Like many of us, one reason I want Alexa on my Sonos is to get easy access to their vast range of radio programmes.
The main way to do this now seems to be via the BBC Skill. But there are problems, for instance:
- Suppose I listen to the 6 o’clock news on 10th January, but don’t finish. Then I ask for the 6 o’clock news on 11th January. It will resume the episode from the 10th, i.e. one day out of date, without any means of moving to the next episode.
- The skill notes say that I should be able to move to the next episode, fast foward within an episode, and so on, by saying “Alexa, ask the BBC to … fast forward”, etc, but in fact all such instructions are met with, “I can’t do that”.
A little Googling suggests that these problems are widespread. It does seem incredible that, given the state of the art, we still can’t reliably and easily access to the desired episode of the desired BBC radio programme, but we can’t -- though I don’t know whether to blame Amazon, the BBC, or Sonos.
Any advice VERY welcome.
Thanks all
David
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