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Njr
Contributor I
October 4, 2017

Sonos, Alexa and spotify

  • October 4, 2017
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Very disappointed so far with voice control.
Been waiting for nearly a year and finally it's here.
But you can't voice control via alexa to play locally stored files of Spotify the no1 streaming service.
Does anyone know how long it will be before Spotify or local files will be supported?
Really surprise Sonos would release this without Spotify support, since we have all been waiting so long.
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      jfriar
      Lyricist I
      October 5, 2017
      Agreed - it’s the only reason I’d ever use the voice control. I have all of my curated playlists there.

      Also surprised they’d launch without Spotify considering they are far and away the most used streaming service.
        jgatie
        jgatie
        October 5, 2017
        Sigh. Much information can be learned by reading the announcements and the links therein. Spotify is number one on the list of things they are working on, and it has been stated it is coming "soon".
          Pacificera
          Lyricist I
          October 5, 2017
          Absolutely worthless to me without Spotify. I have been waiting for the Alexa control for over a year too. I am so disappointed now.
          Turn_it_up
          Avid Contributor I
          October 5, 2017
          Sigh. Much information can be learned by reading the announcements and the links therein. Spotify is number one on the list of things they are working on, and it has been stated it is coming "soon".

          "coming soon" could mean one month or six months. Would be nice to get a more precise answer since it wasn't included at launch.
          masayako
          Trending Lyricist I
          October 5, 2017
          No Spotify?? Are you kidding me.
          marcelo goncalves
          Lyricist I
          October 5, 2017
          Hello All. Spotify is no longer part of the available music services. However when selecting the default service in the Alexa App it still appears there. Still I can play Spotify songs when I ask it to be played from my Echo dot. The issue appears in combination with sonos (TuneIn radio is working, by the way) Is this a bug to be fixed in the next beta release? It appears to be at least...
            tonta9
            Contributor I
            October 5, 2017
            It says on website "voice control to Spotify coming later this year" 😞
            AM_A
            Trending Lyricist I
            October 7, 2017
            I got the following response from the sonos Twitter account last night. I’m hoping this means it will be resolved by end December:

            Hi,we’re working to get Spotify support on Sonos with Amazon Alexa before the holidays. (1/2)

            (2/2) You can start playback from Spotify via their app or the Sonos app and then use voice for basic playback control.
            jtavio
            Lyricist II
            October 10, 2017
            Same here, want through hell to get the spotify account activated on alexa as default, updated everything and then I would like to play spotify music and I see that it isn't possible. It says: "I Cant play music from spotify on that device"... WTF!

            This is the only reason why i bought sonos and amazon alexa in the first place. I also think the advertising is quite misleading. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bARbx4I3xZY&t=45s

            I hope its a matter of time, that this is finally released, because so far I think Amazon and Sonos and misleading consumers.
            sumo29
            Contributor I
            October 16, 2017
            is there anyone who has heard when voice control + spotify will come to Canada?
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