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Dom_3
Contributor I
November 2, 2017
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Can a Sonos One be added as the Alexa enabled device to an alexa smart group

  • November 2, 2017
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I’m planning out where to add various sonos speakers and dots in additional rooms in my house. In rooms with smart lights I’d like to be able to control them with the new alexa enabled smart groups.

So can I add the Sonos One as the alexa enabled device in an alexa smart home group?
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    Best answer by warp11
    When I try and define Groups in the Alexa app, the Sonos One does NOT appear on the "Alexa-Enabled Devices" list. My Sonos One has been working reasonably well, but I believe an appropriate Alexa Group would make it even better.

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    warp11Answer
    Lyricist I
    November 3, 2017
    When I try and define Groups in the Alexa app, the Sonos One does NOT appear on the "Alexa-Enabled Devices" list. My Sonos One has been working reasonably well, but I believe an appropriate Alexa Group would make it even better.
      Dom_3Author
      Contributor I
      November 3, 2017
      Thanks for confirming.
      I'm now torn between play1 + dot so I can say turn on the lights, but then have to specify which player to play music on
      or a Sonos One where I can say play some music, but have to specify which lights to turn on!

      Its frustratingly close to being great!
        maddox
        Contributor I
        November 26, 2017
        Is there any info on when this will work? The new V3 smart home skills allowing for simpler language like "Turn on the lights" or "Turn on the TV" are really great.

        But we lose out on this when we invest in a Sonos One. We actually lose functionality, and that hurts. I trust that it's coming, but can we get some kind of confirmation that it is in fact coming? Otherwise these Sonos Ones actively make Alexa worse than pairing an Echo Dot and a Play:1.
          plm31
          Lyricist II
          December 31, 2017
          It is disappointing to have lost this feature when I removed a couple of dots and replaced them with Sonos Ones... is this a feature that will be supported, as this level of lost functionality is a significant annoyance?
            UKMedia
            UKMedia
            December 31, 2017
            It is disappointing to have lost this feature when I removed a couple of dots and replaced them with Sonos Ones... is this a feature that will be supported, as this level of lost functionality is a significant annoyance?

            It should be, the API to enable the grouping of 3rd party speakers is being released in 2018 but Sonos haven't yet commited to a delivery date.
            Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)
            maddox
            Contributor I
            December 31, 2017
            From day 1, Sonos has said “you won’t aleays have to say the room name when commanding the speaker”

            I always suspected this would be powered by the smart group features. I’m hoping that’s what drives it in the future so that we can get the functionality asked about in this thread.

            Again, it’d be nice to have some info. There’s a big difference between things that you know you can make work, but take time...and things that are experimental. I wish the former was mentioned to customers so we had some expectations.
            UKMedia
            UKMedia
            December 31, 2017
            From day 1, Sonos has said “you won’t aleays have to say the room name when commanding the speaker”

            I always suspected this would be powered by the smart group features. I’m hoping that’s what drives it in the future so that we can get the functionality asked about in this thread.

            Again, it’d be nice to have some info. There’s a big difference between things that you know you can make work, but take time...and things that are experimental. I wish the former was mentioned to customers so we had some expectations.

            I understand your frustration but this is the difference with Amazon Alexa devices and Amazon Alexa Enabled devices, Amazon Fire TV also has restrictions :(

            https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202013680
            Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)
            heytommy
            Lyricist III
            January 2, 2018
            Hate to say it but this is another one of those things Sonos should have made sure worked before they released the one. Also replaced a dot and play 1 with the one and missing this functionality
              Xombie
              Lyricist II
              March 1, 2018
              Any update on this?
              hammarza
              Contributor I
              June 21, 2018
              Keen to know if this is going to be added.
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