Contributor III

Play 5 with Alexa?

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December 4, 2017
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Any timeline on if the Play 5 is coming with Alexa built in? I just got the One and I'm pretty hooked.

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Airgetlam

Why do you need to have Alexa built in? You've already got the Sonos One, it will control any and all attached Sonos speakers using voice.

Bruce

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TonyKomadaAuthor

Contributor III

Why do you need to have Alexa built in? You've already got the Sonos One, it will control any and all attached Sonos speakers using voice.

I just think it'd be really cool to have Alexa with a higher power speaker, without having to get an Echo Dot. And I kind of assume the rest of the lineup will be updated.

UKMedia

Why do you need to have Alexa built in? You've already got the Sonos One, it will control any and all attached Sonos speakers using voice.

I just think it'd be really cool to have Alexa with a higher power speaker, without having to get an Echo Dot. And I kind of assume the rest of the lineup will be updated.

This is an obvious product development route, the only issue that I can see is the available space to install the mics and the shape of the different speakers but I haven't seen any confirmation or dates from Sonos.

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Airgetlam

You don't need to get an echo dot. You already have a Sonos One, it will control any PLAY:5 you add to your system. There's no requirement for each device to be "enabled", once you have a single device that handles voice control, it will serve as an interface to all of your Sonos devices.

Bruce

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Ian_S

Prodigy III

That's not very useful in more than one room though is it? If your setup spans different rooms it's not very good to have to walk to another room to use voice control and then go back to see if it worked.

bockersjv

Local Superstar

Personally I think dots are a better bet. They can be hidden under shelves etc an placed near where you sit rather than where the speaker is.

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TonyKomadaAuthor

Contributor III

That's not very useful in more than one room though is it? If your setup spans different rooms it's not very good to have to walk to another room to use voice control and then go back to see if it worked.

I agree. Having all of them with built in voice control would be nice. But it all comes down to opinions. I would just really like to see Sonos come out with an updated Play 5.