setting up multi-room music in Alexa app

Wow I can not believe this is not a feature yet. I purchased the beam and just enabled Alexa and the first thing I tried after haveing it play so Music is to also play the current song on another speaker and no go. Then I tried to group the speakers and it didn’t know the command. This a basic function of Sonos speakers. The fact this has not been added in almost a year is very disappointing

Wow I can not believe this is not a feature yet. I purchased the beam and just enabled Alexa and the first thing I tried after haveing it play so Music is to also play the current song on another speaker and no go. Then I tried to group the speakers and it didn’t know the command. This a basic function of Sonos speakers. The fact this has not been added in almost a year is very disappointing

My understanding is that Amazon haven't allowed this functionality to be used with 3rd party speakers yet.

Nobody actually addressed this guys Q directly. I have the same issue. Alex (Echo Dot) recognizes my two sonos systems (Playdeck and two Sonos Play Ones plus a standalone Play # in another room), but says I need to set up a multiroom group using the Audio Groups section of Settings in the Alexa App. Like the OP, I cannot find any Audio Group command set up in Settings.

Nobody actually addressed this guys Q directly. I have the same issue. Alex (Echo Dot) recognizes my two sonos systems (Playdeck and two Sonos Play Ones plus a standalone Play # in another room), but says I need to set up a multiroom group using the Audio Groups section of Settings in the Alexa App. Like the OP, I cannot find any Audio Group command set up in Settings.

You can't group Sonos devices for multi room audio within the Alexa App, you have to use the Sonos App. Just select the Rooms tab on the Sonos App to group the Sonos Devices together.

Then from your Echo Dot use the command 'Alexa, play soft jazz on {Sonos Room Name}' and audio will be output on all Sonos devices grouped with that device.

Wow I can not believe this is not a feature yet. I purchased the beam and just enabled Alexa and the first thing I tried after haveing it play so Music is to also play the current song on another speaker and no go. Then I tried to group the speakers and it didn’t know the command. This a basic function of Sonos speakers. The fact this has not been added in almost a year is very disappointing
Not really the Amazon Alexa 'Multi-Room Music Groups' is currently just for Amazon echo devices only, which are all standalone and cannot be stereo paired etc. Sonos has its own Multi-Room grouping system in the Sonos App, which is faster/easier to group/ungroup speakers 'on the fly' and supports stereo paired speakers and those in a bonded home theatre setup.

Presently the Amazon and Sonos speakers operate entirely separate from each other, in the same way that Sonos and Bose and other speakers do not work together through their Apps. I can’t see this changing too much in the neat future.

I guess the closest step towards a multi-speaker cross-platform music system is Apple's new AirPlay 2 protocol, but even then, it still has a long way to go to get things in sync, plus the audio plays through the controller device rather than direct from the audio source to 3rd party speakers.

One day we may see cross platform speaker grouping happen, where everything is playable on 'everything' in perfect sync, but I’m not going to hold my breath whilst waiting for this to happen... many think it may not ever happen at all, though some partnerships are beginning to emerge... there are too many patents/licences at stake, plus a strong competitive market is much better for the consumer and will help to drive the business forward.

Nobody actually addressed this guys Q directly. I have the same issue. Alex (Echo Dot) recognizes my two sonos systems (Playdeck and two Sonos Play Ones plus a standalone Play # in another room), but says I need to set up a multiroom group using the Audio Groups section of Settings in the Alexa App. Like the OP, I cannot find any Audio Group command set up in Settings.

You can't group Sonos devices for multi room audio within the Alexa App, you have to use the Sonos App. Just select the Rooms tab on the Sonos App to group the Sonos Devices together.

Then from your Echo Dot use the command 'Alexa, play soft jazz on {Sonos Room Name}' and audio will be output on all Sonos devices grouped with that device.


Ok, so for grouping sonos speakers without alexa you need to group using the sonos app, and for grouping sonos speakers with alexa you can use mutiroom from the alexa app.

BUT, i don't want to group anything, i just want alexa to start playing in my office where there is just a sonos play5. Is that possible? :?:8:?

Ok, so for grouping sonos speakers without alexa you need to group using the sonos app, and for grouping sonos speakers with alexa you can use mutiroom from the alexa app.
No, that part isn't possible (yet).


BUT, i don't want to group anything, i just want alexa to start playing in my office where there is just a sonos play5. Is that possible? :?:8:?
Yes, if you've got an Amazon Echo device.

Setting up Amazon Alexa on Sonos

Controlling your Sonos with Amazon Alexa

ok, thanks! 😃

I have a group called 'Lounge' which is my Beam + 2x Play:1's and another group called 'Bedroom' which is just a Sonos One. As far as I can tell from this thread it's only possible to play music through both groups by physically selecting them in the Sonos App, and not possible to pair them using voice control with Alexa.

Is it possible to create a new group in the Sonos app called "Everything" that includes my Beam + 2x Play:1's + Sonos One so I can tell Alexa to play music to "Everything" and bypass having to select them individually on the app?

Sprint211,

If you group everything to begin with in the Sonos App and use Alexa to play to any Sonos Room, the Audio will play to all Rooms.

There is currently no way to group/ungroup using Alexa voice instructions and presently Alexa enabled Groups are just for the Amazon devices only.

Sonos have said in the past they would revisit this issue but it’s not certain what their plans are, or if indeed they will go onto develop this 'much asked for' feature using voice-based instructions.