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andrewmk
Renowned Enthusiast II
Oct 4, 2017 4:07 PM UTC

Alexa and music services

Ok — the news is still fresh and I havent even had time to try any of this. But reading the news blogs it appears the sonos/alexa integration currently works with Tunein and Amazon Prime / Unlimited only. So no Spotify (yet), Deezer, Todal and no localally stored music.

Ok, this is all well and good. But the obvious question then is if Amazon music offers no high quality service (320bps i believe) what benefit is there in there in having Sonos equipment over Echo equipment?? I guess we bought into Sonos due to its superior audio, and for my part my local music is lossless and my streaming service is Deezer hifi. It seems. If I want to use voice control I’m now limited to MP3 quality. Can anyone confirm this ?

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    jgatie
    jgatie
    Oct 4, 2017 10:39 PM UTC
    Oh fun I successfully updated Alexa with the Sonos skill..and it discovered all of my devices. I had already updated my Sonos app. So I asked Alexa to play so jazz in the den...jazz played out of my echo device. I told her to stop and to play jazz on my Sonos..ok...no music anywhere from any device. Fun!

    Sell your Sonos. It obviously hates you.
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    Coop123
    Trending Lyricist I
    Oct 4, 2017 10:40 PM UTC
    I assume all of you guys are having zero issues with a multiroom setup? Lucky!!!
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    Ryan S
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    Oct 4, 2017 10:43 PM UTC
    Oh fun I successfully updated Alexa with the Sonos skill..and it discovered all of my devices. I had already updated my Sonos app. So I asked Alexa to play so jazz in the den...jazz played out of my echo device. I told her to stop and to play jazz on my Sonos..ok...no music anywhere from any device. Fun!

    If you have Sonos rooms with the same names as other Alexa devices, Alexa can get a bit confused on which device you want it to have follow the command. It's best to go in and make sure each of your smart home devices have different names.
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    Coop123
    Trending Lyricist I
    Oct 4, 2017 10:45 PM UTC
    Thanks Ryan I will check and see if that's the problem. Do you know if the new app supports the creation of a way to group all of my speakers so that I can ask Alexa to play music in my entire house at the same time without having to group after music is started? That would be really nice.
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    jgatie
    jgatie
    Oct 4, 2017 10:45 PM UTC
    I assume all of you guys are having zero issues with a multiroom setup? Lucky!!!

    That's because my Sonos loves me. I'm a lovable guy. 😉
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    Coop123
    Trending Lyricist I
    Oct 4, 2017 10:50 PM UTC
    You sound really loveable. So tell me how you got Alexa to play music to all your rooms at the same time? Is there a magic word that only stans know?
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    Ryan S
    Ryan S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    Oct 4, 2017 10:51 PM UTC
    Thanks Ryan I will check and see if that's the problem. Do you know if the new app supports the creation of a way to group all of my speakers so that I can ask Alexa to play music in my entire house at the same time without having to group after music is started? That would be really nice.
    You can group your players at any time. In the new Sonos app, from the main home screen just press the name at the bottom and there's an option at the top to play to everywhere. That's one voice command we'd love to get added sometime too.
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      Lyricist III
      Oct 4, 2017 10:51 PM UTC
      Things get even worse when you throw smartthings into the mix as that's already discovered and has basic sonos function i.e. stop/pause. smarthings sees paired devices as individuals, so passed this onto alexa, for mucho confusion. renaming everything isn't very helpful as it all gets rediscovered next time round and redistributed.
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      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      Oct 4, 2017 10:52 PM UTC
      There's currently no voice commands set up for grouping, so you can't play everywhere just using voice commands. You can, however, group in the app and start playing via voice in any room, and all grouped rooms with the specified room will play simultaneously. You can actually do the grouping before the voice, or after, it doesn't make a difference (just like in the app).
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      Bruce
        Coop123
        Trending Lyricist I
        Oct 4, 2017 10:57 PM UTC
        Ok I will group it in the app. Please please please Sonos add the ability to setup permanent groups...or at least add one called All Speakers or All Rooms.
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