Alexa controlling a group

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December 11, 2017
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I have three Sonos speakers: a Play:1 in the Kitchen, a Play:5 in the adjacent dining room, and a Play:1 in the living room. I also have an Echo Dot in the Kitchen, and I have enabled the Sonos skill in Alexa.

I have placed all three of Sonos my speakers in an Alexa group called "Downstairs". Alexa can't find it.
At best, I can specify one speaker, say "Kitchen", and hope the other speakers are linked somehow.

Also, Alexa can't find any Sonos playlists. Or, adjust the volume of the Sonos speakers.

What exactly can Alexa do with the Sonos skill? Because it seems like, not much of nothing.

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Best answer by jgatie

Alexa app groups are not possible for 3rd party speakers at this time. You need to group them using the Sonos app, then ask Alexa to play to any one of the grouped rooms and it will play on the entire group.

Alexa will not play Sonos playlists, but any playlist in your Alexa supported service of choice will play. Say "Alexa, play playlist (playlist name) from (service name if not the default) in (room name)".

Alexa can most certainly raise and lower the volume. Say "Alexa, raise volume in (room name)" or "Alexa, lower volume in (room name)". Also, "Alexa, volume (level 1-10) in (room name)".

For a full listing of capabilities and commands for Sonos via Alexa, see this link:

https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4343

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Alexa app groups are not possible for 3rd party speakers at this time. You need to group them using the Sonos app, then ask Alexa to play to any one of the grouped rooms and it will play on the entire group.

Alexa will not play Sonos playlists, but any playlist in your Alexa supported service of choice will play. Say "Alexa, play playlist (playlist name) from (service name if not the default) in (room name)".

Alexa can most certainly raise and lower the volume. Say "Alexa, raise volume in (room name)" or "Alexa, lower volume in (room name)". Also, "Alexa, volume (level 1-10) in (room name)".

For a full listing of capabilities and commands for Sonos via Alexa, see this link:

https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4343

Awesome, this addressed my issue. What's the best way to find out when Sonos releases the ability for Alexa app groups? I'd love to be able to say "lights off" instead of "[room name] lights off" like I can do in all other rooms of my home.

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