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TrayeP10
Contributor I
May 21, 2022 10:23 PM UTC
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Add Alexa to Sonos 5

Hello

 

I am brand new to Sonos (longtime Bose guy)

 

I am setting up my Sonos 5 and am struggling to get Alexa assigned to the speaker. I’ve gone through the prompts of enabling the skill and finding the speaker but then nothing happens from there. I go back to the Sonos App and nothing happens. 
 

help!

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    John BAnswer
    May 21, 2022 10:46 PM UTC

    Hi. That's because the Five does not have Alexa built in. You could add it fairly cheaply by getting an Echo Dot

     

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    John BAnswer
    May 21, 2022 10:46 PM UTC

    Hi. That's because the Five does not have Alexa built in. You could add it fairly cheaply by getting an Echo Dot

     

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      Ken_Griffiths
      Ken_Griffiths
      May 21, 2022 10:47 PM UTC

      Which Amazon Alexa device are you using to try to control the Five, is it an echo device, or another Sonos device with the built-in assistant?

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      TrayeP10Author
      Contributor I
      May 21, 2022 11:26 PM UTC

      I feel stupid not checking that. Assumed a speaker at that price point would have it built in. Will work on the alt route with an Alexa device. Thanks!!

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        Ken_Griffiths
        Ken_Griffiths
        May 21, 2022 11:54 PM UTC

        I feel stupid not checking that. Assumed a speaker at that price point would have it built in. Will work on the alt route with an Alexa device. Thanks!!

        I misunderstood your initial post, I thought you were using the Five with another Alexa device, but that it just wasn’t working.

        Anyhow, until you get an echo dot, you can maybe just use the Alexa assistant built into the Amazon Alexa App on your mobile device. You need to set a default music service in the Alexa App and then see this link below (and links off) for the type of instructions you can use to play/control the music on your speaker:

         https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3514

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          TrayeP10Author
          Contributor I
          May 22, 2022 12:44 AM UTC

          Great. Thank you!!

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          John B
          May 22, 2022 8:41 AM UTC

          The price should guarantee an overall package that is of a certain standard, but never assume that a particular feature will be present.  There are actually some advantages to using a separate Echo device.  As you will just be using it to convey commands, an older gen Dot would be fine.

          Do NOT assume that you will be able to play the Echo and Sonos together in sync - you can’t.

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