Sonos / Echo Private Beta

Just adding myself to the potential beta test pool -- in the UK with an Echo (two, actually) and Dots Gen2 on order. Here's hoping....

This thread is NOT an application for Beta testing.

There are enough clues contained within to help you maximise your chances and posting in this thread is NOT one of them

Thanks for that Stuart, very helpful info. It wasn't clear to me how Sonos would know which of their users have an Echo and/or Dot in order to select people for inclusion in beta testing, so I was just passing that info along. I guess based on your reply that they just somehow will know....

I am in the beta program, by the way, and pretty familiar with how it works.

The emerging integration with Alexa was a significant element in my decision to purchase several SONOS products... I'd very much appreciate the opportunity to participate in the beta testing when it becomes available.

Regards,
Matt

First step is to go to Sonos Beta Login and join the public beta program. This will put you in the pool for private beta.

I am already enroled in Beta program. Any Idea how to control my Sonos with Alexa on Echo?

I am already enroled in Beta program. Any Idea how to control my Sonos with Alexa on Echo?
If you are on the private beta you should not be discussing such things here. If you are on the public Beta I suggest you read the release notices, and that applies to every release. They tell you what new functionality has been released and how to use it.

Just to clarify a few things here guys, the public beta going on right now for version 7.2 does not contain anything specific for Amazon Echo control. It has several fixes and other things, but nothing for Echo. If you're in that beta that's great, we'd love to get your feedback, so please make sure to share.

From our lists of beta testers that give good feedback the team will sometimes reach out to offer participation in private betas. We're glad you're all interested and we'll be letting everyone know if there's any option for testing things out in a more public beta.

Looks like Plex just integrated Alexa. Hope it's better than their Sonos integration...

https://www.plex.tv/blog/alexa-ask-plex-get-party-started/

Looks like Plex just integrated Alexa. Hope it's better than their Sonos integration...

https://www.plex.tv/blog/alexa-ask-plex-get-party-started/

The Alexa integration is interesting by itself but combined with webhooks it suggests real potential for the platform. On the other hand as you point out, the Sonos integration didn't pan out so well so this announcement should be taken with a grain of salt until we see how well the actual execution works.