Airplay 2 support for PLAY 1

Dear Jeez

I believe we have lost. We’ve lost functionality, lost the ability to group speakers without making purchases and now forced to buy a system that uses Alexa where I made the choice buying the last 2 of my 4 play 1’s not to buy the latest because I specifically did not want an Alexa machine in my house (for reasons)

But thanks for your forgiveness

We’ve lost functionality, lost the ability to group speakers without making purchases
Nonsense. Grouping works just as before. The addition of Airplay to selected players simply means that an AP-capable player must be part of the group if you want to use AP.

now forced to buy a system that uses Alexa

Again, nonsense. Just don't enable voice control. And turn the microphone off..

Don’t trust a listening device that just doesn’t listen because you flicked a switch in software

Don’t trust a listening device that just doesn’t listen because you flicked a switch in software
So I'm guessing you don't trust the microphones in your cell phone and computers? Siri or Cortana is always listening too unless you flick a switch in some software.

Don’t trust a listening device that just doesn’t listen because you flicked a switch in software

The microphone power is hard wired to the LED on the top, so unless someone breaks into your house, opens the Sonos unit, and desolders the wire, you will always know when it is turned on.

And send the audio to where exactly, if you don't actually have an Alexa-enabled Amazon account? The 'switch in software' is in fact one with a hardware telltale, since the microphone LED is physically wired to the microphone array.

BTW there's a hitherto unused microphone in the PLAY:5 gen2, so you'd better avoid that one too. And, yes, you'd better give up your phone as well.

Sorry. I should have said “non Apple device”

I’ll just stand against this wall and paint an X on my chest now

Sorry. I should have said “non Apple device”

I’ll just stand against this wall and paint an X on my chest now

LOL, we're not attacking you! We're discussing, debating if you will.

And Cortana is a Microsoft "innovation."

Being enlightened has never felt so good

I'm not sure if its ok to post links, but there was a way around this glitch to play songs using Airplay on any group.

however there are a number of things to keep in mind:

• you will need to invest in buying Apple airport express
• you will need to invest in buying a sonos amp or something from sonos that you can connect the "express" to.
• using this system you can only stream one song at a time, you can not play different songs on different groups using the same express.

Apparently apple discontinued the apple express however u may still find some laying around.

The link to setting up the system as such is below:
https://www.lifewire.com/airport-express-airplay-with-sonos-system-1847382

I hope this helps.