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Alexa default speaker

  • 17 February 2020
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I'm new here so I apologize for everything in advance. I'd like make my "family room" which consists of 2 play 5's (2 gen), playbar and sub, the default music player for Alexa (echo plus). 

However, when I try to set it as the preferred speaker it has the message "incompatible speakers". If I tell Alexa to play music thru family room it works perfectly- would just like to not have to say where each time.

Any suggestions would really be appreciated. Thanks

 

 

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Best answer by UKMedia 17 February 2020, 16:27

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UKMedia
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Hi

 

Please see my post: https://en.community.sonos.com/amazon-alexa-and-sonos-229102/an-overview-and-explanation-of-the-new-support-for-alexa-grouping-6817788

 

Can you also check that you don’t have any duplicate device & group names within the Alexa App.

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Thank you so much. I didn't realize that I had a duplicated some groups from when I first got the system last year. 

Hopefully you could help me in one more thing. When I tell Alexa to play music, in general or something specific, she responds with "playing....on Sonos". Great.

However, there's a skill that's enabled that will read books and has its own music. When I ask Alexa to play something from there it doesn't go thru Sonos unless I say to in my command.

 

Aren't my preferred Sonos speakers the default speakers regardless of where the music or audio is coming from?

Any help is really appropriated 😁

 

 

 

 

UKMedia
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That would be nice but unfortunately no. It only works with music and not all skills.

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