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Contributor I
October 4, 2017
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Alexa Integration - change source input?

  • October 4, 2017
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Hi there, Just playing around with the new Alexa integration - I have Play 1's dotted around the house, and a Playbar / 2 x Play 1 surround setup in my living room connected to the TV. No problems on the single Play 1's dotted around but have a problem with the TV surround.
Normally the source input would be 'TV' and would play the sound from there, and when I say 'Alexa play *band name* in the living room' it happily switches to music from my Amazon Music account. All good so far.
However when I say 'Alexa stop music in the living room' it stops the song, but leaves the song it was playing as the source input, so I cannot switch back to the TV volume without physically selecting it in the Sonos app. This obviously defeats the purpose of voice command control.
Is there a specific command I should use or something I can do to rectify this using a voice command?
Thanks in advance.
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Best answer by Skelton
My understanding is that the ability to use voice control for input changing is not yet available.

14 replies

Lyricist I
June 2, 2018
Any update on this? I’d also love this feature. It’s great to turn on sonos via voice command, but without being able to get back to a default “line in” input is frustrating and defeats the purpose of voice command.
Lyricist I
July 3, 2019
Does anyone know if they have sorted this one yet?? 🤞
SkiBuddy
Collaborator II
July 4, 2019
Have your tried "Alexa, switch to tv on [room name]". This works for the Beam.
Good thing no cheap, cheap thing no good.
Lyricist I
July 4, 2019
👍👍 Sorted. Thanks SkiBuddy