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Avid Contributor I
December 25, 2017
Question

Alexa not playing music today

  • December 25, 2017
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Am I the only one (I'm in the UK) who's having big problems with Alexa today?

It was fine yesterday but today it won't play anything, works fine through sonos app.

I try spotify it says not supported, I try amazon and it says I don't know what went wrong, tune in doesn't respond.

Other commands like good morning or what time is it work but Alexa is slow to respond.

Is Alexa overloaded for Christmas?
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    UKMedia
    December 25, 2017
    Already tried disabling and enabling the skill. This looks like a sonos or Amazon issue.

    I had a temporary outage but working now but very slow to initiate audio, can you retest?
    Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)
    UKMedia
    December 25, 2017
    Update: I've just spoken to Sonos support via Messenger and this is the current status:

    'Currently some customers are experiencing intermittent connectivity via Alexa on the Sonos One when trying to control Spotify playback, we are actively investigating the issue with Spotify and Amazon, in the mean time if you do experience the issue again you can control Spotify playback to Sonos via the Sonos application or via the Spotify application.'
    Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)
    Lyricist I
    December 25, 2017
    Same problem here
    Lyricist I
    December 25, 2017
    Its not just Spotify - we're trying to use Amazon Music and exactly the same thing is happening. Also it's really slow - new today so very disappointed! Might end up returning it.
    UKMedia
    December 25, 2017
    Its not just Spotify - we're trying to use Amazon Music and exactly the same thing is happening. Also it's really slow - new today so very disappointed! Might end up returning it.

    Give it a bit of time, it's been great until a few hrs ago...
    Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)
    terryhAuthor
    Avid Contributor I
    December 25, 2017
    Just tried again and it's still slow but will play from Spotify now.
    Contributor I
    December 25, 2017
    Mine says “sorry I am having trouble understanding right now, try a little later” Christmas gift and son not happy.
    Lyricist I
    December 25, 2017
    seems to be fixed?
    Prominent Collaborator II
    December 25, 2017
    seems to be fixed?Yes, seems to be here too.
    Lyricist I
    December 25, 2017
    Exactly the same problem too