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Ryan S 1 year ago last post 9 months ago by Ryan S

New to Sonos or Alexa? How to set up

So you have an Alexa device and Sonos players, where do you go next? 1. Make sure your Sonos and Alexa devices are all powered up and connected to the network. If you're new to Sonos, this means Ins...

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dingcuppie 1 year ago last post 1 year ago by BradPitt1

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.

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spcdust 2 years ago last post 1 year ago by Airgetlam

Amazon Echo / Dot and Sonos Integration
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So with Sonos integrating Amazon Echo within their eco system a couple of questions: - If I install an Amazon Echo Dot in each room that I have Sonos speakers in will I be able to assign that particu...

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Mike Watts 1 year ago last post 3 months ago by jgatie

Apple Music via Amazon Alexa

I am one of the many I am sure, to have purchased an Amazon Alexa after Sonos recent update. I also signed up to Apple Music once integrated with Sonos awhile back, but I am unable to link Apple Musi...

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B_L_A_I_R 1 year ago last post 1 day ago by Wolfman2011

Pairing a Play:1 with the new Sonos One

Can this be done? Will it sound the same in stereo? I don’t need two microphoned speakers surely.

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garrid 1 year ago last post 4 months ago by Joe-C

Alexa responds but will not play music
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Alexa responds to a 'play music command' but it does not actually play anything. The Sonos One works fine from the app. Alexa also will tell you the weather etc... just fine. When music is playing...

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Deluge 1 year ago last post 9 months ago by Stan Kuder

Echo Dot with Sonos speakers: "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

I have 6 Sonos Play 1 speakers in my house, and purchased an Echo Dot to enable Alexa with my speakers. Here are my initial impressions of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly": ========== THE GOOD ======...

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Edward R 1 year ago last post 4 hours ago by pelsf

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 process does use two different apps, so don’t stress if you’re...

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allanj22 1 year ago last post 8 months ago by UKMedia

Connect echo dot to sonos play 1 or 3
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Hi does anyone know if I can connect the echo dot to the play 1 or 3?

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gazzstevens 1 year ago last post 4 months ago by Smilja

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...

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Ryan S 1 year ago last post 6 months ago by azzyish12

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 Amazon Alexa devices are listening for you to say the wake word...

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erogers 1 year ago last post 3 months ago by jgatie

Alexa Multi-room Music / Audio Groups

I have a new Sonos One that I am adding to home with 2 Echo devices. In the Alexa app I am trying to setup an Audio Group for multi-room music. However, the Sonos One does not show up as an available...

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MasonWorld 1 year ago last post 20 days ago by Palindrome

Alexa says she is playing "On Kitchen" but no sound comes out
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Hey there; I have a house full of echos, dots and sonos speakers. In general, my Alexa Sonos skill is not working well. For example, I have two Play Ones paired in my kitchen as "Kitchen". When I...

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bemplummer 1 year ago last post 1 year ago by ChrisUSN

how to get the echo to play through the sonos speakers
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Hi I have a black and a white sonos and have now purchased 2 echo dot - but I am wondering how do I get the music from the echo to play through the speakers of my sonos - do I need another lead or is...

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Ken_53 1 year ago last post 10 months ago by controlav

How to play iTunes library songs via Alexa voice control

I have Sonos with Alexa voice skill working fine for services such as Amazon Music. However, I can't get Alexa to access any of my imported playlists from iTunes (which works fine via the controller w...

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Wolff 1 year ago last post 5 months ago by AjTrek1

Sonos one Alexa no longer working
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Set up a Sonos one a few days ago, was working great, loved it. Got home today and said Alexa play music, but nothing happened. Appears that Alexa stopped working but I’m bit sure why as I didn’t do a...

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SDK 1 year ago last post 6 months ago by Ken_Griffiths

Alexa is not working on Sonos One
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I set up the Sonos One two weeks ago and it connected fine to our existing Sonos system. Alexa voice was also working well. The Sonos One was unplugged for several days, and when I started it back u...

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ejh18 1 year ago last post 1 year ago by Taylor11

Alexa or Google Home?
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I'm considering buying either an Amazon Alexa product or a Google Home product, but can't quite decide. I'll probably go with either an Echo Dot or a Google Home mini, as we're pretty invested in Sono...

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SH12 1 year ago last post 4 months ago by Chris

setting up multi-room music in Alexa app

I have 2 Sonos Ones (both have Alexa built in)n and a Sonos Play 5. I asked Alexa to play music in bedroom, dining room and family room, then Alexa tells me I need to set up multi-room music on Alexa...

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jarosz1234 1 year ago last post 1 year ago by UKMedia

Spotify account doesn’t support streaming on this device
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As the title states, have recently purchased a sonos one with the added Alexa voice services. But whenever I try to use Alexa to play music through Spotify it keeps saying that it’s not supported, hav...

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ajmounfield 1 year ago last post 8 months ago by LF3RD

Reset Sonos 1

How do i reset a sonos one?

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nick dominijanni 1 year ago last post 3 months ago by UKMedia

Alexa group command
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Can you command Alexa to play music in a group if they have been group on the Sonos app?

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keaner 1 year ago last post 1 year ago by jgatie

Joining the Sonos Echo/Alexa beta
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How can I join this beta please?

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Carniecfc 1 year ago last post 1 year ago by Chris

Alexa and two Spotify accounts
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My wife and I have two separate Spotify accounts. Our Sonos apps have our own Spotify account on our own phones. We each have Alexa on our phones. We tend to control our Sonos with Alexa. Alexa will o...

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Mactallywhack 9 months ago last post 1 month ago by MaryKCO

Alexa says "sorry, that device is offline"
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not sure which device or settings i need to address to get "that device" online. Everything is connected through my wifi.

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