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ninjaguy
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Oct 8, 2018 6:51 PM UTC
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Telling Alexa to play music from a specific device

I have a Sonos Beam called Living Room and an Echo Dot.

How do I tell Alexa to play music specifically from the Echo Dot or Beam?
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    jgatie
    jgatieAnswer
    Oct 8, 2018 7:23 PM UTC
    "Alexa, play (track/artist/album/station/etc.) in Living Room" will do it. Also, if the Beam is the device doing the listening, you can skip stating the room name.
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    jgatie
    jgatieAnswer
    Oct 8, 2018 7:23 PM UTC
    "Alexa, play (track/artist/album/station/etc.) in Living Room" will do it. Also, if the Beam is the device doing the listening, you can skip stating the room name.
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    ninjaguyAuthor
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    Oct 9, 2018 4:09 PM UTC
    When I say "Alexa, what time is it?" how does it determine which device speaks? How do I make a specific device respond to my question if it's not a request to play music?
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    jgatie
    jgatie
    Oct 9, 2018 4:33 PM UTC
    The closest device should answer. There is no way I know of to restrict certain activities to a particular Alexa device.
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    ninjaguyAuthor
    Avid Contributor III
    Oct 16, 2018 4:30 AM UTC
    When my Echo Dot picks up my request to play music, how do I tell Alexa to switch the output to Living Room?
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