Routines Created via Alexa

With more devices coming out being Alexa enabled, I’ve come to realize that certain functions aren’t available. It would be nice to have Sonos speakers included in routines as my primary speaker. The drop in function would be nice as well.

Other than that, the Alexa experience isn’t quite what I expected, but the more I use the Sonos One the more it seems to learn and do what I want it to do.

Hopefully there will be updates to enable routines and drop ins, but these functions seem to be held back by Amazon.

I was also just battling to set up a morning routine with lights and Alexa telling me things. I can’t do any routines though because it tells me no audio devices are available. I assume from the above, that this is because Sonos One is not an actual Alexa device. This is really annoying because to get anything to work I need to go out and buy an Alexa speaker. Bit useless isn’t it?

I was also just battling to set up a morning routine with lights and Alexa telling me things. I can’t do any routines though because it tells me no audio devices are available. I assume from the above, that this is because Sonos One is not an actual Alexa device. This is really annoying because to get anything to work I need to go out and buy an Alexa speaker. Bit useless isn’t it?

My personal view is that this will must likely work at some pont, just not currently.

Created Routine via Alexa but only part works. The ISY lights turn off (action) but the Alexa nevers syas the phrase I added to the routine. It does not show the SONOS One as a speaker and it does not allow me to choose a speaker (it is blank). It also it does not play the phrase from the speaker I speak to. The speaker does work fine otherwise. I can play music, news and weather reports, from it with no issues. Any ideas?

I found a workaround.

Download the free Yonomi app.
Set up an account, get it to search for your Sonos & Alexa (should be fairly simple), then connect/authorise it with your Alexa account.
Then setup a routine in Yonomi (such as Pause Sonos).
In the Alexa app, get it to search for new devices. It may or may not come back that it found anything (sometimes doesn't, sometimes says it found a new scene), either way you should now have a new scene (your Yonomi routine) listed when you try to setup an Alexa routine.
e.g. I have an Alexa routine that pauses off my Sonos, turns down the room radiator and switches on the lights in another room. The Sonos part is where it calls the Yonomi app.