About ducking time

Oh please lord let this be true.

Is this in 8.5.2?

Do you have a Sonos One, or just an Echo with line-out to Sonos?

I am not at home to verify version but it is the latest. I only have Amazon Echo’s around the house. I did test again by grouping several speakers in rooms with echos and verified that only the Sonos grouped with that echo (as in Alexa app) ducked.

The echo is using the Alexa integration, not the line-out.

If this is the case, I would assume it has nothing to do with the Sonos release. This type of functionality is most certainly on the Amazon side, which would mean an Alexa release was pushed out.

I noticed that the Sonos Skill in the Alexa app was updated yesterday so could be that what has fixed it for you. I can’t seem to get it to work though. I’ve grouped my Sonos speakers and echos in separate rooms and it’s still ducking all the speakers.

I've just replaced an Echo Dot in my main living room 5.1 Sonos setup with a new Sonos One. I also have a Play 5 in the bathroom with another Echo Dot. I'm currently trying to understand how the ducking functionality on the Sonos One works, as it differs from the behaviour I was seeing with the Dots previously.

With the Echo Dots (since AFAIK we're still unable to pair a specific dot to a Sonos room at this time), whenever Alexa wakes, all the rooms duck out briefly. With the new Sonos One, nothing ducks at all, except for the One itself. This is a bit of an annoyance, as I actually liked that the living room 5.1 setup would duck when asking Alexa things. Is there any way to get that working with the Sonos one, since I've essentially incorporated it into my existing living room setup (albeit named as a separate Sonos room "One").

It would seem that the Sonos and Alexa apps on the back-end are ultimately treating the Sonos One as not a standard Echo unit in terms of both behaviour and functionality (no sound toggle options for the One within the Amazon app, as you get with the Dots).

Hello, can you tell me how specifically you did this? What part of the Alexa app? Did you put them in Groups together?

Is ducking actually fixed for anyone? I’ve grouped my bathroom echo dot with Sonos bathroom speakers, but it still ducks the audio on my main living room Sonos surround setup when we activate the bathroom echo. And with the Sonos One (in my living room), unlike echo dots it cannot be grouped in the Alexa app with my Sonos surround setup. When issuing Alexa commands to the One, ducking is extremely inconsistent. Sometimes it doesn’t duck audio at all, even on the One itself. Other times it will duck all my Sonos speakers including the living room surrounds and other rooms like my bathroom speakers. Quite annoying!

I am not at home to verify version but it is the latest. I only have Amazon Echo’s around the house. I did test again by grouping several speakers in rooms with echos and verified that only the Sonos grouped with that echo (as in Alexa app) ducked..

It looks like you're the only one for whom this works or I'm missing something obvious. I have several Echo Dots and a Show, and every time anyone invokes "Alexa", all of my Sonos players duck out.

This has become unbelievably annoying. I have a son who checks his math homework by asking Alexa math problems. Meanwhile, we're entertaining guests and our music keeps dropping out every five seconds.

Please, if this is solvable, can SOMEONE tell us what the steps are to pair ONE Echo with ONE Sonos speaker?

When you all say grouped. What do you mean by grouped when you talk Sonos speaker and Alexa device. Where are you grouping at? Maybe people are doing it different ways.

When you all say grouped. What do you mean by grouped when you talk Sonos speaker and Alexa device. Where are you grouping at? Maybe people are doing it different ways.

That's a good question. In the Alexa app, the only devices that can be grouped are Echo devices. Separate Sonos devices don't seem to be associated with this in any way.