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glennsonos
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October 14, 2017
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Sonos and Alexa in two houses

  • October 14, 2017
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I have Sonos speakers and Echo dots in two houses. I activated the Sonos skill in the first house and all is good for using Alexa to control the Sonos speakers in the first house When I go to the second house and search for devices, the Echo dot does not find the Sonos. Is it not possible without using a second Amazon account?
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Best answer by Keith N
glennsonos & drammelt: Thanks for reaching out about this. Getting Amazon Alexa to work across multiple houses can be tricky with Sonos. You will need to have a separate Sonos ID to keep Alexa from controlling the wrong house. The best way to do this with just one Amazon account would be to create a separate Sonos ID for the vacation home and then:

- disable the Sonos skill in Alexa app
- ensure you are signed into the proper Sonos ID (if you are at the vacation home, sign into that account)
- re-enable the skill and re-discover (at this point you may see your speakers from both locations)

In most cases where people have multiple houses, the best success is found when you treat each house as a different "person". This means a separate Sonos ID and a different Amazon Account. This keeps you from accidentally controlling your main home from your vacation home.

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Chris
Chris
Lead Maestro
January 3, 2018
You can force both houses onto the same household id within Sonos. Then the same account should work.
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Mark_357
Contributor I
January 12, 2018
I have SONOS and Echo Dots in two houses. The SONOS systems are on the same household ID. Both of the Dots only see the SONOS system in the first house to which Alexa was linked. I cannot see the second SONOS system on either Dot.

I would like to be able to control both SONOS systems from either Dot.

Also, quite curious to know what would happen if a SONOS ONE (with Alexa built in) was to be added to the second house system. Presumably it could only be used to control the SONOS system in the other house!!
Chris
Chris
Lead Maestro
January 12, 2018
At the second house you need to ask Alexa to discover devices.
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Chris
Chris
Lead Maestro
January 12, 2018
No actually I beleive all your Alexa’s and the Sonos One will actually control both houses on same house id. In theory you could turn on music at one home from the other.
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Mark_357
Contributor I
January 12, 2018
At the second house you need to ask Alexa to discover devices.

I've tried that Chris. No succsees so far.
Mark_357
Contributor I
January 12, 2018
No actually I beleive all your Alexa’s and the Sonos One will actually control both houses on same house id. In theory you could turn on music at one home from the other.

That (for me) would be good.
Chris
Chris
Lead Maestro
January 12, 2018
Are the Alexa’s in the second house in the same amazon account. They would need to be same account as well.
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Chris
Chris
Lead Maestro
January 12, 2018
Mynalexas at both homes are on the same amazon alexa account so to me they don’t know they are even in different houses. If I drop in on a room in one it will to other house. If I issue a command to turn on my lights (via smartthings) in one House it will do it in the other house.
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Mark_357
Contributor I
January 12, 2018
Are the Alexa’s in the second house in the same amazon account. They would need to be same account as well.

Yes they are.

I can see house 1 from dot in house 2.
Chris
Chris
Lead Maestro
January 12, 2018
It under smartphones in alexa app it only shows the Sonos units in house 1 and hitting discover doesn’t find them when in house 2. Maybe while in house 2 disable and reenable the Sonos skill in alexa then try discover.
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