prefer the convenience of using voice command to request Amazon music instead of using my iPhone. is that possible?thank you for your assistance.  

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ProXyContributor I
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Sonos Play1 cannot be found in Alexa app

Hello,after moving to a new location I wanted to setup my Play 1s again. I was able to add them as a new system and everything works fine in the sonos app. Then I reenabled my sonos skill in the Alexa app, but then no devices are found. I did everything to make it work: reset speakers, rebooted devices, restarted app, relinked Alexa and Sonos. But those devices just cannot be found… Are there any advices?

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matt4566Contributor I
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Sonos Roam will no longer connect to Alexa

Hello, A few weeks ago my Sonos Roam reset and subsequently lost connection to Alexa. I've tried reconnecting it via the Sonos App and when I follow the steps and choose Alexa, it attempts to login to the app but all I get is the spinning wheel.Eventually it says try again or cancel. I've deregistered it on the Alexa app and still I'm facing issues. Any help or ideas are greatly appreciatedMatt

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zb411Contributor I
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Voice Control for TV

Hi all - recently set up my Sonos Arc Ultra and have set up Amazon Alexa as my voice control. However, I can't seem to get voice controls for my TV to work. For example, when I say "Alexa, turn off my TV" it says that there is no device or group named TV. Any ideas on how to resolve this? Thank you

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Hagen HouseContributor I
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Alexa confirms but doesn't play

4 Sonos speakers throughout the house have worked perfectly two years. We use Alexa. Good connection. All speakers work Alexa responds I can look up anything I want and Alexa answers. On my music I ask Alexa to play an artist Alexa confirmsand she ends her sentence with “what would you like to hear next”. On my app I can see the song playing my sound bars the volumes everything but there’s no music coming out of my speakers. No matter what music I ask for, Alexa will confirm And then says “what would you like to hear next”

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MikeyduaeContributor I
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alexa/echo with arc

Hi.the issue im having here right now is that I can’t change the wake word on arc as someone in the house has a similar name. The only way to change (as I have researched) is to get a dot, place near the arc, disable the arc voice control.then group the arc and dot in Alexa app in the same room (living room in this instance). And set preferred speaker as the arc.now, here’s where it gets messy. I have change the wake word to echo on the dot. When I call out echo on the dot, it responded on the dot. I thought it was suppose to respond through the arc? When I call echo on the dot to play music, it somehow says…playing Spotify on Sonos and the arc plays music.i tried bringing this dot to another room, group it with a full fledge echo speaker, set preferred speaker to full fledge echo. When I speak to the dot, it responded through the echo speaker. When I speak to the dot to play music, it DID not play on the echo but on the dot. Wtf..? I don’t really care about the echo and dot scenario.

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squishy81Contributor I
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Alexa can no longer play BBC sounds or Apple Music

For the last few days when i ask Alexa to play BBC sounds or Apple Music on my sonos devices it says “I’m having trouble”  Things I have already tried:factory reset of sonos devices disconnect and reconnect alexa integration in sonos app disconnect and reconnect apple music and bbc sounds service in sonos app enable disable apple music / bbc sounds / sonos skills in alexaNothing works The services work fine when played from alex advecis any ideas?  thanks a lot! 

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arttravelContributor I
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Multiple spotify accounts in Alexa on Sonos

On my echo speaker, I have alexa enabled with two accounts, each with it’s own spotify. I can use voice commands to play from the appropraite person’s spotify - for example, “play artist on xxx’s spotify”.  I can also ask it to switch accounts. I have my alexa voice controller activate on my Sonos One. However it won’t switch accounts, nor will it play from any spotify other than the one assocaited with the alexa account which was used  for the voice controller. Is there a way to replicae the funcionality of my echo speaker on my Sonos One? 

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Ernes0517Contributor I
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Alexa voice assistant.

I have a sonos beam 2 and I can't pair it with my Alexa voice assistant. When I go to log in to Amazon Alexa. It just won't work.

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BaudelaireContributor I
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voice contrôle impossible installation

Bonjour,Impossible d'installer voici contrôle ou Alexa.Depuis mon tél, sur sonos, je lance l'installation, mais un message d'erreur apparait en fin de chargement. Merci de votre aide.Sonos Era 100 Loïc 

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Jonboy350Contributor I
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sonos one not working properly - Amazon Alexa

Alexa answers and says the command given but then nothing happens  Ie ill say Alexa play Xmas songs  it replies saying the xmas station by Amazon music but then nothing plays ???  

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jwsgEnthusiast I
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Multiple issues - favourites and Alexa

Noticing that an Echo device was unable to play a station on Sonos Play:1 Ive found multiple issues -The Android Sonos app isnt showing favourites (tried usual remedies like clearing app data) - but the Windows Sonos app still shows them OKTried unlinking the Alexa Sonos skill but I cant now reconnect the skill - at first the linking page gave a message about needing to register the Sonos to an account (which it already was) and now just says it can’t connect to SonosAbsolute Radio stations aren’t playing - tried adding the Rayo service instead on mobile but wouldn’t link - although could link using the Windows Sonos app - but actual stations still wont playI’ve already wasted over an hour trying to resolve all this - as with any time there are problems there are no useful diagnostics or announcements.

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AkhilstyleContributor I
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Alexa cant find Sonos Amps

Hi,I have 2 sonos amps which are connected via ethernet to my router. They work fine. I downloaded the Alexa skill but it cant find Amp 1 or Amp 2.It does however find Amp 1 TV and amp 2 TV - not sure exactly what they are? I have disabled wifi on the amps as they are connected to my router via ethernet. Any ideas?ThanksAkhil

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agkyle03Contributor I
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Alexa Integration

After the November 18th Sonos update it appears that the Alexa/Sonos integration skills no longer work.  After disabling the skill in the Alexa app and then adding it back, Alexa cannot find any of my Sonos devices.  However, my Sonos devices from within the Sonos app work just fine.  It appears the API is having issues? 

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Buzz 2Contributor I
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No audio after router change

I have changed my router, reset my Sonos products, deleted then readded to Amazon then when I ask Alexa to play anything it announces what it plays but there is no audio

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