When will Alexa be available in Canada?
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My question for the Sonos engineers is this. You've got Sonos working with Alexa in the USA and Alexa is now legitimately working in Canada without the need for any bogus addresses or IP addresses. Sonos knew that this was coming. Why does it now need to take months of "engineering" to get this to work in Canada. "Early 2018" is not acceptable to me.
I strongly believe that the frustration demonstrated by SONOS users is that they love their SONOS devices and are anxious to take the experience to the next level. I have six players and I myself can't wait to get Alexa rocking. People want a more concrete ETA than just early 2018. With January gone and the frustration from the SONOS community, SONOS brass should come out with an update. Still on track for 1st quarter delivery or come out with the truth that they are experiencing challenges and a realistic delivery is more likely to happen on XXX date. Just be truthful with the customer's that put you on the map.
Alexa is now (Nov 15) available in Canada, when will Sonos turn on its availability in Canada?
Just ordered a sonos one and I just moved to Canada. I still have my US amazon account but I thought I'd be able to use my new Canadian Amazon account.. is it not working yet ? echos are being sold already in canada !
Indeed. How about an update on when this will work in Canada.
The holdup is they have to integrate and test the Sonos cloud with the Amazon cloud in Canada and prepare for millions of new possible users. It is an infrastructure thing. It's not a simple matter of flipping a switch.
It won't be millions of new users. I would be surprised if the total number of Sonos One systems in Canada even gets into six figures. (It wasn't being widely sold by Amazon or Best Buy before Christmas, I went into Best Buy and they had only Play:1 available) And they wouldn't all be using Alexa at same time.
Currently on Amazon.ca, the Sonos Play:1 is still outselling the Sonos One, but the Echo is outselling them both, so I don't buy that it's a capacity issue. This is 100% on Sonos and it's very disappointing.
Not asking for a firm date and I haven't called it anything. Just a simple hey folks, we are still on track for early 2018 delivery or we are experiencing unforeseen challenges which will most likely bring the delivery date closer to Q2. Just talk to your customer. How simple of a concept is that??????
Fixing this was easy actually. Change your Alexa app location to somewhere in the states and then update you Sonos profile to somewhere in the states. I just got my Sonos Ones working in Canada. BAM!
Hi, I am a happy Sonos user as well as many other automation devices including Harmony Hub and recently Echo Gen 2 and Alexa. My goal was to use Alexa as the voice prompt for all other integrated home automation. The Sonos speaker is far superior to Echo so I was planning to use Sonos as the main speaker in the Kitchen where the Echo also sits. Was disappointed when so many skills and features were missing from Alexa in Canada.
I started to post a lot on Echotalks.org and got them to open up a separate Category for the support for the Canadians using Echo.
I encourage Sonos to proceed with the Canadian skills roll out like others have such as Harmony. I did get Sonos to work through Harmony Hub and Alexa but it was a bit complex.
However, some users might want to setup the Echo as a US device like I did where you can have the best of the US features as well as Canadian local awareness. Through this method I also got the Sonos skill to work quite well. Now I can just ask Alexa to play any song on My kitchen sonos.
You can see more details at the link below or just go to Echotalk.org and look for the Maple Leaf Canadian Support section.
http://www.echotalk.org/index.php/topic,3263.0.html
I started to post a lot on Echotalks.org and got them to open up a separate Category for the support for the Canadians using Echo.
I encourage Sonos to proceed with the Canadian skills roll out like others have such as Harmony. I did get Sonos to work through Harmony Hub and Alexa but it was a bit complex.
However, some users might want to setup the Echo as a US device like I did where you can have the best of the US features as well as Canadian local awareness. Through this method I also got the Sonos skill to work quite well. Now I can just ask Alexa to play any song on My kitchen sonos.
You can see more details at the link below or just go to Echotalk.org and look for the Maple Leaf Canadian Support section.
http://www.echotalk.org/index.php/topic,3263.0.html
When is Alexa skill for Sonos going to be in Canada, why is the engineering so complex that it takes this long to role out as you already have it
Seems the Sonos skill is US only
I was able to install it by "moving" to the US from https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202205900
When moving back to Canada, the skill still works so far.
I was able to install it by "moving" to the US from https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202205900
When moving back to Canada, the skill still works so far.
I bought 4 speakers on thanksgiving and Sonos is still working on CA skill for Alexa. Really? It February 2018.
Anxiously waiting as well. Is there a beta program for Canadian users/skills that people could join to help smooth the edges?
Again I call nonsense. Amazon voice has been up and running for months. It is not the infrastructure that is the barrier, it is the cost it the infrastructure. Sonos won't invest in Canada until there are "hundreds of thousands" of users.....so early 2018 ain't gonna happen
Hi everyone, I just made the announcement for 8.4 which includes Alexa on Sonos in Canada.
Available today, English language control for Amazon Alexa is on the Sonos One in Canada. You can go to the More tab in your Sonos app and tap Voice Services to enable Alexa on your Sonos One.
The beta of our Sonos Skill for Alexa is now available in Canada as well, which you can install and use to wirelessly send commands from your Amazon Echo or Dot devices to your Sonos players.
To get started, enable the Sonos skill in your Alexa app.
Please note Amazon Music isn't quite ready on Sonos in Canada. More details can be found here.
The beta of our Sonos Skill for Alexa is now available in Canada as well, which you can install and use to wirelessly send commands from your Amazon Echo or Dot devices to your Sonos players.
To get started, enable the Sonos skill in your Alexa app.
Please note Amazon Music isn't quite ready on Sonos in Canada. More details can be found here.
I’m in Canada and my Sonos One is currently playing my Spotify discover weekly playlist via voice command.
It’s not that hard to get working.
It’s not that hard to get working.
Sonos rarely gives out firm dates. Asking for them is a lesson in futility. Call it what you will, it has never changed the policy in the past, and it likely will not in the future.
It's not just Amazon's infrastructure. The Sonos/Alexa partnership requires both an Alexa and a Sonos cloud infrastructure. As has been explained by Sonos reps it is not just a matter of flipping a switch, there is some additional engineering that needs to take place. So have some patience. There is obviously a legitimate explanation, unless you are claiming they would willingly withhold the feature just because they hate Canadians or something?
It won't be millions of new users. I would be surprised if the total number of Sonos One systems in Canada even gets into six figures. (It wasn't being widely sold by Amazon or Best Buy before Christmas, I went into Best Buy and they had only Play:1 available) And they wouldn't all be using Alexa at same time.
Currently on Amazon.ca, the Sonos Play:1 is still outselling the Sonos One, but the Echo is outselling them both, so I don't buy that it's a capacity issue. This is 100% on Sonos and it's very disappointing.
The skill works for all Sonos devices if you own an Echo or other Alexa controller. It is not limited to just the Sonos One.
And that still won't add up to millions of users.
I'm sure Amazon have done their research on Alexa usage in Canada (including any potential load generated by 3rd party integrations) and have scaled their infrastructure appropriately.
It won't be millions of new users. I would be surprised if the total number of Sonos One systems in Canada even gets into six figures. (It wasn't being widely sold by Amazon or Best Buy before Christmas, I went into Best Buy and they had only Play:1 available) And they wouldn't all be using Alexa at same time.
Currently on Amazon.ca, the Sonos Play:1 is still outselling the Sonos One, but the Echo is outselling them both, so I don't buy that it's a capacity issue. This is 100% on Sonos and it's very disappointing.
The skill works for all Sonos devices if you own an Echo or other Alexa controller. It is not limited to just the Sonos One.
Sadly, this "early 2018" date is in the same heap as Sonos saying for the last several years that they're working on a wireless model (i.e. battery speaker) to take outside. They boast a wireless system but it's not wireless at all when it has to be tethered to the nearest wall plug. And I and many others have asked about the battery model and just get a "we're working on it". Well guys, it's several years later and it's pretty clear you're not working on it at all and don't care about your users. Very sad. I agree with everyone else: "early 2018" is unacceptable. It's already past early 2018! Very disappointing.
Way to go Sonos!!! Alexa has arrived
Spence kinda sorta hints at the possibility in this podcast, don’t remember where, maybe 40 minutes in.
https://www.recode.net/2018/2/2/16961978/sonos-patrick-spence-apple-homepod-alexa-virtual-assistants-too-embarrassed-swisher-goode-podcast
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