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Contributor I
November 13, 2022
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Alexa stopped working on Roam and One

  • November 13, 2022
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Initially thought this was just an issue with my One, but checked the Roam and also not responding to any Alexa commands. Other non-Sonos Alexa devices all fine.

Tried all the usual troubleshooting suggestions:

  1. Disabled/re-enabled in Alexa Skills
  2. Checked correct Amazon account in use
  3. Factory reset Sonos devices on network
  4. Deregistered devices from Alexa
  5. Removed/re-installed Alexa voice service on both Sonos devices

When re-installing Alexa on the devices the process completes successfully in Sonos (Alexa says “hello” etc), but Alexa app still says they are “offline”.

Any other ideas?

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Best answer by Airgetlam

It’s also possible it is two different things, that look similar in effect. 

I’d certainly be submitting a system diagnostic within 10 minutes of reproducing this problem, and calling  Sonos Support to discuss it, as well as contacting Amazon’s CS. 

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Prodigy I
November 13, 2022

Initially thought this was just an issue with my One, but checked the Roam and also not responding to any Alexa commands. Other non-Sonos Alexa devices all fine.

Tried all the usual troubleshooting suggestions:

  1. Disabled/re-enabled in Alexa Skills
  2. Checked correct Amazon account in use
  3. Factory reset Sonos devices on network
  4. Deregistered devices from Alexa
  5. Removed/re-installed Alexa voice service on both Sonos devices

When re-installing Alexa on the devices the process completes successfully in Sonos (Alexa says “hello” etc), but Alexa app still says they are “offline”.

Any other ideas?

Reboot your home router -- that fixed it for me, for about 12 hours, then it happened again.  Had to reboot router again.  

Prodigy I
November 13, 2022

As a guess, it sounds a lot like Amazon was having an issue on their side of things. It may not yet be resolved on the servers they use for Sonos connectivity. 

Now I see that Sonos pushed out its latest update on November 9th and Alexa had an update yesterday (November 12th).  So it is likely either one or the other, or the combination of both.  But I think something with latest Alexa update:   version 2.2.506625.0    -   is not playing well with Sonos.   And BOTH Alexa and “Hey Sonos” stop working.

Airgetlam
AirgetlamAnswer
November 13, 2022

It’s also possible it is two different things, that look similar in effect. 

I’d certainly be submitting a system diagnostic within 10 minutes of reproducing this problem, and calling  Sonos Support to discuss it, as well as contacting Amazon’s CS. 

Bruce
donhayAuthor
Contributor I
November 14, 2022

She’s back 🙂

Contributor I
November 14, 2022

She’s back 🙂

Did you do anything in particular before it started working again? Or did it just start working? I still have the same issue.

donhayAuthor
Contributor I
November 14, 2022

@Mrfrix - Nope just tried her1st thing this morning and she worked fine. Roam also now OK.

Ken_Griffiths
November 14, 2022

@Mrfrix - Nope just tried her1st thing this morning and she worked fine. Roam also now OK.

Alexa is working here too for my Sonos setup. I’m based in the U.K. in case it’s a regional/country issue, but all working fine here.👍