Does the new Alexa "Announce" feature work with the Sonos One?

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I understand what you are saying but I feel you are missing a few points:

- Your first comment referenced the demise of Sonos if they didn't address specific minor complaints from customers not the ability of other organisations to compete with Sonos, hence my comment about Google Assistant;
- I agree that if Amazon decided to target the high end multi room audio market their R&D budget would be much bigger than Sonos could respond to but the strategy of Sonos is to move their product line to include multiple AI's from Amazon & Google and maybe Microsoft - something that I suspect that any of those three organisations would be unable to achieve (hence a good defence against this approach);
- At present, Amazon's strategy appears to be about market saturation with Alexa, and at this time selling hardware at cost, so that it is the 'go to' voice control solution. I see no logic in them focusing upon a (from a Amazon perspective) niche market that Sonos currently occupy;
- A lot of the issues that people are complaining about on the forums are because Amazon don't allow 3rd parties, like Sonos, to provide that functionality, indeed not even all of the Amazon product line offers 100% of the Aleza device functionality.

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upstatemike

Having fun playing with the new "Announce" feature on my Echo speakers and was wondering if it works on Sonos One speakers as well. Anybody with a Sonos One tried it to see?

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No. The speaker will reply "Sorry, you can't send announcement from this device yet."

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Hi, does anyone know if Sonos are working on making the Alexa announce feature work with Sonos One as making an announcement across your speakers would be very handy even if it’s just to tell the kids “dinner is ready!”. I have Sonos One in all rooms apart from Lounge which has a Playbase and an Echo Dot. When I tried to make an announcement via a Sonos One it says “sorry you can’t make announcements from this device yet”, so I thought maybe the Sonos Ones would at least receive announcements if I made the announcement via the Echo Dot but sadly no that just says “none of your other devices can receive announcements” ?

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Hi, does anyone know if Sonos are working on making the Alexa announce feature work with Sonos One as making an announcement across your speakers would be very handy even if it’s just to tell the kids “dinner is ready!”. I have Sonos One in all rooms apart from Lounge which has a Playbase and an Echo Dot. When I tried to make an announcement via a Sonos One it says “sorry you can’t make announcements from this device yet”, so I thought maybe the Sonos Ones would at least receive announcements if I made the announcement via the Echo Dot but sadly no that just says “none of your other devices can receive announcements” ?

As this feature is not available across all of the Amazon range of devices, only Alexa devices and not Alexa Enabled, I suspect that Amazon are not allowing the functionality to include the Sonos One.

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Kenneth_14

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Not quite the same, but If you have an iphone, want an intercom feature and don't mind spending £4.99 there's always this:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/intercom-for-sonos/id1090988947?mt=8

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pamdooley13

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I have Voice Intercom for Sonos, works with my iPhone. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-intercom-for-sonos/id689673100?mt=8 only $1.99

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Cchris

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As the whole point of having a sonos one is to combine the benefits of sonos and alexa, this kind of missing functionality is yet another reason to start moving toward amazon for whole room audio and ditching sonos. How many months and still the most complained about feature of the wake noise goes unchanged... sonos are dead inside 12 months if they dont start addressing issues that customers are complaining about.

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sonos are dead inside 12 months if they dont start addressing issues that customers are complaining about.

That made me laugh, thanks for brighening up my day!!!! :)

On a more serious note, this issue will almost definitely require development work from both Sonos and Amazon, along with an amount of testing. I have no doubt that Sonos are developing new functionality and that this issue and a change to the wake word be included within their requirements prioritisation but suspect that Google Assistance integration will pip these to the post!

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Cchris

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Im sure many people thought it funny when folkbthouggtbamazon would run them out of town too. Until they were run out.

Look where amazon are taking the alexa product and their music services.

One of the reasons sainsburys and asda are looking to merge is to try and stave off attack from amazon. When Amazon get their delivery right, and can perfect same day delivery or collection then aside from perishable goods, supermarkets will be hammered by amazon.

Even if sonos realises its maximum hope for an ipo valuation of 3Bn (ambitious at best), that would still be pocket change to jeff bezos personal worth of 130Bn+.

If sonos doesnt start fixing issues quickly, then amazon could very easily decide to push their own speakers at prices undercutting sonos and it would very quickly spell the end for sonos.

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upstatemike

Im sure many people thought it funny when folkbthouggtbamazon would run them out of town too. Until they were run out.

Look where amazon are taking the alexa product and their music services.

One of the reasons sainsburys and asda are looking to merge is to try and stave off attack from amazon. When Amazon get their delivery right, and can perfect same day delivery or collection then aside from perishable goods, supermarkets will be hammered by amazon.

Even if sonos realises its maximum hope for an ipo valuation of 3Bn (ambitious at best), that would still be pocket change to jeff bezos personal worth of 130Bn+.

If sonos doesnt start fixing issues quickly, then amazon could very easily decide to push their own speakers at prices undercutting sonos and it would very quickly spell the end for sonos.

Amazon does not have a solution to play local library tracks to grouped speakers (Bluetooth and the Mymedia skill only work with single Echo speakers). Until Amazon addresses that I don't think they are much of a threat to Sonos.

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