Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Your one-stop shop for discussing Amazon Alexa with Sonos. How do you add Amazon Alexa to Sonos One or Beam? How do you pair an Echo device with a Sonos speaker? Get your answers here.

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User426595 Contributor I

About ducking time

Ducking seems to be fixed now. I have grouped my echo and Sonos devices in the Alexa app and ducking seems to only affect the Sonos device that is associated with the echo that processes the command.

FergieBergie Trending Lyricist I

Sonos One: Voice control for Sonos is not supported in your country, yet

Hi there Sonos community, This is probably a very early question to ask but I have been waiting to buy Sonos just for the Alexa integration. And now they are releasing the Sonos One YAY . BUT... when preordering it says "Voice control for Sonos is not supported in your country, yet". Alexa is a...

gquayle Contributor I

How to get Alexa to tell Sonos to access my Local Music

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All my music is stored on my computer, I don't use streaming services. The Sonos app is able to access my music and playlists, but using Alexa, all I can find are commands to access streaming services. How do I use Alexa to tell Sonos to access the music on my computer?

Doug_MI Trending Lyricist I

Alexa only playing one song through Sonos then STOPS

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I ask alexa to play an artist in in the living room. The first songs plays... and then nothing..... It seems like SONOS is not playing the alexa Que?

michael319 Avid Contributor I

Sonos won't play when i ask alexa to play?

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I have music playing on my sonos via the sonos app. But sometimes when i ask alexa to play it will say hmm. you''ll have to enable the skill, but yet if i then go into the actual sonos app and press play it works. why does alexa not always play and pause when i ask it, even if music is showing as p...

dingcuppie Trending Lyricist I

List of Alexa Commands

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Is there a list of Echo commands that we can use now? It would be nice if ALL of the Amazon Echo Skill’s designer would make these lists and keep them current.

Sachu Contributor I

Alexa asking to link Spotify Premium Account even though already linked when using Sonos

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Having an issue where whenever I try to play something on Spotify on Sonos using Alexa, it's just coming up with 'To link your Spotify, please add a premium account in the Alexa app' even though I have already done this. When I try to play Spotify using just the Echo dot it's playing fine - just d...

mikey2bags Contributor I

Alexa now using BBC skill rather than TuneIn

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My two Sonos Ones have previously been playing BBC radio stations via TuneIn without any problems: 'Alexa, play BBC Radio 4' would return 'Playing BBC Radio 4 from TuneIn' and the appropriate audio stream. Something strange has started happening today. Alexa is now trying to use a BBC skill and, d...

Kusasi Contributor I

Cannot use Alexa to play Spotify on Sonos at all

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We've got 4 x Sonos Play:1s dotted throughout the house - usually all grouped together. We bought a couple of the Echo Dots under the recent offer, and have subsequently signed up for a trial Spotify account (having previously been using Deezer as our main streaming service). However, we can't get...

nietzschex Contributor I

How to activate Alexa mics on Sonos One surrounds?

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I have a Beam with two Sonos One surrounds, and it's my understanding that the mics on the Sonos Ones are by default OFF, and that the Beam is the only one with mic input for Alexa. Is there a way to turn on the mics on the Ones? I ask because I'm usually closer to the Ones than the Beam when usin...

thenekkidtruth Trending Lyricist I

Soundscape Skills Not Functioning

I call them "Soundscape Skills" - like "Relaxing Nature Sounds", "Ambient Sounds: Cricket Sounds", "Rain Sounds", etc. There's hundreds of them. On my Sonos One, perhaps only one in ten works properly. If a Soundscape Skill doesn't work properly, the symptom is that I hear nothing at all. Evidence s...

keaner Contributor I

Joining the Sonos Echo/Alexa beta

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How can I join this beta please?

StevenShaw Contributor I

Volume commands stopped working

Using an Echo Dot to control 3 existing Sonos speakers. Have speakers set up as Kitchen / Dining Room and Bedroom Can start and stop music fine 'play blah blah in (or on) Kitchen'. Volume commands, for example 'turn it down in the kitchen' and Alexa responds with 'that command does not work on de...

williamsiddall Contributor I

Sonos stops after playing one song from Amazon Music

"Alexa, play classical music on dining room" Alexa starts classical focus from amazon on dining room sonos. After one selection, sonos goes quiet. Sonos app shows nothing playing. I can ask alexa to play classical music again, and again it plays just one selection and stops.

dasym Prominent Collaborator II

Sorry, I’m having trouble understanding right now!

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None of my Ones are working with Alexa today. They can stream using the Sonos app. Other Echo devices are working with Alexa. Anyone else having this?

imodude Contributor I

Playing from local music library not possible using Alexa/voice control

I have checked with Sonos, and they have confirmed that you cannot ask Alexa to play tracks from your own library. Further, they have no plans to support this. As much as I love my existing Sonus setup, and as much as I want to try Alexa out, I do NOT want to sign up to a music service when I have...

CommunityChat Contributor III

Sonos app can turn a disabled Sonos One microphone back on - privacy issue?

Hi all. I have a set of stereo paired Sonos Ones. I have manually disabled the microphone on the right speaker by pressing the button on top. Today I disabled Alexa by going to [Settings - Room Settings - Living Riving Room (L+R) - Voice Services]. When I followed the same steps to re-enable, I was...

hadley220 Contributor I

Sonos One Alexa not working correctly

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Set up new Sonos One. Alexa will start playing when requested but when requested to stop or pause, Alexa responds with "I can change playback mode only when music is playing" despite the fact that music is currently playing. Alexa will respond to other questions like "what's the weather?" but then m...

Sonoson Trending Lyricist I

Alexa Multiroom music simultaneously on Sonos and Echo devices

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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,...

JDW712 Contributor I

Sonos One Alexa is half baked - Smart Home doesn't work?

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I didn't see this advertised anywhere but after setting up my Sonos One with Alexa it seems that any smart home devices do not work. All works perfectly with my echo dot but the Sonos Alexa is kind of a half baked approach. Is that just me? Sonos admins please let me know if I'm doing something wro...

gdwhitehouse Contributor I

Alexa to Multiple Rooms

I have a number of Sonos speakers, is there anyway to address a 'group' - like "Play relaxing music everywhere". I have tried setting up a group in the Alexa app, but that doesn't work. While I am here - do the names of the Sonos speakers have to be different to existing 'smart stuff'. I have light...

Marc J Trending Lyricist I

Public Beta - My Feedback

After waiting for the announcement for Echo integration with Sonos for what seems like an eternity (I was really looking forward to it), I have to say I am somewhat underwhelmed by the current offering. For what it's worth, here's my feedback: - A glorified Bluetooth speaker - is what it feels like...

gazzstevens Trending Lyricist I

Sonos One Not Responding to Alexa Comands

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Just setup the Sonos One. All steps were followed and setup went smoothly, However it is not responding to any commands. It does acknowledge the command where I ask to play music, but doesn't complete the action. Diag:8022698

Lozboz Enthusiast II

Sonos One Reviews are starting to appear... 'Good hardware.. buggy software'. What a surprise !!

The first few reviews of the Sonos One are emerging. https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/18/sonos-one-review/ Unfortunately, there were a few times I ran into some strange and frustrating bugs -- the speaker wasn't recognizing that it was playing music, so "pause" or "next track" requests didn't w...

Ryan S Community Manager

Alexa and Sonos Megathread

Since the first introduction in October 2017, we've been hard at work with the Amazon Alexa team to improve the Sonos skill and Alexa-enabled Sonos speakers. We're constantly fine-tuning and adding new features, along with improving the integration as we work together to bring the ultimate music and...

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