Show currently playing music on Echo Show

The Move and Echo Show should stay connected as long as the Move is kept in Bluetooth mode. But once you switch the Move to WiFi, they will lose the Bluetooth connection.

This is what I was afraid of.  Does the same happen with a Sonos speaker that includes Line In? Do I need to manually tell the speaker to switch to Line In, or will it automatically detect?

Bottom line... Is there a way to use the Alexa Show with a Sonos speaker for the output, and not have to use the Sonos app to toggle between Wifi mode and Bluetooth or Line In mode?

Thanks!!

If you use a Sonos speaker with a Line In port, it will automatically detect.

The Move is the only Sonos speaker that uses Bluetooth.

What specifically are you trying to achieve with the Echo Show and Sonos products? Give me a real life scenario how you would like to use these devices together.

Hi @GuitarSuperstar, thanks for your help. I am trying to accomplish something similar to what @Kumar alluded to at the top of this thread… have an Amazon Show 5 use a Sonos speaker for its music output. 

The Alexa implementation on the Sonos One that I have is not cutting it. It’s mic seems buggy and the lack of support for Drop In and for our Ring doorbell are deal-breakers for the rest of my family. So, I’m looking for a seamless approach where I can speak to the Show 5, but have the audio come out of a Sonos speaker. It would be a bonus (but not essential) to have the Show display artwork for the music as @Kumar mentioned above. I want to be able to still play to the Sonos speaker via WiFi, and I don’t want to have to use the Sonos app to switch back and forth between WiFi and Bluetooth. 

My first choice would be to actually use a Move so I can take it out to my deck as needed, but I’d be open to other models if they can accomplish the above. 

As an aside, it’s surprising to me that Line In isn’t standard on all of the new Sonos speakers. 

I hope this makes sense, and thanks for helping me figure out a solution. 

@elee532 The only benefit to having an Echo device wired to a Sonos speaker through a line in port would be you could hear Alexa’s voice playing out of the Sonos speaker rather than the Echo device. If hearing Alexa’s voice from the Sonos speaker isn’t important to you, you don’t need to worry about wiring anything to a Sonos speaker.

I suggest turning off the microphone on your Sonos One and just using your Echo Show to play music out of your Sonos speakers. If the Echo Show is in another room, you could easily add another Echo device so you have Alexa in that room too. The Echo Flex and Echo Dot are inexpensive and very reliable options with a small footprint.

I have a Sonos speaker and an Echo device in almost every room in my house (including a Move in my dining room). None of my Echo devices are wired to a Sonos speaker, yet I can use Alexa to play music to any Sonos speaker in the house. Just follow these steps: https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3439?language=en_US

You also then get album art for what is playing, something that nothing in the Sonos universe can accomplish at this time. And of course, there are still large parts of the world where Sonos has not released Alexa voice control for its speakers.

Thank you both! My Show 5 and Sonos speaker would be located right next to each other. 

The album art would be nice perk. From I understand, this only works if the Show is connected to a Sonos speaker via Line In though. Correct?

I understand the option to control the Sonos as described in that article. What I was hoping to avoid is having to give the extra commands about location. I want to say “Alexa, turn the volume down.” Not “Alexa, turn the volume down in the kitchen.” If I'm standing there in the kitchen those extra words just feel unnecessary and unnatural. But, maybe I’ll try and find myself quickly used to it.

Is the Sonos Five the only speaker with Line In.

Anyway, appreciate you both sticking with me on this. :-)

I find the album art to be very useful; with so much music that is available now via streaming services, much of it unfamiliar, the album art is a big help. Yes, the best way to get this is via Line In.

Unfortunately, Sonos has not equipped its most popular speakers, derived from the play 1, with line in jacks. Only the 5 has them.

Thanks @Kumar. The Five is probably overkill for my kitchen. Guess I’ll see if I can get comfortable with commanding the Show to play to the One.  

Why not a command direct to the One? Then you do not have to specify the location with every command?