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SpecificNorthwest
SpecificNorthwest
Contributor I
January 4, 2018
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Connecting to Audible

  • January 4, 2018
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I received my first Sonos product over the holidays, and am LOVING it. As I was connecting all of my digital streaming services, I was surprised not to be able to find anything to connect my Audible account, and couldn't find a generic input where I could bootstrap it in. Am I missing something? Have others successfully found a way to troubleshoot this? Thanks.
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      Best answer by Chris
      Actually in recent announcements they have said its coming soon. I would personally expect to see full audible support coming in the next month (this quarter at maximum).

      From all postings and marketing from Sonos their priorities right now seem to be:
      1. App navigation and styling improvements
      2. Google Home integration
      3. Audible
      4. Airplay2
      5. Continued improvements Sonos One and Alexa integration

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      bockersjv
      bockersjv
      Local Superstar
      January 24, 2018
      And an expensive one at that.
      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      January 24, 2018
      And while the HomePod has a powerful chip in it I can’t trust Apple to support tit more than a few years. I think it’s crazy Sonos is going on 10+ Year old units still being supported with new firmware.
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      JerSeattle
      Enthusiast I
      January 24, 2018
      I agree with that. Just want to have the product to remain relevant to me compared to competitive products. So for me, I would rather have 5 -8 years of solid performance with lots of flexibility versus 10+ years of support and limited capabilities (via the limited Sonos app).
      JerSeattle
      Enthusiast I
      January 24, 2018
      Oh and on the "glorified airplay speaker" front. I know the quality will be at least as good as sonos (which is amazing) but the Airplay is the key feature for me. So I can kick off audio on my app or on my apple TV and have it stream to the homepod would be amazing. It would be even better if I could tell my homepod to pick up that stream of sound and it would do it. I want that from my amazing Sonos speakers. I would love to be watching a movie and have the audio stream from my sonos one or have sonos one find the stream and pick it up. I know alexa can do that when I "look for a device" and then stream to it. That's something I haven't tried with Sonos One. Can you ask sonos one to pick up a bluetooth device and just stream audio (no matter what app is playing) to the sonos like you can Alexa devices?
      JerSeattle
      Enthusiast I
      January 24, 2018
      My guess is no on that question. I'll try tonight.
      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      January 24, 2018
      No but I do not like the sound quality of Bluetooth and airplay. I have airplay express before connected to amp and sound was horrible compared to Sonos.

      I will take sound quality over flexibility of playing arbitrary stuff off my phone anyhow (which I have no use before).

      But with airplay 2 coming Sonos it is mute point.
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      JerSeattle
      Enthusiast I
      January 24, 2018
      For me, having the option and knowing the sound quality is lower is fine. The sound quality on my AirPods is really good over Bluetooth. So I don’t know what you’re talking about. But I’m not a “purist” in sound. I would rather have flexibility. Maybe I’m not picky enough to own sonos. It all depends on the company goals versus my goals. But the company (sonos) is painting a picture that they have my goals. That we are on the same page. So let’s get this moving along. At least give me firm dates.....
      JerSeattle
      Enthusiast I
      January 24, 2018
      What does it mean with AirPlay 2?
      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      January 24, 2018
      Well since airplay 2 coming to Sonos you will then be able to airplay to Sonos as you are wanting.
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