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Alexa echo Plus and Sonos

  • March 11, 2018
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I can control Sonos One (bedroom) and Sonos Playbar (Den) with Alexa Echo Plus - no problem. My question is weather I can play same music on all three devices at the same time.
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Chris
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  • Lead Maestro
  • March 11, 2018
No - you can't group Sonos speakers with the Alexa. You can group the two sonos speakers and that is it.

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  • Contributor I
  • March 12, 2018
Thanks Cris. So the only thing the echo is good for to do voice commands, right.... If I were to buy the new Sonos which has Alexa build in, could I group it with the other (older) Sonos?

Chris
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  • Lead Maestro
  • March 12, 2018
Yes the Sonos One will group with all other Sonos.

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  • Contributor I
  • March 12, 2018
Thank you, CHris.Then it makes absolutely no sense to buy the Echo Plus - right - or am I missing something?

Chris
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  • Lead Maestro
  • March 12, 2018
There are a few feature amazon keeps for their devices. Most notably calling features Sonos One can’t do.

The echo plus also acts as a home automation hub. I use smartthings as my hub as it has many more features then the amazon hub for smart home.

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  • Contributor I
  • March 12, 2018
Ahhh, thanks for your valuable info. Much appreciated. I guess one has to clutter with all of it!

Legnum Nick
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  • March 12, 2018
At the moment for the best sound and the most feature rich Echo/Sonos configuration, I'd suggest an echo dot to go with any Sonos player that doesn't have a microphone. There are useful features on the Echo that the Sonos One doesn't have, and it is easy to get a pair of Play 1s and a dot for less than a pair of Sonos Ones.