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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JamesLBContributor I
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Synology Nas, And Alexa

So, I’ve got a Synology Nas, with my music stored, which I would like to access via Alexa. Now I’ve read lots of threads that say it’s not possible. But I’ve also just read an article here- https://nascompares.com/how-to-play-music-from-nas-on-alexa/ So if the Alexa can access the music then surely it will play over the speaker ? I know there are lots of threads that states it’s not possible. I can pick up play 3s quite cheap as they are being discontinued, and was going to get a connect. An Amazon Dot could then wire connect to the Connect. I guess I am missing something, as I’ve read all the threads

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Alexa - Change it's name

Please consider updating the Alexa framework to allow users to change the "wake" name, to "echo", "computer", etc.

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Alan BeeryContributor I
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Sonos One Alexa calling feature

I would really like to see the calling feature added to the Sonos one. I own several devices and plan to expand even further, however with this feature currently unavailable I am holding out.

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mpuntContributor I
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Can you transfer music from echo device to a sonos?

I’ve been trying to figure out ifnit is possible to tell an echo show to transfer the music that’s playing to a Sonos Beam. I can’t find the answer and I’m assuming it can’t be done. It would be great to tell our echo show to continue the music (transfer or switch it) to our Sonos Beam (or any other Sonos device). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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hhhhhhContributor I
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Sonos 1 with Alexa integrated change alexa wake word

I want to change the standard setting of alexa as the wake word to computer, which is a standard option under alexa but is not showing with the sonos integrated software

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Jumar16Contributor I
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Beam LED light

Hi: I have setup my beam and two sonos one as a home theater system. I am able to turn off white led light of both sonos one. However, there is no way of turning off the light of the beam. Can any of you help me please?

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5 years ago
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Alexa in Italian !!

It is really confusing! I purchase SOnos One in Switzerland , some time ago. At the time Alexa was NOT available in Italian, so I found some trick with the location to run in English. Now it seams that it is available in Italian, but it is NOT possible to switch the language (like if you ask Alexa how to change the language!!). I already try to Reset SONOS, but no way, Alexa is really stupid, no way to switch to Italian! I already try to set the location to Italy, but no way. The Alexa support and integration on SonOS is really confusing. Any suggestions? Stefano

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markmouzContributor I
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Amazon Alexa sonos one not working

Alexa will respond but won’t play music on my sonos one. It stopped working a few days ago and I’ve tried resetting it but no sucess. Anyone else have this issue and find a solution?

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alexsmith2kContributor I
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Beam latest update Alexa stopped working

Just installed the latest update, maybe a few months work, and Alexa has stopped working. The mic light is white but she doesn’t respond or pause playing when you make a request. Tried removing the Sonos skill from the Alexa app & re-adding with no success. Please help?

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Todd BeecheyContributor I
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Alexa and Sonos not quite working properly- help please!

Hello- I have my Apple playlist on Sonos, and I know that I have to start the playlist from the Sonos App. When the playlist is going however, if I say Alexa "Next Song" or "Skip Song" the response I get is "What do you want to play" or "Undefined". This command used to work and now it does not...does anyone know why, or has had similar problems and solved them? thanks

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Scotty BContributor I
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Setting up Echo Dot and Sonos

I have a Sonos Play:One is a few rooms and have just bought a Sonos One (with Alexa) as a first step into bringing Alexa into our home. My plan was to have a integrated unit upstairs and then add an Echo Dot into the kitchen and lounge over time. So far I have the Sonos One set-up (haven't played with it much yet) and added one Dot today but haven't got very far. I wanted to check what I intend to do is possible and seem to be having some trouble getting set-up. 1. Use Alexa to control music through the Sonos system - presumably this is possible and from reading it seems this should be the case with or without the Sonos One. 2a. When asking the Dot to play music (in the kitchen) it simply plays music through itself, not the Sonos and in some cases has kept playing the existing track on Sonos and a second track through the Dot - what do I need to ask/teach Alexa to do here? I don't want to play music through the dot, just control the music. 2b. As above but if I say play

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5 years ago
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abianderson95Contributor I
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Samsung Anynet+ But no ARC with Sonos Beam

Hi, I have an older Samsung TV which has Anynet+ and CEC but doesn't have a HDMI ARC port. I can see that there are some HDMI -> HDMI ARC converters, has anyone tried this? Ideally I want to be able to use the voice control features of the beam, any thoughts would be appreciated? Thank you!!!

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5 years ago
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How to stop another echo dot / Alexa interrupting streaming music?

We bought echo dots for our kids and they interrupt the music streaming on our Sonos every time they ask Alexa a question (which is a lot...). Is there a way to stop this in the settings for Sonos or Alexa?

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mallikarjunkContributor I
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Sonos One and flash briefing (news)

Asking Alexa on Sonos One to play flash briefing results in "Here's your flash briefing" and no flash briefing. I've checked the following: - my Sonos android app is latest - the firmware on my Sonos one is latest - Amazon Alexa app on android is latest - Sonos one is correctly registered with my Amazon account - I've verified that the "play flash briefing" routine works as expected on other devices like Amazon echo Is anyone experiencing this? Is this expected?

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Michel1977Contributor I
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Alexa not working on Sonos One

I have a Sonos one in my garage and recently Alexa stopped working. It will chime when I say, "Alexa", but after I give a command, "Play music", "turn off garage lights", "what's the weather", I get nothing. Has anyone else had a similar issue? What did you do to fix it?

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gwtasContributor I
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Mute microphones on Sonos One pair

Hi Is it possible to set it up to mute both microphones on a paired set of Sonos Ones by pressing the mute button on just one of the pair?

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5 years ago
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So, Apple Music is Coming to Echo Devices from 17 December

The If Alexa is integrated into the Sonos One, will we be able to play Apple Music content on a Sonos One using voice control of Alexa?

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fenjiContributor I
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Alexa Command to Change back to TV Sound on Beam/ONE (using optical cable)

So, ive looked around on the forum but havent found an answer to this question. hoping someone can help. I have a Beam/2x ONE set up in my living room, and for the most part Alexa works like a dream. However, when I change to a different Alexa skill (example, playing spotify), I cant work out how to get Alexa to change back to TV sound using a command. I am connected via the optical cable, and therefore understand I cant control my TV using commands. I am hoping that I can simply use a command to change back to the TV sound channel though. Can anyone help?

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boskier87Contributor I
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Is it possible to set Sonos Play:5 to Aux In through Alexa?

This would make it easier to play my turntable on my Sonos 5 since I would no longer have to take out my phone and open the Sonos App. It would be awesome if this is possible. If it isn't, it seems like it should be an easy command to create. Thanks for any responses!

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mvalpredaContributor I
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Sonos One 'Audio actions in routines are not currently supported on this device' when no audio actions defined...

Replaced an Echo with a Sonos One and have a few basic routines. One of the routines is just to turn on 3 iDevice plugs and that is it. If I trigger that routine 'Alexa, Christmas time' everything works, but I get 'Audio actions in routines are not currently supported on this device' There is no audio in there, just 3 plugs. They are not in a group. In fact, I don't have any groups defined apart from 'Everywhere' which isn't called here. I'm glad it works, the message is just annoying us. Any thoughts on how to get rid of it? I have recreated the routine a few times.

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5 years ago
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RBSCContributor I
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Spotify Connect to Sonos One

I updated the spotify app and when i try to connect to the sonos it does not play at all. I see the clock ticking for the track but no go. If i use the sonos app I am able to play but I did not have this problem before. Weird cause its been working for months. Thinking its the spotify app update. Anyone else update and have the same issue? Also, I did updates on ipad and same result as iphone, even with diff user accounts. Did all the restarting of speaker, router and no luck.

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rubberdogcrapContributor I
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Amazon Alexa and Apple Music on Beam

I just recently purchased the Beam because of the Alexa integration. All my other Echo devices support the Apple Music skill, but the Sonos Beam seems to not support this. I know this is a very new skill, but I am curious if this is going to be added in a future update?

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5 years ago
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art_decadeContributor I
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Sonos One - can't turn microphone on

Well, until Friday everything was just fine, I could make requests to Alexa. Since then the microphone is off and I can't turn it back on. I've tried rebooting the unit, I've tried numerous times to turn it on including pressing the mic for 5 seconds. If I press the mic I can make requests and Alexa responds, just can't seem to turn it back to the "on" state. Any guidance appreciated?

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ZyndellContributor I
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Alexa keeps ungrouping my rooms :(

I am using 4 Sonos One in different rooms of my appartment and everything worked flawlessly with Alexa until a few weeks ago. I used to be able to tell Alexa to "play radio in the kitchen" and it would start playing my last tune-in station in the kitchen AND all the rooms in the same group. When I use the same command now, Alexa ungroups all my Sonos players and starts playing that radio station only in the kitchen. After doing some reading on how to resolve the issue, I created a group within the Alexa app, which I called "Sonos" and tried the command "play radio on Sonos". This does actually prompt her to play radio on all 4 speakers, but she first asks me "what would you like to hear?". No matter what I answer, she always just seems to pick an arbitrary radio station from tune-in and start playing that one. I must have tried dozens of times, but there is no way she'd start playing the one tune-in station I want her to play on my 4 speakers... which has never been a problem before

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Synchronized, multi group use of Alexa Echo Speakers with Sonos speakers

I apologize if I missed this, but the only answers I could find searching the forum where older. With the release of Amazon's Multi-Room Music SDK (MRM) and the integration of Alexa into the Sonos' One speaker, is it still true you can not play synchronized audio between an amazon echo speaker in one room and a Sonos' speaker in another room? i.e. You can not create a group that contains both Amazon echo speakers and Sonos speakers that will be synchronize together for music playback. Thank you in advance for answering this question given any current hardware/software updates.

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