Alexa with Sonos in multiple homes

Surely Sonos and Amazon will not want to fix this issue, as then a user could share an Amazon Account and it’s associated streaming music services on Sonos between family members, friends, neighbours, mates at the pub etc.

I think Amazon would most probably want its customers to have one music subscription service per Sonos location, rather than a 'one to many' type of relationship.

Services like spotify know when you have 2 iterations of the player going and kicks the other person out.

Would you share your Amazon account details with mates - so they can buy a bunch of stuff on your card?

Services like spotify know when you have 2 iterations of the player going and kicks the other person out.

Would you share your Amazon account details with mates - so they can buy a bunch of stuff on your card?

Well if you wanted, you can share an Amazon account and pay a year up front for their streaming music service and delete the payment methods on the Amazon Account... it’s not a thing I would want to do personally, as a law abiding citizen, but not everyone is law abiding.

I have heard of folks sharing Netflix accounts, in this way, in the past, but again it’s not something I would do.

The ability might exist to cut off a music stream when another one starts, but that would not please my children at home when my wife and I were away at the holiday home.

I’m just not convinced it’s in the best interest of Amazon to implement the option to stream a single music subscription to multiple Sonos households.

[quote=Ken_Griffiths][quote=Jamiensurrey]
Services like spotify know when you have 2 iterations of the player going and kicks the other person out.

Would you share your Amazon account details with mates - so they can buy a bunch of stuff on your card?[/quote

Well if you wanted, you can share an Amazon account and pay a year up front for their streaming music service and delete the payment methods on the Amazon Account... it’s not a thing I would want to do personally, as a law abiding citizen, but not everyone is law abiding.

I have heard of folks sharing Netflix accounts, in this way, in the past, but again it’s not something I would do.

The ability might exist to cut off a music stream when another one starts, but that would not please my children at home when my wife and I were away at the holiday home.

I’m just not convinced it’s in the best interest of Amazon to implement the option to stream a single music subscription to multiple Sonos households.[/quote]

You could be right as Amazon are ignoring me again on twitter. They normally respond if its about a delivery gone missing.

I can use my Amazon Prime account and Alexa voice control to stream music to any Echo that is linked to my account. Location doesn't matter. But only one stream at a time so if I my wife tries to stream at her parents while I'm streaming at home it will alert her that Prime is already streaming on another device.

I already have a Sonos system in my house with an Echo and Echo Dot for Alexa voice control. Works great. When I add a Sonos One to my parents house and then set it up with Alexa voice control it will work for that location. However, Alexa will no longer control the Sonos speakers in my house. I can still use Amazon Prime as a source for streaming music, but it must be controlled with the Sonos app rather than Alexa.