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Contributor II
Dec 26, 2017 5:28 AM UTC

Sonos One alternate Alexa "wake word" change

I was going to buy a pair of Sonos ones when they first came out but the inability to change the "wake word" from Alexa was a deal breaker for me as I already have a multi-room Sonos/Echo/Alexa Home autmation setup in which I use the "wake word" "computer". Therefore any expansion to my existing setup has to also have the abilty to alter the "wake word" to "Computer" as with the Echo/Echo dot. Has this issue now been addressed? If not, can this issue please be addressed in a future update to allow the Alexa Wake word on the Sonos One's to be changed from "Alexa" to "Computer"?
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Lyricist I
Jul 19, 2018 7:11 AM UTC
Ummm what do you mean I can’t change the wake word?!
Just got my Sonos One from Prime day.
Can’t believe this still isn’t fixed.
(Yes I mean fixed. This thing is broken without that basic functionality. Ok off to give my 3 star review on Amazon).
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Lyricist I
Jul 19, 2018 10:40 PM UTC
Yup ... my prime day Sonos One has an identity issue. All of our echos, dots and shows are “computer” (#llap) ... this really is a disappointing discovery!:@
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Lyricist I
Jul 20, 2018 11:17 PM UTC
I am a big Sonos fan and just replaced a speaker with Sonos One to accompany my two other echo dots. However, my devices all use “computer” as the wake word. This is a huge disappointment that I’m going to have to call it Alexa. I’ve already called it the wrong name several times. I was considering replacing all my speakers throughout the house with Sonos One but I think I’ll just buy more echo dots to plop on top of my speakers. Sorry, Sonos. Please fix this.
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Contributor I
Jul 21, 2018 12:25 AM UTC
My Beam arrived today and sadly the same issue
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Contributor I
Jul 21, 2018 1:19 AM UTC
I just plugged in my two Sonos Ones as surrounds to my playbar. I love being able to just say Play “artist” and it woks. Rather than play “artist” on family speakers.

But I need a different wake word. I have a Alexander, so it confuses it sometimes.

Please fix this Sonos.
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Lyricist III
Jul 26, 2018 6:56 PM UTC
Agreed. I usually do research, but I never expected this to be a problem. My hubby just picked up a Sonos One for our bedroom. We were going to move our Play:1 to bedroom and also move an Dot and setup a new pair in living room. I'm glad we didn't! The wake word is a total non-sequitur for me. Sonos speakers need to support changing wake word (and specifically, Amazon supported "computer") before I buy any more units. It is a bummer because we almost picked up the newer smaller sound bar for our secondary living room. For now, we're looking at just expanding use of dots/spots. We already have half a dozen. We just thought it would be nice to introduce some real music speakers (not keen on Amazon "quality" Echo units) in addition to the other one we bought for use as a SmartThings integrated announcement device.
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Lyricist I
Jul 28, 2018 5:22 PM UTC
I recently purchased the Sonos beam and really like the device. I have 3 echo dots and a Fire TV cube which is next to the beam. I don't want to have to call the cube Amazon and the rest of the Echo devices Alexia which can be confusing for the kids and adults. Please provide a simple way to change the Sonos wake word - How about calling is "Sonos".
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Contributor I
Aug 11, 2018 12:32 AM UTC
I’d like to add my support for this feature please. My son is called Alex and the amount of times Alexa goes off unintentionally is driving everyone mad. Whilst Sonos don’t give away product release information it would be nice to know if they are aware of the demand and are at least looking into it
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Avid Contributor I
Aug 14, 2018 4:06 PM UTC
Several months ago I purchased 2 of these never even thinking I could not change the name. Imagine the surprise I got when I went to go and do so. I thought it was me, that I was missing something so coming here to find out this is not even possible makes me want to give these back but I waited to long. What is the point of having these if they do not work the way the rest of my system works. BAD BAD BAD Sonos. Very disappointed. I don't care who is to blame for this, Amazon or Sonos. The bottom line is the product should really not have been released with this deal breaking caveat.
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Master T
Prodigy I
Aug 14, 2018 8:26 PM UTC
Should not have been released? So the rest of us who prefer 'Alexa' should have not been able to purchase Sonos Ones until after you were satisfied? I agree this needs to be changed and soon, but come on ... it's not a 'deal-breaker' for the vast majority of users.
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