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Disable Sonos One Alexa from playing a sound when I say "Alexa"


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I just set up a Sonos One with Alexa and the sound is noticeably better than the Amazon Echo. On the Sonos One though, each and every time I call "Alexa" it plays some kind of acknowledgement tone. When I call my Echo or Dot, thankfully there is no such tone. Is there anyway to disable it?
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I actually just talked w/ tech via chat and the showed me where to go in the app to eliminate the beginning prompt.  Been digging into this thread and found out from ‘Master T’s’ post that having the follow up mode on (Alexa app) gives that loud prompt at the end.  I just disabled it, the prompt at the end is gone and now all is well.  

I don't recall this ever being on before because it's beyond annoying now. I get it at the beginning & after I make a request to do something. I have the wake word chime shut of too. It's too loud in the wee hours of the morning when I get off work. Sonos, Please for the love of God fix this! 

 

It's been fixed for a long while.  If your getting the chime, you need to contact support.

I don't recall this ever being on before because it's beyond annoying now. I get it at the beginning & after I make a request to do something. I have the wake word chime shut of too. It's too loud in the wee hours of the morning when I get off work. Sonos, Please for the love of God fix this! 

Disabled the Alexa chime (could only do this in Android, didn’t find in Windows app). Now have an end of response chime on my One (gen 1) but not my One (gen 2) nor Move. 

Now, my Sonos Beam doesn’t have an end of request Chime, but my Sonos One does. 

Please PLEASE turn off the confirmation chime - I have Alexa on whisper mode in the evenings and everything it great until I get the loud BONNNNG! which wakes up the whole house!

Seriously Sonos - this is ridiculous to have so many great features but still have this HUGE omission in the feature list!

Yes! Disabling the wake word chime is good, but we also need to be able to disable the End of Request chime. The Alexa app has both settings for Echo devices. Sonos should follow.

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I disabled the wake word sound - “BONG” (louder than set volume) on my Sonos One. It still bongs after it has replied to my request. That is also loud and even more annoying than the wake word bong. At least the first bong serves the purpose of telling me it is listening. The second bong just tells me it has finished talking. I could tell that much more pleasantly by silence. The bong must be a Sonos thing because it is different from the double tone used by Amazon devices.

“Best Answer” is incorrect for Sonos 11:

Settings->Services and Voice->Amazon Alexa->”Each Sonos product listed”->Voice settings->Wake Word Chime->off

 

Throwing in my two cents, I find the sound really useful as unlike my actual Echo devices the Sonos often doesn’t hear the wake word - but the sound doesn’t follow the Sonos volume setting so is ridiculously loud.

Thankfully they now added the option to disable the sound completely, which I’ve done, but I’d rather have it on just not at an absurd volume level.

It was like this for me;

 

settings > services > amazon alexa > select room > deselect ‘wake word chime’

It’s in Settings > Services > Voice Assistant > Room Settings

I just setup Sonos One with Alexa using app 10.6.2 but I don’t see the room settings to turn off the wake sound of alexa. I click on SETTINGS in Sonos app but I don’t see the “more”...only see account, system,services, app preferences, Help & tips, Data & Privacy, & legal.

 

Where exactly is the setting for the room to turn off the alexa wake sound. This is my first Sonos speaker. Thanks!

Does anyone know when this annoying tone will be able to disable also in the german app?

I would love to take out some of my Amazon Echos. But unfortunately it makes me aggressive when the sound in the whole house is going on when someone in another room says the word “Alexa”. Even in the night when I want to sleep and someone whispers to Alexa. :rolling_eyes:

I could understand it with the Beam, I´m talking to. But that doesn´t make sense in all rooms. :hear_no_evil:

Sonos App. Settings, Services, Amazon Alexa

Tap the room name of your Sonos One.

Under Voice Settings, disable Wake Word Chime 

Absolute legend. Thank you for the prompt response. Solved!!

Sonos App. Settings, Services, Amazon Alexa

Tap the room name of your Sonos One.

Under Voice Settings, disable Wake Word Chime 

Thank you all on this thread.
Bong now before the command gone. Bong after the command disabled now as well.
Not straight forward though is it? Think of all the others who have to put up with it as they haven't the time or patients to delve as deep as this!
Now all I have to sort out with my Sonos One in the Bathroom is to make Alexa's noise quieter. She bellows out over the classical music playing gently. Just what I don't need when chilling.
Finally, can't wait to change her name to a 2 syllable name 'Echo' to match the other one we have elsewhere in the house.
A Sonos Christmas Software upgrade gift per chance?
We live in hope.....

 

I just read this thread and I still don't get HOW to stop the wake word chime or the post action chime coming from my new SONOS One.

 

SONOS app or Alexa app & what am I looking for please?? :(

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Thank you all on this thread.
Bong now before the command gone. Bong after the command disabled now as well.
Not straight forward though is it? Think of all the others who have to put up with it as they haven't the time or patients to delve as deep as this!
Now all I have to sort out with my Sonos One in the Bathroom is to make Alexa's noise quieter. She bellows out over the classical music playing gently. Just what I don't need when chilling.
Finally, can't wait to change her name to a 2 syllable name 'Echo' to match the other one we have elsewhere in the house.
A Sonos Christmas Software upgrade gift per chance?
We live in hope.....
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Thank you so much for fixing this works great now!
I agree if you want the chime to be turned off when using Alexa you should be able to turn it off completely!

Why do you need a chime at the end, when clearly we know Alexa has worked because she has responded!

Amazon speakers don’t do this why does Sonos feel the need?

Disable in the Alexa app the 'Follow Up' mode for each Sonos ONE.
I agree if you want the chime to be turned off when using Alexa you should be able to turn it off completely!

Why do you need a chime at the end, when clearly we know Alexa has worked because she has responded!

Amazon speakers don’t do this why does Sonos feel the need?
It's great that the wake tone can be turned off now. However there is still an annoying tone after Alexa acknowledges the command that sounds exactly the same as the wake tone. Can this be turned off to? Feels like half a job has been done! The Echos don't have this issue.
Master T thank you !!!!! Indeed there is also a hole on the flexson when you can see behind !! All sorted thanks
It’s the flexson ones , maybe I’ll put a phone behind for a pic see if there is something similar, thanks. Support say there is no other way to pair again without pressing the button .
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Which wall mount are you using? The Sanus wall mount has a small hole that allows you to access the button.