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mwiseman
Enthusiast II
June 4, 2019

Newest Ecobee has Alexa calling, drop in, etc.

  • June 4, 2019
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The newest Ecobee thermostat claims to have Alexa calling, messaging and drop-in. Has Amazon opened these features for third-part products? If so, I hope we will see these added to the Sonos products supporting Alexa.
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    Xara
    Lyricist II
    June 5, 2019
    Apparently announcements are now available for third-party devices using AVS.

    https://developer.amazon.com/de/blogs/alexa/post/c291e779-366b-4e7f-93e2-782b220d4142/introducing-announcements-on-alexa-built-in-devices.

    Since Sonos doesn't really confirm (most of the time) on what they are working, I wouldn't get my hopes to high. However, the article is from May 24, 2019 so the feature is still pretty new.
    Sonos also doesn't seem to want to use Alexa Multi-room (a feature many in the community want) which has also been available for third-party devices using AVS for about 5 months.
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