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aclou5
Contributor I
October 10, 2017

Sonos One / Philips Hue

  • October 10, 2017
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Can we envision to control Philips Hue lights with Sonos one in the near future?
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    Ken_Griffiths
    Ken_Griffiths
    October 10, 2017
    aclou5,

    You can obviously control Philips Hue bulbs/sensors with Amazon Alexa devices using the Philips Hue skill. The new Sonos One has a built-in (improved) Amazon echo device, so I assume you will use the Amazon App in the same way with that part of the speaker and simply add the Hue Skill (or any other available skills) to it ... otherwise I don’t see the point. If you couldn’t do that, then people would just continue to purchase the original Play-1 and add an echo dot alongside it.

    I have a number of Play-1 speakers and several echo dots and use both the Sonos Skil and Philips Hue Skill without any issues... I’m pretty sure the new Sonos One speaker will allow the Hue skill to work... and every other Alexa skill available.
    jgatie
    jgatie
    October 10, 2017
    Yes, the majority of functions you can do with Alexa will be supported on the One, including lights. The only missing functions will be specifically about communication, like Listen In.
    Mike_19
    Contributor II
    October 31, 2017
    The Alexa -> Hue integration also doesn't understand Scenes yet.
    tyy
    Contributor I
    November 26, 2017
    I have a sonos one that has alexa(play one does not) and off can not control Hue lights. Iwas told be tech support it my in the future. I don't see how because there is no z- wave in sonos. Therefore it would have to use ipaddress visa WiFi
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    November 27, 2017
    My echo dots don't have Z-wave. Alexa controls via wifi to bridge.
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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    November 27, 2017
    ? you can't setup in the Alexa app
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    urseberhard
    Lyricist III
    November 27, 2017
    Works without problems, just set it up in your Alexa app. Search for the "Hue Lights" skill and enable it (see screenshot). Be careful to give your lights different names than you give to your speakers. I had a speaker called "Kitchen" and a Hue light called "Kitchen", so obviously Alexa did not know which to address. Now the light in the Kitchen is called "Window" and it works flawlessly. Hope this helps.
      tyy
      Contributor I
      November 28, 2017
      Ican't get my sonos one to even fond my hue lights. I have set up the alexa app it to first find hue. I do have the 2nd gen hue hub too. Any tips
      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      November 28, 2017
      You setup hue in the alexa app only. You don’t setup in Sonos app. Sonos One communicates via alexa to control.

      If you have properly setup in alexa app Sonos one can control.
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      ZurkeyDurkey
      Lyricist II
      December 7, 2017
      Sonos One can control hue lights. I already tested it out and can confirm this. It can't seem to enable lighting Scenes, though.
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