Sonos One abilities

Sonos has stated Drop In will not be supported.

This page clearly says Everything that Alexa does

http://www.sonos.com/en-gb/shop/one.html

So the Sonos marketing is lying, not good!

Someone else asked about calling (here), but unfortunately it hasn't been answered yet. I would imagine that if drop in isn't supported, calling probably isn't either.

This page clearly says Everything that Alexa does

http://www.sonos.com/en-gb/shop/one.html

So the Sonos marketing is lying, not good!

Marketing didn't tell you something a product does not do? I'm shocked!! Next you will tell me that Frosted Flakes are not really part of a "Gr-e-e-e-e-aT Breakfast!" and are nothing but teeth rotting, blood sugar spiking, diabetes causing death nuggets! There goes my childhood . . . 😉

Marketing didn't tell you something a product does not do? I'm shocked!! Next you will tell me that Frosted Flakes are not really part of a "Gr-e-e-e-e-aT Breakfast!" and are nothing but teeth rotting, blood sugar spiking, diabetes causing death nuggets! There goes my childhood . . . ;)

Well I don't know about the US but here in the UK it is illegal to falsely advertise a product 😃

For people, like myself, that are/were potentially planning to replace an echo/dot with a Sonos One this is important.

Well I don't know about the US but here in the UK it is illegal to falsely advertise a product 😃


As it is here. However, there is a pretty high threshold for what they call "false advertising" and I don't think that crosses it, in England or the US. After all, Sonos used the slogan "All the music on Earth" for years, and the last time I wanted to listen to live Borneo drum circles, or Edison wax cylinders, nothing came out of my Sonos. And trust me, I can't tell you the number of times people quoted that slogan and screamed about "false advertising!!" because they can't play some esoteric audiophile track. As far as I know, no law suits ensued.


For people, like myself, that are/were potentially planning to replace an echo/dot with a Sonos One this is important.

If it is important, any smart shopper should know better than to trust marketing blurbs. They should always dig deeper, as you did, and got the answer you seek.

As it is here. However, there is a pretty high threshold for what they call "false advertising" and I don't think that crosses it, in England or the US.


You lot sued Red Bull because it didn't give you wings :P
http://uk.businessinsider.com/red-bull-settles-false-advertising-lawsuit-for-13-million-2014-10

In the UK, i'd say the threshold is incredibly low, and in this day and age Tony the Tiger would be held to account.

Saying Everything that Alexa does, when it doesn't do everything that Alexa does, is clearly false advertising.

[You lot sued Red Bull because it didn't give you wings :P
http://uk.businessinsider.com/red-bull-settles-false-advertising-lawsuit-for-13-million-2014-10

In the UK, i'd say the threshold is incredibly low, and in this day and age Tony the Tiger would be held to account.

Saying Everything that Alexa does, when it doesn't do everything that Alexa does, is clearly false advertising.

When the judgment come from the court, be sure to post your check here! :8

It seems that there has been two general groups that have been defined when referring to Amazon voice control. There is 'echo devices' and 'alexa enabled devices'. There certain features only the echo devices can do, such as the calling features and messaging features. The other group can't do these things. You can't make a call from your firetv, or your fire tablet for example. If you buy some other device that's labeled 'Alexa enabled', like the 3rd party speakers and such that are popping up, it's the same thing.

The Sonos One is an Alexa enabled device. It's not really false advertising as they are telling the truth in that 'everything Alexa can do' can certainly imply it's an Alexa enabled device. If they said it can do everything an echo can do, well that would be false. Of course, a consumer could misunderstand the meaning, but I don't think that means Sonos is liable for a consumer making the wrong assumptions about functionality.

I think that distinction is one we're all going to need to learn, melvimbe. Alexa enabled does not equal Alexa.

For the OP, the two products are PLAY:1 and Sonos One. In the "older" product, the numeral is used. In the new product, it's a word. I was schooled earlier in the month on this, and recognize that it actually helps us determine which device people are talking about. which isn't the case with the PLAY:5 (gen 1 and gen 2).