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AJF
Contributor I
July 21, 2016

Any Bluetooth Button That Can Control Sonos

  • July 21, 2016
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There's a number of Bluetooth Buttons on Amazon and I've tried several to control the Volume, Pause/Play, and FF but they only seem so control the Volume on my iPads/iPods.
Does anyone know of a BT button that will work with Sonos?
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ratty
ratty
July 21, 2016
Sonos doesn't natively support Bluetooth, in any shape or form.
AJFAuthor
Contributor I
July 21, 2016
I'm not talking about controlling the Sonos speaker directly with BT as they only use WiFi, I'm talking about controlling it through the app on an iPhone or iPod. I believe that falls to the BT button manufacturer. I have a BT button that I use in my car that can control Slacker (pause, stop.skip song and can even open Siri) and BT is not not native to Slacker.
ratty
ratty
July 21, 2016
Ah, okay. Obviously the focus is not on the Sonos controller app. Did you try enabling lockscreen controls?
AJFAuthor
Contributor I
July 21, 2016
Oh I haven't tried that, I'll check it out when I get home, thanks
AJFAuthor
Contributor I
July 22, 2016
Ok tried that but it still only controls volume. Well it was worth a shot.
John B
July 22, 2016
This one CLAIMS to do a bit more than volume on Sonos, but have you tried it already?

https://flic.io/
Stuart_W
Stuart_W
World-Class Superstar
July 22, 2016
Ok tried that but it still only controls volume. Well it was worth a shot.

No, you can start and stop radio or music sources or skip back or forward to next or previous track.
Arc + Sub (Gen 1) + 2 x Play 1/ Stereo Play 3s/ Era 100 Stereo in Kitchen, One Stereo in Bedroom, Play 1 stereo pair in Study, Play 1in Bathroom, Sonos Move 2
John B
July 22, 2016
Ok tried that but it still only controls volume. Well it was worth a shot.

No, you can start and stop radio or music sources or skip back or forward to next or previous track.

I think AJF meant that enabling lockscreen controls didn't improve the functionality of the BT button.
Stuart_W
Stuart_W
World-Class Superstar
July 22, 2016
Shrugs shoulders.
Arc + Sub (Gen 1) + 2 x Play 1/ Stereo Play 3s/ Era 100 Stereo in Kitchen, One Stereo in Bedroom, Play 1 stereo pair in Study, Play 1in Bathroom, Sonos Move 2
John B
July 22, 2016
Shrugs shoulders.
Fair point....

@AJF - the gain from this seems pretty small. What's the appeal? I think I'll wait for native Sonos voice control.
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