So..it's been almost a year since the announcement. Alexa integration guys?

They really can't go into the Xmas shopping season without it, so I'm guessing it's coming within a month.

For this long of a wait, I am hoping I can say....
Alexa, Play "Kid Rock" on Kitchen Sonos.
Alexa lower volume on my Kitchen Sonos.
Alexa mute my bedroom Sonos.
Alexa Group my bedroom and kitchen Sonos.
Anything less would be a fail in my eyes.
If not it's "Alexa, cancel my next Sonos order... 😉

If they do this then 'Hey Siri' should also be a possibility. ?

They really can't go into the Xmas shopping season without it, so I'm guessing it's coming within a month.

My best bet would be late December to mid of January, with limited functionality by the time of deployment. Sure it's going to work as expected after a certain amount of time though.

I would be surprised if this doesn't come out before or around the release of Apple's Homepod. Neither Sonos or Amazon is going to want to lose Xmas shopping sales to Apple because they missed this. Really, it's not just about this years sales, but getting your brand established as the ecosystem of choice.

@Ken, from existing info provided, and how Amazon has setup similar integrations. You most likely will have a zone linked to a specific echo, so you won't have to specify 'on kitchen sonos'. How much control you have offer other zones, and grouping features is yet to be seen.

My best bet would be late December to mid of January, with limited functionality by the time of deployment. Sure it's going to work as expected after a certain amount of time though.

Remember that Amazon sells a boatload of Sonos products, at a nice profit. They are not going to allow this significant upgrade to miss the all-important Xmas shopping season. They're already hard at work thinking about promotions for the best Dot/Sonos bundling deals.

Ironically, Apple also profits by selling lots of Sonos speakers. They are going to be embarrassed when customers start asking to demonstrate Sonos' new voice control, which will only work with Amazon devices that they don't sell, and not with Siri. Poor Apple, lol.

Interesting comment.

As an Amazon sales person, I'd simply refer to the new multi-room-compatible GenX Echo speaker when asked about any Sonos product. (It's not here yet but what would Amazon prevent from copying the Sonos multi-room concept, just like Denon did?)

As an Apple sales person, I'd refer to the upcoming HomePod release.

Just because there's an existing partnership allowing Sonos to sell their products in AppleStores does not mean Apple is not going to try to directly compete (and eventually supersede) the current market leader. Same for Amazon.

[...] (It's not here yet but what would Amazon prevent from copying the Sonos multi-room concept, just like Denon did?)
I don't think Amazon will need to. Think of Sonos as the midwife in this respect. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours, so to speak.

@passopp could absolutely come up with a mulit-room speaker system. But IMO, they have very little reason to do so. It isn't there bread and butter and isn't going to help them sell more stuff. They've done well by partnering with others and there isn't a good reason to do that now. And the surely have a long list of other features and integrations to be done that would have more bang for the buck, over duplicating features that are already done well by a relative partner.

You also have consider that Amazon has had anti-trust acquisitions breathing down their back. Not a good time to branch out into a new market. And of course, Apple has the homepod. Let them be the guinea pig on this. If sales are good, and it looks like customers prefer an all-in-one setup (not just apple fans) then go that route.

WatchMcGrupp I know what you mean, I currently use the line in option from my echo dot to play 5's and the sound is good but not as good a from Sonos setup