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Contributor I
October 5, 2017
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Sonos in one room, Echo in others

  • October 5, 2017
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Hey everyone,

Firstly, I have scoured threads relating to Alexa and Sonos, but haven’t seen anybody ask or answer this question.

I currently own one Play:1 and have been waiting for the announcement and details of the Alexa skill before expanding my Sonos range throughout my home. With the recent details of the new Amazon Echo, I was thinking this could be a good option for smaller rooms, rather than another Play:1.

So, let’s say I buy two Sonos One when they release - I create a stereo pair in my living room with these, then I have a Play:1 in my dining room with an Echo Dot, then I put a new Echo in my bedroom - if I were playing music on my living room Sonos pair, could I then also play this in my bedroom at the same time on the stand-alone Echo?

I’m not sure this would work because of the cross platform and also how grouping works in Sonos (I don’t own any Echo products, which may be why I’m asking this question), so thought I would ask those who have both!


Thanks!
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    Best answer by jgatie
    Echo and Sonos cannot be grouped to play the same music in sync.

    14 replies

    lewisc
    Headliner I
    October 5, 2017
    I'm pretty sure that you won't be able to share / play your Sonos music through the standalone Echo product (dot, echo, plus, show), it will only work to control the other Sonos devices
    Authorised Sonos Installer
    Mick CAuthor
    Contributor I
    October 5, 2017
    lewisc- thanks for the reply. Seems about right... has anybody tried this?
    Contributor I
    October 5, 2017
    I’m not that familiar with the Sonos side of things but I have 4 echo devices in my house. I added my Play 1 today and as of right now I can’t find a way to play all of the devices at the same time. There is a grouping feature for all of my echo devices but the Sonos is not there. I can ask Alexa to play music on my Sonos Play 1, which is great, but I was really looking forward to playing music everywhere at the same time.
    jgatie
    jgatieAnswer
    October 5, 2017
    Echo and Sonos cannot be grouped to play the same music in sync.
    Lyricist III
    October 5, 2017
    Hi how did you connect your play 1 to your amazon dot? Got a dot connected to my play 5 via jack plug cable, but no means for the play one. Thanks
    jgatie
    October 5, 2017
    Hi how did you connect your play 1 to your amazon dot? Got a dot connected to my play 5 via jack plug cable, but no means for the play one. Thanks

    There are detailed threads in the Announcements section detailing how to setup the new skill.
    Prominent Collaborator I
    October 5, 2017
    Great question. I was trying to figure out if I should buy a Dot or Echo. If I could group Echo and Sonos that would have been the ticket. Now I will just get a Dot. I will probably buy a Sonos One at some point but at this point the Dot will suffice for Sonos voice control. Thx.
    Mick CAuthor
    Contributor I
    October 5, 2017
    Thanks for all the responses everyone, they’re really helpful!

    This would be the ideal situation for Alexa and Sonos integration in my eyes, but understand Sonos want their speakers to only group with their speakers, otherwise there’d be all kinds of multi-room-Frankenstein setups about...
    Lyricist III
    October 5, 2017
    Hi how did you connect your play 1 to your amazon dot? Got a dot connected to my play 5 via jack plug cable, but no means for the play one. Thanks

    There are detailed threads in the Announcements section detailing how to setup the new skill.


    Sussed it thanks. If anoyone else is wondwring need to sync devices in the skills section in alexa app. Put sonos search its at the bottom.

    It works but still a bit clunky i had a speaker playing downstairs and it got confused. Massive leap though.
    melvimbe
    October 5, 2017
    I do think there is room to have both stand alone echos and sonos products in the same house though. I have sonos outside, the living room, my bedroom, and bathroom. I have echos in the kids rooms. I don't have much need to do multiroom in the kids rooms, and voice control is their preferred interface.

    I do have echo dots in other rooms, but really discourage using them for music. This new interface goes a long way towards that, although having to state the room is still kind of a pain.
    Danny