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TonyKomada
Contributor III
December 4, 2017

Play 5 with Alexa?

  • 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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Parkerthon
Lyricist III
March 5, 2018
I am also eagerly awaiting a new Alexa enabled gen 3 and 5. I have to say I have been very pleased with how my Sonos One pair went from a buggy mess to being very stable with recent updates. Definitely has me eyeing more Sonos products in the future. The sound quality is, of course, superb compared to other smart speakers of similar size. That said, I feel the stereo pairing is definitely where it is at. Definitely gives the music life. Almost forget the power of stereo in the world of giant mono wireless speakers anymore! This is why I wouldn't mix a Sonos One with a Play anything, there's no stereo support. Finally, hearing Alexa's voice response being much warmer and louder than a dot is a plus. I hear all connected sonos speakers duck, regardless of what source they are playing from, which would be annoying. My ultimate set up would be Sonos pairs of varying size in four or five rooms of my house, but I don't want to buy into something last gen. All these speakers, while located in a sensible place, would still be easily reachable by far field voice.
    howietee
    Lyricist I
    June 12, 2018
    The lack of Alexa voice control in the 3 & 5 is whats holding me back from purchasing! I have a Play:1 in the kitchen and a bunch of Echo Dots around the house, and the ducking of the Sonos is instantly irritating when the kids start messing with Alexa in another room...
    melvimbe
    melvimbe
    June 12, 2018
    I would guess that there will be an update on the Alexa side to allow you to assiciate a so so zone with an echo to resolve that ducking issue before we'll see a play:5 with built on voice control.
    Danny
    AngelR84
    Lyricist I
    July 22, 2018
    I’m definitely looking for a PLAY:5 with Alexa and Google. No need to have an echo or google device in each room you place a Sonos speaker. Sonos is a year ahead of competitors regarding multiplatform voice control support (adding google by the end of the year) and sound quality in a single device. At this moment Beam can also play a big roll as multifunctional speaker to place in each room, but not reaching the sound quality level of a play:5. I personally think that adding voice control to PLAY:5 will be a great win for customer
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