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Amazon Alexa and Sonos

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Edward R
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Resolving (the majority of) Issues with Alexa on Sonos

Moderator note: This article was updated in December 2024. This thread is intended to help get you going if you get stuck setting up Alexa w...
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Ryan S
Ryan S
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New to Sonos or Alexa? How to set up

So you have an Alexa device and Sonos players, where do you go next?1. Make sure your Sonos and Alexa devices are all powered up and connect...
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jennifer937Contributor I
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Can I stream Spotify through Sonos by commanding Alexa?

I have 3 x sonos1 and usually stream music from Spotify. I have just ordered the Amazon Dot. My understanding is that Sonos with talk and connect with Alexa - but I will not be able to stream music from Spotify through Sonos by commanding Alexa as Sonos does not yet support this function... Have I understood correctly? Example: I wont be able to say "Alexa, play Elton John from Spotify" as Spotify cant be controlled by Alexa to wirelessly play through Sonos at the moment, but this update is coming at some point... I hope I've made my question clear! haha.

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Sonos Three and Sonos Five

Surely the Sonos Three and Sonos Five are inevitable, what does everyone else think. If so it's gonna annoy alot of Play:5 Gen2 owners!

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neukenukContributor I
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Send sound output from Echo Dots direct to SONOS

Will you be able to work with Amazon that will allow output from Echo Dots to SONOS speakers directly. I currently have 2 dots, one is connected to the Lounge Play:5 via Aux, and one in the bedroom but I only have Play:1s there, but as you know it they don't have Aux inputs but it would be useful if the audio output could be configured to temporarily use DNLA to output Alexa requests.

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When is Spotify support coming to Alexa?

I have been waiting for voice control on Sonos for a while. Now we have it.. fantastic.... or maybe not? Still we wait for Spotify support. I don’t have pandora or amazon music. Although you can start Spotify from the app then use voice control to skip through tracks and control volume I just don’t see the point if you can’t start music with Alexa. I

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ncmeijerContributor I
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Alexa and Spotify

Can you please give an update when Spotify will be available through the Alexa / Sonos setup. I’d like to get an alexa dot for my daughter’s birthday by way of controlling her Sonos speaker. “Soon” is not a very specific answer, would be grateful if you can elaborate on ETA please.

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TonyfromBucksContributor I
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Timer from Alexa on Sonos One not working

Hi on my new SONOS one a few of the skills don't seem yet to work. The most basic ones that is broken is that of setting a timer. If I say "Alexa set a timer for one minute" then the SONOS one/Alexa recognises this (and indeed these words are recorded/transcribed on my Alexa app), but immediately after Alexa confirms with "One minute, starting now" I get an error "Sorry I'm having some trouble" and no timer sounds. Anyone else have this? Shame, its potentially one of the mos tuseful functions given we have the SONOS One in our kitchen

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mikeyg23Contributor II
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Alexa and PC

Getting Sonos working with PCs

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RobbieDContributor I
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Alexa with ZP120 / ZP100?

Hi, I have a ZP120 & ZP100's playing through ceiling mounted speakers. Can I buy an Amazon Echo to simiply add voice control to these? Are these older Sonos amps compatible with Alexa in the same way as newer Sonos products? (i.e. I don't want to have to connect via the line in on the ZP120/ZP100's to make it work.) I quite like the idea of ceiling mounting an Echo Dot to do this. Will Alexa automatically always speak through the speakers connected the the ZP120/ZP100, or would I have to issue a voice command to Alexa to connect (or play through) Sonos each time (as I have seen other people have to do when using an Echo with a bluetooth speaker)? I also have another question: I have noticed that when a friend is playing their Echo through a Bluetooth speaker, turning down the volume on the speaker turns down Alexa's voice, so that you can no longer here her! Does an Alexa / Sonos system have the same issue? Or can you turn the music volume down on the app, or Sonos volume

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BigBrizoContributor I
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can anyone help with sonos one and alexa issue please

hi there, got the sonos one a few weeks ago and as much as i love it, today it has all of a sudden decided 'sorry i'm having trouble understanding right now, please try a little later' and has changed to the american voice, when i had it set up to the english voice. Tried disabling the skills, deleted the app, nothing thats worked in the past with minute problems seems to be working this time. What else is there to try?

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poiriern1Contributor I
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Ask Alexa to Play Everywhere?

Is it possible to ask Alexa to play everywhere instead of specific rooms?

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richmoldovanContributor I
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sonos one just installed on my PC, plays music fine, why wont alexa respond?

sonos one just installed on my PC, plays music fine, why wont alexa respond?

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ConfusedwombleContributor I
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Alexa and Sonos One aren’t communicating.

I asked this in troubleshooting before realising there was a separate topic for this. We bought a sonos 1 at the weekend to add to our sonos system of 2 play 1s, 2 play 3s and a play 5. The speaker is labelled “kitchen”. It works as a sonos speaker through the sonos app, but we can’t make Alexa play any music. Alexa can answer questions about the weather etc, but doesn’t seem to be linked with sonos at all. We haven’t set up a music account that works through it yet (we have been using deezer), but that isn’t the issue. It won’t link with sonos at all. Eg- If we start music through the sonos app and ask Alexa to stop playing it says “I can change the playback mode only when music is playing”. Which it is. If we ask Alexa to play radio 1 it says “bbc radio 1 from tune in playing in kitchen”. But then “sorry, something went wrong”. And plays nothing. In Smart Home Alexa can see all the speakers. Tried activating and deactivating the sonos skill. But- under Settings

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