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GoldTacoma
Contributor I
May 23, 2020

change the wake word PLEASE

  • May 23, 2020
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Is this limitation and Amazon thing or a Sonos thing? Is this an active development item? I was considering purchasing the new sound bar but after learning this I don’t think I will. 
 

The whole point of Alexa is hands free voice assist. So turning off/on the microphone is not a valid alternative. 
 

Please let us know the status of this. Thank you. 

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    ecr80
    Lyricist II
    April 25, 2021

    This is mindblowing that this isn’t a thing yet. I have a Sonos in the kitchen, family room and bedroom but have turned off voice assistant in all of them since my sons middle name is Alexander, we call him Alex from time to time and all the Sonos things go crazy. Refuse to turn on Google Assistant for the lack of Apple Music support. 

      distant_cousin
      Contributor I
      May 27, 2021

      A year on and I’m INCREDIBLY disappointed Sonos have seemingly taken no action on this!

       

      It’s so bloody annoying when you have a dog called “Alex” because Sonos WILL pick it up. And because I have changed the wake word on my actual Echo Dot, I have to keep remembering what one to use in each room.

       

      This is basic stuff SONOS - come on!!!

      Ken_Griffiths
      Ken_Griffiths
      May 27, 2021

      A year on and I’m INCREDIBLY disappointed Sonos have seemingly taken no action on this!

       

      It’s so bloody annoying when you have a dog called “Alex” because Sonos WILL pick it up. And because I have changed the wake word on my actual Echo Dot, I have to keep remembering what one to use in each room.

       

      This is basic stuff SONOS - come on!!!

      It’s the dog I feel sorry for…😁

       

        LittleDreaD
        Contributor II
        May 29, 2021

        We have been calling for this since Alexa became available on Sonos Speakers some 5 -6 year ago.  I’ve managed to get round the issue recently by setting my Alexa enabled Sonos speakers as my prefered speaker on my Fire cube but as long as you have any other Echo devices this intergration actually works quite well. The bonus is not only do your get to use any of the echo devices wake words but you will also get access to all of Alexa’s features rather than the limited set of features Amazon normally allow on third party devices including the full range of Sonos Alexa enabled speakers. I’ve post the details in this thread here a few weeks ago….

         

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