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Sonos One surround microphones disabled when used with Beam in 5.1

  • 18 August 2018
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I currently have a 5.1 system with sub/beam/ones but I noticed that when used as surrounds with a beam, the ones have their microphones turned off when Alexa is enabled. Would I lose any functionality by replacing the ones with play:1s? Are there any future plans for using the ones' microphones in 5.1 with the beam?
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Best answer by UKMedia 19 August 2018, 11:17

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Hi

This is working as designed and is to ensure that the reply is always output from the Beam. (Alexa will always output from the triggered device and so if a One was triggered the Alexa reply may be hard to hear depending upon the Surround settings for your system - it won't be output across the full 5.1)

If you replace the Sonos One's with Play:1's there is no loss of functionality across your 5.1 set-up..