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kerryp24
Contributor I
August 31, 2016
Question

Amazon Alexa Support for Sonos announced!!!!!

  • August 31, 2016
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According to the article I read....
"The Alexa feature will be a free software upgrade for existing Sonos hardware. A private beta later this year will be expanded to public release early in 2017."

My question... HOW DO I GET ON THE BETA?
I have four Play 1 and a Play 3 setup thru my house (living room and two betdrooms).
I'd love to be able to control the music for my Sonos system thru my Alexa (and DOT) system.

Anyone know how to get on these betas?

TIA
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      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      August 31, 2016
      The public beta will be announced here under the announcements section.

      Private beta's are selected by the Sonos beta team - no idea who and why they pick.
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        kerryp24Author
        Contributor I
        August 31, 2016
        Thanks Chris
          raywin
          Lyricist III
          September 1, 2016
          anything we can do to improve our chances to get in on the private beta? I will literally buy hardware for this...
          Paulw123
          Paulw123
          Virtuoso
          September 1, 2016
          I would think you will need sonos registered kit first, then being active on here probably helps, as it's a forum of owners & testers, why go elsewhere?
          or fanboys and culturalists as recently suggested in the press ;O)
          raywin
          Lyricist III
          September 15, 2016
          The real question is why should I stick with Sonos while the industry is leaving them behind.

          YMMV ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

          R
          jgatie
          jgatie
          September 15, 2016
          The real question is why should I stick with Sonos while the industry is leaving them behind.

          YMMV ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

          R

          Exactly who in "the industry" is leaving Sonos behind? Because last time I checked, Sonos is the top seller, with the most supported music services, with the best rankings on Amazon, and is the only one to announce support for voice control is coming soon. They've also announced direct streaming support which uses WiFi instead of the outdated AirPlay, or Band-aid Bluetooth method used by competitors. So in what particular area of the market does this symbolize being "left behind"?
            Chris
            Chris
            Lead Maestro
            September 15, 2016
            Yea why is that post here in thread with Sonos being the first brand to establish they are in partnership with Amazon. Who in industry is pledging support above them?
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            raywin
            Lyricist III
            September 15, 2016
            Amazon, Apple, B&W, Devialet, McIntosh... in alpha order...
            Top seller? you have access to unit sales and revenue for all of those devices, sounds like a lot of internet puffery to me.

            >So in what particular area of the market does this symbolize being "left behind"?

            I would say Voice Command of Music, they are behind Apple and Amazon, without even mentioning Google's head start in voice.

            R
            kerryp24Author
            Contributor I
            September 15, 2016
            And.. isn't THAT the reason they are teaming with Amazon Echo? Doesn't make sense for Sonos to try and... roll their own... voice command system when they can partner with the current leader/seller in the industry.
            raywin
            Lyricist III
            September 15, 2016
            Right, the reason they have to partner is they are getting left behind, I'll agree with that.
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