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Steve_199
Steve_199
Enthusiast II
Jan 17, 2015 4:50 PM UTC

Amazon Echo controller

I know it's a pipe dream but if you took the new Amazon Echo and used it to control Sonos, that would be unbelievable awesome.
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      Steve_199
      Steve_199Author
      Enthusiast II
      Jan 18, 2015 6:41 PM UTC
      Sonos definitely needs a voice controller, call it the "Sonos Vox" and charge $149.95. Design it so you can set it on a coffee table and the user can change volume, play favorites, and change tracks with their voice


      There, I did the tough part, now go make the product so I can buy it!
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        rlabatt
        Trending Lyricist I
        Mar 12, 2015 7:27 PM UTC
        Just received my Echo today and the second thing I thought was "I need to have this kind of control for my Sonos" - either as a Sonos Native product or via Echo.
        My first thought was more childish: ask the Echo "what's a henway"
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          Austin Andersen
          Contributor I
          Mar 30, 2015 7:09 PM UTC
          Came here to post the exact same thing
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            upstatemike
            Mar 30, 2015 11:53 PM UTC
            I would buy that.
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              Stephanie_2
              Lyricist III
              Apr 4, 2015 7:25 PM UTC
              Trying to create a groundswell for this feature....me, too!
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                Dave
                Dave
                Headliner II
                Apr 4, 2015 8:30 PM UTC
                You can't just add this feature to sonos, it would need a whole new product to work like the Echo.
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                Stephanie_2
                Lyricist III
                Apr 4, 2015 9:45 PM UTC
                I'm pretty sure that if Sonos worked *with* Amazon, the Echo could talk to their products. Amazon adds another capability to it's product, and Sonos adds functionality to its products without having to develop hardware. Sounds like a win-win to me...
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                  Dave
                  Dave
                  Headliner II
                  Apr 4, 2015 10:09 PM UTC
                  How? Do they talk in "wifi" mode or "sonosnet" mode? My setup is on sonosnet and is a closed mesh network that only sonos devices work on. I choose this method as it's secure and free from all my other network traffic. So the Echo wouldn't be able to speak to my sonos unless (and correct me if I'm wrong) it was set up in wifi mode. Don't get me wrong I think the Echo looks cool and wouldn't mind owning one, but I just don't see it being integrated with sonos
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                  upstatemike
                  Apr 4, 2015 11:12 PM UTC
                  Should work fine communicating over Wi-Fi... that's how iPhones and iPads control Sonos. 
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                    Stephanie_2
                    Lyricist III
                    Apr 4, 2015 11:37 PM UTC
                    My assumption is that if the Sonos app uses my wifi to send instructions to the speakers, they could share that code with the Echo device, which communicates via the same wifi network. And I'd also be curious whether Sonos will be talking to the Eero folks (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/03/eero/). Not sure what happens when two mesh networks are involved...
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