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Alexa Skills available for Sonos

  • 11 May 2018
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The Sonos system doesn't seem to have access to Alexa Skills. If this is not true then where do I find/enable them. And are they the same as whats available in the Echo from Amazon? Thanks.
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Best answer by Ken_Griffiths 11 May 2018, 19:14

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mrclarks,

The Sonos One 'Alexa-enabled' Speaker supports a variety of Alexa skills. See this thread:

https://en.community.sonos.com/announcements-228985/sonos-one-now-supports-many-more-popular-alexa-skills-6806792/index1.html#post16233450

If you are using an Amazon echo device (e.g. echo DOT) connected over WiFi to a 'Sonos Household', via the Sonos Skill, then many of the Alexa skills will only work just on the echo device.

In the case of a Sonos Connect or Play-5 Speaker, you can cable those (line-in) to a Echo device (with no Sonos Skill enabled) and then all the Alexa skills are available to that 'Sonos Room', or any other 'Rooms' that are grouped with it.
So if the speakers are in two separate rooms then no bueno! Right? I mean, why would you have both speakers in the same room if they are both Alexa enabled?