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Sonos alexa integration

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October 5, 2017
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I updated my connect amp and activated alexa integration (echo dot in my case). Now, according to https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4158/~/amazon-alexa-and-sonos it is only able to play music (and of course spotify is not included) through the sonos device? So they spend more than a year to develop a skill that just allows it to play music but not let sonos work as a remote speaker?

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jgatie

Can someone answer this question regarding Alexa commands: everything I've read refers to asking Alexa to play music via a music service. Most of my music is hosted on my network, which I access through my "Music Library". Is there a command to ask Alexa to play from the Music Library, and not from a streaming service?
I'd appreciate any insight from you first adopters (like @Paul_51, who is having a good experience so far). Many thanks!

Local libraries are not fully supported yet. You cannot initiate playback via Alexa, though once you initiate playback using the Sonos app, playback commands such as play/pause, volume and skip, will work via Alexa. You can even say "Alexa, what is playing on (Room name)" and she will answer with the track or station name.

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I’m in the camp of not wanting Alexa to interrupt my music. Going on from that it seems when I interact with Alexa all my Sonos speakers go quiet whilst I ask a question. This is really annoying as well especially when I’m using my playbar for a film and my kids in a different room are using Alexa. Anyone have same issue/fix?

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