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bruce1
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October 12, 2017

Sonos one

  • October 12, 2017
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Could anyone answer this, if you have the Sonos one can you ask it to play music on a play 5 for example, I have set up the Sonos skill in Alexa , I suppose my question does Alexa on Sonos one control only that Sonos one or can you ask it to play music on a different not Sonos one device
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    Stuart_W
    Stuart_W
    World-Class Superstar
    October 12, 2017
    Yes.

    You have to tell Alexa which Room to play in. Though I guess Alexa in a Sonos:1 may assume if you don't specify room then to play in the room in which that unit is in
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    bruce1Author
    Avid Contributor I
    October 12, 2017
    Thanks Stuart, I was hoping that was the answer
    Pyro Joe
    Lyricist II
    October 16, 2017
    Think of the SONOS ONE as if it was just like the PLAY 1 but also with a Amazon Echo Dot attached to it. MIx those two together and you get a SONOS ONE.
    slipnby
    Contributor I
    October 16, 2017
    will sonos one work with my existing sonos system? for example, when I ask sonos one to play music will the other sonos speakers play the requested music?
    Airgetlam
    Airgetlam
    October 16, 2017
    Yes, it will work with your other devices. For all practical purposes, it's just another Sonos speaker.
    Bruce
    Alan S
    Lyricist III
    October 22, 2017
    @airgetlam, that's not quite the question. Try this ...
    I have a Sonos One called 'kitchen' and a Play:1 called 'lounge'. Can I ask Alexa to play something on the play:1 ?
    ryteee
    Contributor I
    October 22, 2017
    no because the response is no device found with that name, even though its listed in alexa app??
    Alan S
    Lyricist III
    October 22, 2017
    @rtyeee ... to answer my own question ... yes, if you have a Sonos One you can ask Alexa to play music on a play:1 that does not itself have Alexa. After linking your Sonos and Alexa accounts, and then asking alexa to 'discover devices' ALL of your Sonos devices appear as Alexa smart home devices.
    ryteee
    Contributor I
    October 22, 2017
    she says, couldn't find any smart home devices
      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      October 23, 2017
      Alan S,

      Yes. Once the Sonos ecosystem is set up properly with the Amazon Alexa skill, you can tell your Sonos One to play music on any particular room/speaker that is connected. At that point, the Sonos One is acting in the same manner as an Echo Dot (or any other Echo Device), i.e. it's a way to get your voice in to the Alexa skill and have the cloud interpret it, and send the command (just like the controller does) back to your Sonos system. Doesn't have to be the Sonos One speaker, it would control any speaker in your system that you've "discovered" properly.
      Bruce
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