In September 2018 Amazon released the AVS Device SDK that allows Alexa enabled 3rd party speakers to use Alexa Multiroom Music (MRM). This means Amazon now supports music played from Echo speakers and 3rd party speakers at the same time.
Does Sonos plan to update their Alexa enabled speakers (One, Beam) to allow Alexa multi-room music?
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Echo Dots and Sonos seems to meet your needs pretty well. Life is never perfect.
Any update on MRM on the Beam? Thinking about returning. I mean how is this not the next top priority? Does anyone know about other sound bars that support MRM? Does Bose support it?
Sonos hasn't announced anything around this. I'm not aware of any multi-room speaker systems that play in sync with echos, although there are standalone speakers that will play in sync with echos. I haven't really done any research on it.
As to how it's not the top priority...it's up there on the list of requested features, but I wouldn't say it's clearly the most requested feature I've seen. It's also not one that I think Sonos upper management is all that interested in as Sonos makes money by selling Sonos speakers to fill out your system, not by making it easier to fill out your home with echos or other speakers. Perhaps some people my by Sonos for certain rooms if they can fully integrate with echos, where they wouldn't buy Sonos otherwise. More likely though, people will buy an echo for a room where they would have put a Sonos speaker.
There's also possibly some technical regarding how such a feature would operate with Sonos grouping functionality, differences in audio quality, and the fact that Sonos supports many more services than Amazon does.
Why would you use a streaming service, like Google that allows you to store your own music files in the cloud? And Sonos does not store music files on the speakers, it only stores file location and an index of your local music. I personally prefer using a music service rather than my own local files, but in your situation, I'd store the files on a portable drive I could take between the two locations.
The Command Bar isn't part of a Polk mult-room system. It's a single bar + sub...stand alone. You can't even add surround speakers as far as I can tell. So my statement above still stands.
It also doesn't appear to be airplay 2 compatible, limited streaming services. Does have bluetooth and DTS though.
Not knocking the product, just pointing out that it's actually a rather different product then Sonos speakers, with a significantly different feature set.
It also doesn't appear to be airplay 2 compatible, limited streaming services. Does have bluetooth and DTS though.
Not knocking the product, just pointing out that it's actually a rather different product then Sonos speakers, with a significantly different feature set.
Yeah, but my TV is airplay 2 compatible and everything else can just be triggered off of the Echo Plus which would be synced to the sound bar. Not sure what I'd be missing out on.
Bought myself a one specificallh cause the Best Buy salesman told me it would support MRM with my echo :/
If I could I’d return it, but I bought it while on a trip to the US and I live in the UK
If I could I’d return it, but I bought it while on a trip to the US and I live in the UK
The thing is it does support multi room music, just not with different manufacturers of speakers. I can see this ever being available and if it did happen i suspect it would be without exact music sync :(
What you need is more Ones 🙂
What you need is more Ones 🙂
The choice is yours, but it's worth noting that Sonos version of multiroom audio allows for playing from external sources, such as a local library, TV audio, or a line in source, while Amazon can only stream from a handful of streaming services. As well, Sonos allows you add/remove speakers in the middle of playback, while Amazon does not.
You won't be forced to buy sonos ones, as any Sonos speaker will work in the system, even the upcoming Ikea speakers. If you want to specifically control a speaker by voice you can 'pair' a Sonos speaker with an echo dot, or control them all with a single dot.
And while Amazon could drop the integration with Sonos, I think that's highly unlikely as they would essentially be forfeiting all Sonos customers to Google Home for voice control.
I have a pair of monster speakers concected on the 3.5 mm output of the dot.
Amazon gave access to MRM since the fall. I have to imagine that if Sonos wanted to make this happen it would have already. Probably just as unlikely, but I'm hoping Bose makes the switch and forces their hand.
Heck, I'd be happy with a little cooperation between Sonos and Echo. I can be sitting at my diining room table, and ask "Alexa" to play some music. I'd had my voice carry past my dining room One and past my Kitchen Ones to the Echo sitting next to my Playbar, and have the Echo start playing the song.
I like the Echo there to turn my A/V stuff off and on, but it seems like they have turf wars once in a while.
I like the Echo there to turn my A/V stuff off and on, but it seems like they have turf wars once in a while.
I think it very unlikely General Sonos and Echo devices would play in sync. However those Amazon Enabled speakers (One and Beam) may get this but it would be hard to sync any grouped non Alexa enabled speakers. I still think this is unlikely though.
Can't speak for everyone here, but I'm pretty sure most of us only care about the Alexa enabled speakers. Biggest issue I have is that I ask Alexa to play a Spotify radio station for "Everywhere" group and my Alexa will start playing a different song than my Sonos beam.
Still eagerly anticipating this feature. I use a Beam and two Ones for my surround sound system, but have various Echo devices scattered throughout my house. Would LOVE to be able to play music everywhere.
There's no reason to anticipate it. Neither Sonos or Amazon has hinted that the feature is coming. As well, there are business and technical reasons why the feature is very unlikely to be implemented. It makes more sense to assume this will never happen and plan accordingly.
It also doesn't appear to be airplay 2 compatible, limited streaming services. Does have bluetooth and DTS though.
Not knocking the product, just pointing out that it's actually a rather different product then Sonos speakers, with a significantly different feature set.
https://www.polkaudio.com/support/faqs/is-it-possible-to-integrate-the-polk-commandbar-into-a-alexa-multiroom-group
It also doesn't appear to be airplay 2 compatible, limited streaming services. Does have bluetooth and DTS though.
Not knocking the product, just pointing out that it's actually a rather different product then Sonos speakers, with a significantly different feature set.
And how does that negate melvimbe's statement?
I have been waiting on this as well and is one of the main reasons I got a Sonos One. I was also told that this would be a future one day.
That seems unrelated to this thread. You would probably be better off starting a new thread.
I think the answer to why there's no MRM between sonos and echo is, basically, down to the Sonos Connect. If you can sync echo audio with sonos, why would anyone shell out 350 bucks for a Connect for their existing hifi when they could just spend 50 on a dot and use the line out? Sonos probably know this and won't be keen on losing the connect sales...
Sonos needs to recognize that wireless multi-room music isn't going to be their competitive advantage moving forward. Instead they can focus on their other strengths while supporting Amazon MRM. Sonos could limit Amazon MRM to only when using an Alexa enabled Sonos speaker (One and Beam). Sonos can also limit the use of TruePlay to only when there is no Echo speaker running in the same room (similar to how TruePlay doesnt work with Connect using third party speakers). Sonos stereo pairs and surround can still only be with other Sonos speakers (Amazon & Sonos currently only allow identical model speakers to be a stereo pair).
I hope someone from Sonos can chime in with an official stance on Amazon MRM support. No Amazon MRM is the deal breaker for me (someone who bought an entire surround set up for the holidays). I have until end of January to return so Sonos has a month to announce support for MRM.
Someone from Sonos certainly needs to clarify their stance to this. I've got two echo dots (kitchen and bedroom) and a Sonos One (bedroom). The entire point was to be able to stream music throughout our "apartment" group.
If sounds are not going to offer this, people like me who are just adding support for these devices will simply go somewhere else.
With all due respect, the structures may be complex, but consumers like me simply don't care. We pay a premium for Sonos gear because it's good, so missing a major feature like this isn't acceptable as far as I'm concerned.
Any update for MRM to play sonos and echo dot???
No, but I struggle to understand why anyone would want to hear music simultaneously on a good sounding speaker like Sonos and the tiny, low quality speaker in the Dot.
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