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Colonel Badger
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November 30, 2018
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Alexa welcomes Apple Music to Amazon Echo

  • November 30, 2018
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So on Dec 17th Apple Music will be available on Amazon Echo devices.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2018/11/30/alexa-welcomes-apple-music-amazon-echo/2151574002/

The question is; does this make Apple Music immediately available to those of us who use an Echo connected to Sonos. On Dec 17th will I be able to ask my Echo to play apple music on my Sonos ? Or will Sonos also need to "do something" to make this work ?
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      Best answer by Keith N
      Hello everyone and thanks for all the discussion about this. Rest assured, our team is always interested in helping you control the music service you love with voice. Nothing to share now, but stay tuned. We will share information directly on this post as soon as it is available.

      Moderator Note: Apple Music can now be used with Alexa on your Sonos system. Read more here.

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      SOCalistic
      Renowned Enthusiast I
      November 30, 2018

      Thanks! So, Tidal has been available via Alexa for at least a week now. Does it work on Sonos via Alexa? There was never an official announcement about Alexa Cast either, a huge improvement for Amazon Music users. It works, better than Chromecast even, but not a peep from Sonos. Too busy tweeting about a Beastie Boys and colored speakers? :8

      Have you tried it?
      chicks
      chicks
      November 30, 2018


      Have you tried it?

      Tidal? Can’t try it without a subscription. Alexa Cast? Yes, works very well. You’d think Sonos would be shouting it from the rooftops...
      SOCalistic
      Renowned Enthusiast I
      November 30, 2018
      I assumed you were interested because you use Tidal.
      I had not heard of Alexa Cast so just read up on it.
      Even though I have a Beam and four Sonos Ones I connect a Dot to them so I don't have to guess which features they will support...
      Peteo
      Enthusiast I
      November 30, 2018
      There was never an official announcement about Alexa Cast either, a huge improvement for Amazon Music users. It works, better than Chromecast even, but not a peep from Sonos. Too busy tweeting about a Beastie Boys and colored speakers? :8 I suppose if you are going to use an app to play music they would rather have you use the Sonos app to do this? (I guess they do promote airplay) So with alexa cast does it stream from your phone to the speaker like airplay or does it stream from the sono's it self?
      SOCalistic
      Renowned Enthusiast I
      November 30, 2018
      There is no indication of that these days. You can control Sonos speakers directly from the Tidal app or airplay from the Tidal app.
      I think Sonos finally realized it was hurting sales to have to use the app for everything.
      Airplay 2 does not always stream directly from your phone to the device.
      For example HomePod siri voice commands will stream music from the music service via internet to the HomePod.
      chicks
      chicks
      November 30, 2018
      I suppose if you are going to use an app to play music they would rather have you use the Sonos app to do this? (I guess they do promote airplay) So with alexa cast does it stream from your phone to the speaker like airplay or does it stream from the sono's it self?

      Alexa Cast streams from the cloud, controlled from your phone running the Amazon Music app. The phone doesn’t need to be connected to your WiFi.
      Peteo
      Enthusiast I
      November 30, 2018

      Airplay 2 does not always stream directly from your phone to the device.
      For example HomePod siri voice commands will stream music from the music service via internet to the HomePod.

      yeah only if you have a home pod, If you have sonos the chance of you having a home pod is about nil.
        Peteo
        Enthusiast I
        November 30, 2018

        Alexa Cast streams from the cloud, controlled from your phone running the Amazon Music app. The phone doesn’t need to be connected to your WiFi.

        Well that's cool. wish airplay was like that.
        chicks
        chicks
        November 30, 2018
        There is no indication of that these days. You can control Sonos speakers directly from the Tidal app or airplay from the Tidal app.
        I think Sonos finally realized it was hurting sales to have to use the app for everything.
        Airplay 2 does not always stream directly from your phone to the device.
        For example HomePod siri voice commands will stream music from the music service via internet to the HomePod.

        Yes, exactly. Folks love their music apps, and most of them have vastly improved over the last couple years. Most will now wirelessly connect to Sonos speakers in some manner.
        chicks
        chicks
        November 30, 2018

        Alexa Cast streams from the cloud, controlled from your phone running the Amazon Music app. The phone doesn’t need to be connected to your WiFi.

        Well that's cool. wish airplay was like that.

        Apple is always at least three years behind the competition, lol. AirPlay is a dinosaur.
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