OK, first I know I’m an idiot for my request, so please don’t abuse me! Also had a search through the forum, but nothing matching my exact case came up.
A couple of years ago I bought a pair of Sonos One SLs for our kitchen. I didn’t get the usual One (with voice commands) as I didn’t like the idea of a voice assistant listening in all the time and streaming ads/content based on overheard discussions. Mad maybe. I don’t know.
Move forward a couple of years and I really miss not being able to shout at Alexa to play some music. I bugger about on my phone trying to get music to play when we have guests. As I said, an idiot.
I would like to integrate (seamlessly!) Alexa into my system. Some ideas:
- buy a new Era 100 and pair it with an existing One SL. Use the other SL elsewhere in the house.
- Add a third speaker to the setup (Era 100?) and have 3 speakers. How would this work with the stereo pair I have set up?
- Use some sort of Amazon device (echo dot?) to add the functionality. How seamless would this really be? Or will I spend half my life fisting my phone and shouting as they’re not communicating to each other, or having to use convoluted voice commands to get music to come out of the Sonos, rather than the dot itself?
I should have bought the right kit in the first place!
Any advice? I’m after absolute simplicity. Set up once and forget.
Many thanks,
Dave
