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atwells
Contributor I
October 29, 2018
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Sonos Beam and Amazon Echo multiroom

  • October 29, 2018
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Please can someone tell me how to set up my Beam to work with Amazon Echo's in a multiroom set up. I cannot find the Beam in the Alexa App.
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    Best answer by melvimbe
    Can you clarify what you mean by "in a multiroom setup"? If you mean that you want your Beam and Amazon Echos to play audio in sync, that's not a supported feature. Amazon echos can only play in sync with other amazon echos products.

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    jgatie
    jgatie
    October 29, 2018
    See this link:

    https://support.sonos.com/s/article/3517?language=en_US
    melvimbe
    melvimbeAnswer
    October 29, 2018
    Can you clarify what you mean by "in a multiroom setup"? If you mean that you want your Beam and Amazon Echos to play audio in sync, that's not a supported feature. Amazon echos can only play in sync with other amazon echos products.
    Danny
    atwellsAuthor
    Contributor I
    October 29, 2018
    Thank you. Yes I would like to command the Beam and all other speakers Echo and Sonos to play as a group,
    It is a shame if this is not possible as I can ask the Beam to play using Alexa and it works fine but I guess I am not alone in having a mixture of Sonos speakers and Echo devices too. I appreciate the advice though.
      itsthomas
      Trending Lyricist I
      December 24, 2018
      There are so many Alexa features missing on Sonos Beam, that I think of returning the device. Sonos should have mentioned this.
        Ebwoy
        Lyricist I
        December 27, 2018
        Have two other Echo devices and not having this feature is very disappointing. Wish this was mentioned in the reviews and advertising. Would have made me think twice about getting this.
        UKMedia
        UKMedia
        December 27, 2018
        Have two other Echo devices and not having this feature is very disappointing. Wish this was mentioned in the reviews and advertising. Would have made me think twice about getting this.

        FYI - Whilst some stand-alone 3rd party speakers can be grouped with Echo devices for multi-room music, no other multi-room 3rd party speakers are supported by Alexa at this moment.
        Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)
          Jammers
          Lyricist I
          February 23, 2019
          This is extremely disappointing. I have my echo dots playing in the kitchen and the bedroom but silence in the living room.
            Smoejoe37
            Lyricist I
            February 25, 2019
            Is this feature on your roadmap to support in the future? Or is it dependent on Amazon to extend multi-room support to Sonos Beam?
            melvimbe
            melvimbe
            February 25, 2019
            Neither Sonos or Amazon have stated that it would ever be supported, and yes, both sides would need to agree. The two streaming protocols are rather different with different features, with patents protecting the intellectual property. It's possible that the two could come to an agreement, but unlikely in my opinion. Although customers would clearly benefit, and the two companies are partners in some regards, they are also competitors and don't have a lot of sales reasons to do something like this.
            Danny
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