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June 12, 2018

When will true compatibility with Alexa & Sonos be available?

  • June 12, 2018
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I have Sonos in virtually every room and it is used daily to play the radio, streaming music and most importantly music from my NAS. Can someone tell me:
When i can use Alexa to play my music from my NAS drive?
When Alexa will be able to group and ungroup Sonos zones?
Now my 4 CR100 controllers no longer work i bought Alexa to help, unfortunately it is not yet a proper solution.

Unless someone out there has a fix??
Thanks
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    controlav
    Lead Maestro
    June 12, 2018
    This can already be done using 3rd party Alexa Skills for Sonos. Based on its current architecture, the official Sonos skill will never work against your NAS.
    Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
    jgatie
    June 12, 2018
    This can already be done using 3rd party Alexa Skills for Sonos. Based on its current architecture, the official Sonos skill will never work against your NAS.

    Note, this poster has a financial interest in selling his "3rd party Alexa Skill". His posts constantly mention a "3rd party Alexa Skill", but do not mention his skill by name because he is the "3rd party" and has been warned about Spam. Take his comment on the possibility of playing via local libraries in that vein.

    In truth, if Sonos/Amazon enables the Audio Player API to work on 3rd party speakers, it is quite possible to initiate play of your local library on Sonos via Alexa. Sonos' CEO has mentioned that they intend to work on this ability, as well as support for music services that are not directly supported by Alexa.
    controlav
    Lead Maestro
    June 17, 2018
    financial interest in selling his "3rd party Alexa Skill"

    If by "selling" you mean "giving away", and by "financial interest" you mean "losing $45/month running the server", then you are spot-on. Get real: people want Alexa control over their music collections. I am offering a solution to this (and I'm not the only one), as Sonos cannot/are not. I don't see why you continually give me grief over this. I also don't see you offering any actionable help when people ask for this feature.
    Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
    Lyricist II
    December 19, 2018
    I have Sonos in virtually every room and it is used daily to play the radio, streaming music and most importantly music from my NAS. Can someone tell me:
    When i can use Alexa to play my music from my NAS drive?
    When Alexa will be able to group and ungroup Sonos zones?
    Now my 4 CR100 controllers no longer work i bought Alexa to help, unfortunately it is not yet a proper solution.

    Unless someone out there has a fix??
    Thanks
    Neo
    Lyricist II
    December 19, 2018
    I truly thought a Sonos One would be the answer to my music needs but clearly not as I have invested a lot of money in my music collection and want to be able to stream it from my NAS using Alexa. I would never have bought a Sonos if I had known it wasn't possible. One forum impresario said to hassle google not Sonos and I can see their logic. Well I think I will just take advantage of the return period and send it back instead of buying a second one. Sorry Sonos it produces lovely sound but isn't as advertised unless you pay for subscriptions to Google e't al I am not impressed.
    Neo
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    December 19, 2018
    While we haven't seen any true integration - Sonos has made hints that its a possibility - will have to wait and see. We haven't seen Google Home integration yet as to its capabilities.
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    December 19, 2018
    I truly thought a Sonos One would be the answer to my music needs but clearly not as I have invested a lot of money in my music collection and want to be able to stream it from my NAS using Alexa. I would never have bought a Sonos if I had known it wasn't possible. One forum impresario said to hassle google not Sonos and I can see their logic. Well I think I will just take advantage of the return period and send it back instead of buying a second one. Sorry Sonos it produces lovely sound but isn't as advertised unless you pay for subscriptions to Google e't al I am not impressed.What has Google got to do with it? What subscriptions are you referring to? Where does the advertising claim anywhere that Sonos One is anything other than Alexa-enabled? Still, do without Sonos by all means. Which multiroom system are you planning to get in its place?

    P.S. Forum impresario? Dictionary definition of impresario: 'a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas'

    You seem confused in many ways.
    pwt
    Virtuoso
    December 19, 2018
    Sorry Sonos it produces lovely sound but isn't as advertised unless you pay for subscriptions to Google e't al I am not impressed.
    In what way is it 'not as advertised'? Just curious.
    4 x P:5 | Sub | 4 x P:1 | 3 x Connect | 2 x Boost | Connect:Amp | 2 x One | Amp | Move | Port | Era 300
    jgatie
    December 19, 2018
    I think someone is a little confused. :?
    Lyricist II
    December 21, 2018
    I truly thought a Sonos One would be the answer to my music needs but clearly not as I have invested a lot of money in my music collection and want to be able to stream it from my NAS using Alexa. I would never have bought a Sonos if I had known it wasn't possible. One forum impresario said to hassle google not Sonos and I can see their logic. Well I think I will just take advantage of the return period and send it back instead of buying a second one. Sorry Sonos it produces lovely sound but isn't as advertised unless you pay for subscriptions to Google e't al I am not impressed.What has Google got to do with it? What subscriptions are you referring to? Where does the advertising claim anywhere that Sonos One is anything other than Alexa-enabled? Still, do without Sonos by all means. Which multiroom system are you planning to get in its place?

    P.S. Forum impresario? Dictionary definition of impresario: 'a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas'

    You seem confused in many ways.

    I truly thought a Sonos One would be the answer to my music needs but clearly not as I have invested a lot of money in my music collection and want to be able to stream it from my NAS using Alexa. I would never have bought a Sonos if I had known it wasn't possible. One forum impresario said to hassle google not Sonos and I can see their logic. Well I think I will just take advantage of the return period and send it back instead of buying a second one. Sorry Sonos it produces lovely sound but isn't as advertised unless you pay for subscriptions to Google e't al I am not impressed.What has Google got to do with it? What subscriptions are you referring to? Where does the advertising claim anywhere that Sonos One is anything other than Alexa-enabled? Still, do without Sonos by all means. Which multiroom system are you planning to get in its place?

    P.S. Forum impresario? Dictionary definition of impresario: 'a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas'

    You seem confused in many ways.

    In the older sense of the word an impresario was a theatrical person full of bluster and little help. Anyway with 8000 odd posts to your name I am sure you have great technical ability so how about helping a newbie out?

    See https://www.sonos.com/en-gb/home this page says "With Amazon Alexa you use your voice to play and control songs, playlists, radio stations and more." This is the main reason I bought the Sonos one. So lets try the example from the same web page though without the room designation.... "Alexa, Play the Kinks" Alexa replies "The Kinks is available on Amazon music unlimited do you want to sign up......" OK fair enough I don't have any Kinks in the my home library lets try Pink Floyd that IS in my library, they play using the app.... "Alexa, Play Pink Floyd" Alexa replies "The Pink Floyd is available on Amazon music unlimited do you want to sign up......" So how do I how do I use my Sonos One with Alexa to "play and control songs" that are quite clearly in my library? I can even buy a copy of a Kinks album and stick it in my library to prove the point. Please forgive me if I sound exasperated I've been at this for ages, this should be simple and if it is I will humbly apologize?
    Neo