Amazon Alexa and Sonos

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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-enable...
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Resolving (the majority of) Issues with Alexa on Sonos

This thread is intended to help get you going if you get stuck setting up Alexa with Sonos, or if you have run into any errors. The setup pr...
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Alexa + Sonos: How it Works

So you’ve read all about Amazon Alexa working with Sonos and you want to know more. Here’s a rundown of how the integration works. Your A...
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neilandjanChromatic Producer I
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Alexa is going deaf on our Sonos Ones

As of the last couple of weeks Alexa seems to not respond as well as it used to on our Sonos Ones. Anyone else having problems.

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5 years ago
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JenH99Contributor I
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Only plays one song and stops

Hello all. Just bought the Sonos One and asked Alexa to play some 80's songs. Played one song from Amazon Prime and stopped. I was previously trying the voice command to skip but now realise this didnt work due to only one song being queued. Any ideas on how to get it to continuously play all songs? Alexa also doesnt listen to the 'stop' command which is highly frustrating! Thanks in advance ?

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6 years ago
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willc239Contributor I
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Alexa multi room

Hi I am really confused as to the capabilities of Alex and controlling different rooms. I have 3 speakers, Sonos One with Alex, Play 1 and Play 5. The speakers are labelled in the Sonos app as Bedroom, Living Room and Nursery. If I say, Alex play Oasis in the Bedroom...should this work? I understand that multi room and grouping is not currently possible though? Thanks in advance

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5 years ago
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DonLogicContributor I
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Does Alexa Recognize different Voices?

Hello folks, newb to the community here. I just got a one and everything is set up fine except multiple voices recognition. When I try to add my voice using my iPhone, I never can click the "Begin" phase, the button is always greyed out. It always says I need a recognized device ... is the One, not a recognized echo yet? Thanks so much

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5 years ago
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apeddieContributor I
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Controlling Spotify with Alexa on Sonos one

I have setup two Sonos one speakers (setup the Sonos skill in Alexa, Spotify (premium account) as my default music service, and Alexa as my voice service in the Sonos app). I can ask for music by artist or a specific song but am unable to ask for music of a specific genre or activity type for instance saying: Alexa play 80's rock or Alexa play dance music. Alexa just responds with unable to find any 80's rock etc. I have not created any playlists or followed any particular feeds in spotify (am new to using spotify) so i am not sure if any of this matters. Any suggestions on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.

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6 years ago
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AC1DAJContributor I
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Alexa & play 1 at the same time via Spotify

I have the echo dot running through my 5.1 in the living room and I have the play 1 running via a windows 10 in the dining room

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UKMedia
6 years ago
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jackvinsonContributor III
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Renamed a room, SonosOne won't play to it

Hello all. I've renamed one of my rooms from "Office" to "Dungeon" because that was going to be more fun. I did the renaming via the Sonos app. But the new name appears both on the Sonos and Alexa applications, so it seems everyone knows about the new name. However, when I ask Alexa (via the SonosOne) to Play Artist in Dungeon, she has no luck. She keeps telling me she cannot find a song called "in the dungeon" or "in dungeon" by that artist. (I checked the same request in other rooms and there is no problem with understanding my meaning.) But! When I start music in the Dungeon on Sonos app and then ask Alexa wha is playing in the Dungeon, she has no problem telling me that information.

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MikeV
6 years ago
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mrclarksContributor I
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Alexa Skills available for Sonos

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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5 years ago
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jtc1985Contributor I
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Echo delay when grouping rooms.

I have a Playbase with two Play:1s as surrounds, I also have 2 Ones in a different group. They play music fine with no delay when grouped together but I can't figure out how to get the Ones added without a delay when grouped with the surround pair while watching TV. Any suggestions?

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6 years ago
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UN01Contributor I
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SONOS ONE is not work in Thailand yet.

I got a pair of SONOS ONE, just because of their VOICE CONTROL. But it turned to be this function can't be used in Thailand. What's the point I got these speakers instead of SONOS Play 1 for just half price. T-T Now I wonder why there're a lot of review of this product all over internet since it can't be used?? (Of course, it's Thai reviewing) Is there anyway to make it work??

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6 years ago
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Stevieb367Contributor I
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Hue lights non responsive when streaming music on sonos connect

I haven't noticed this before but im having problems controlling my smart bulbs in my bathroom when my sonos connect is streaming music for my amplifier... When i unplug the z80 my lights start working again. Any ideas ? thanks...... Play 1. Connect amp. zp80. 2 bridges Philips hue bridge. 7 smart bulbs. Two room sensors .3 smart plugs and amazon alexa....

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5 years ago
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RhythmandRhymeContributor II
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Sonos One, Alexa, Spotify Family = Nightmare

So I have two sonos one speakers, one amazon account and a spotify family account with 4 people on it. The issue I am having is when we play music downstairs in the kitchen and then my son asks alexa to play his upstairs it mutes downstairs. we have the multiple accounts set up in the sonos app so i know we can use these as a controller but seems to make alexa a waste of time. is the solution only to have two sonos systems for individual people? how the hell do you set up alexa multiroom! so far not impressed with alexa!

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6 years ago
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Luna99Contributor I
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Amazon Alexa and Play 3

I have a play bar, sub and a play 3. I am interested in using Alexa. Do I need to purchase anything else?

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6 years ago
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Richie333Contributor I
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Can’t link Sonos app in Alexa

I’m having problems linking sonos skill in the Alexa app. I recently switched from UK to Au account when sonos skill became available in Australia. When I switched Alexa couldn’t find my speakers and so I deleted them from my Alexa app and disabled the skill. Now when I try to re-enable it I get as far as allow Alexa to control your sonos system but the app just hangs and nothing happens when I press the Okay button. Frustrating! Hope someone can help! ??

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UKMedia
6 years ago
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Allan StewartContributor I
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Sonos One vs Echo Dot + Play 1

I have a Sonos One and the sound is great but unfortunately it's lacking the full functionality of the Echo. So I'm looking to replace the Echo I have with another Sonos to get the great sound but can't decide between getting another One and not getting everything that the Echo can do or linking an old Echo Dot I have, or maybe an Echo Spot to a Play 1 What experience Do you all have with an Echo and a Play 1 and what would you advise Thanks

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6 years ago
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trevorwcContributor I
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Sonos one alexa voice app for australia

According to online messages re the availability of alexa voice control for sonos one in Australia it was stated the app should be released in Autumn. We are now into the middle of autumn but still no alexa app for sonos.:@

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liam.brysonListener
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Alexa repeating herself

Loving Alexa on Spotify. She gets what I’m asking most of the time. The annoying thing is she repeats the song name, what music service she’s playing on and the speaker (I only have one) every time I request something. Can I make her stop? To just play the song rather than speak over the beginning?

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6 years ago
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WifihifiottawaContributor I
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Sonos One wakeup word limitations

Hete’s a practical solution from the side lines. Turn off the mike on the Sonos Ones for now, spend $60 and get an Echo Dot, change its wake up word to “Echo” or “Computer” and use it to control all yhe other Sonos speakers in your household. You’ll get to continue to enjoy the superior sound Sonos products offer, and have the added benefit of making free phone. calls to Canada and the US that Amazon did not licence Sonos to have with the the current Sonos Alexa partnership... Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater music lovers, especially over $60... ?? ❤️my Sonos

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5 years ago
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dr-knowContributor I
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Sonos one (lack of) features

Creating a Smart Home not so easy !

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UKMedia
6 years ago
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Conor12Contributor I
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Connect amp and Amazon echo/dot

Hi. K have my connect amps in a cupboard running cables to 2 wired speakers in the bathrooms. I'd like to use voice activation to control my music . My question is can I hook up the Amazon echo/dot in the cupboard and somehow use the speakers in the bathrooms to "talk" to the dot and change music or must the Amazon device be the speaker that hears my commands? I don't want to have Amazon devices in the bathrooms..... Any suggestions welcome!

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kevedwards98Contributor I
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Sonos Play 1’s connect to Alexa

Hi, I have already looked at a few threads but am still confused. I have two Play 1’s (the original ones). I want to get Alexa working through them, what is the best way. Do I need to upgrade to the new Play ones or just buy something like the Echo dot which is much cheaper.

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6 years ago
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FaustContributor I
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Using Alexa to access my library by voice command

I am a new user setting up a system for my father so he can using Alexa commands to listen to music stored on my mom's computer. (He's very computer-phobic). I can get Alexa to open up the music library and start playing at random, and from there to skip a track. But I can't get it to start playing a particular song or artist. Even more confusing, if I say, for example, "Alexa, play Warren Zevon," it will start playing Warren Zevon songs that are not in my library. I don't know where this music is coming from! I removed all streaming services. Help!

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6 years ago
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timbowdenContributor III
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Music cutting out in one zone using spotify

I'm currently using an Alexa dot in my kitchen with my sonos and i have just bought a sonos one for another room. They are both using alexa ok BUT if i ask the Kitchen alexa to play something from spotify in the other room it will stop the spotify track playing in the kitchen. And vice versa. It doesn't do it if im, say, playing something from tune-in the kitchen and ask it to play something from spotify in the other room - the radio keeps playing ok in the kitchen. Not sure why its stopping the music? Spotify is working fine on all my speakers if i do it through the sonos app so no conflict between speakers. Any ideas?

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5 years ago
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Jaberwocky1973Contributor I
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Sonos One Alarm Set Through Alexa Not Working

I have an alarm set for every weekday, which I set through Alexa on my Sonos One. The Sonos One is grouped to a Play1. The alarm setting shows in the Alexa app as being set and on, yet it the alarm does not sound? This used to work perfectly but now does not work at all. I have checked the time and date settings in the Sonos app and everything looks fine. Not sure if it is from the latest update that it stopped working, Can anyone help?

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Sean Gritzman
5 years ago
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GoodgrooveContributor III
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Sonos zones ducking Alexa ....

Please please are we any closer to a resolution to this...I can't even remove a room from Alexa app as it's immediately automatically rediscovered ???

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Chris
6 years ago
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