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Chizu
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May 28, 2021
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Controlling Sonos from outside the Wifi-network

  • May 28, 2021
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So I love our Sonos-system but i have kids that sometimes have trouble starting up music in their rooms and if not being at home we can’t really help at the moment. Been checking out different apps but not really found a good one and when asking the Sonos support the only way to do it is to remote control a unit on the network. That is possible but would really have been a lot nicer to just be able to do it through a app or something.

So guess I would like suggestions but would also like to lift the subject for a update in the Sonos app which is what i would like the most. :relaxed:

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    Best answer by Kumar

    If you have Sonos units with a line in jack, this can be done by setting line in to auto Play.

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    GuitarSuperstar
    Lead Maestro
    May 28, 2021

    You can have limited control of your Sonos speakers when you are outside of your WiFi network with some third-party smart home apps like Amazon Alexa and SmartThings. You just need to set up your speakers with Alexa or get a SmartThings hub.

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      KumarAnswer
      May 28, 2021

      If you have Sonos units with a line in jack, this can be done by setting line in to auto Play.

        controlav
        controlav
        Lead Maestro
        May 28, 2021

        I started writing a “Sonos Cloud” app to control the system off wifi, but the cloud API is too lame for it to be very useful right now. Basic play/pause works, but even something simple like artwork display is broken and there’s no way to select music except from Favorites and Sonos Playlists.

        Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
        Stanley_4
        Stanley_4
        Grand Maestro
        May 28, 2021

        Run your Sonos controller on a Windows (maybe a Mac?) and use the remote desktop tool to control the Windows app from your remote location.

         

        I use a Raspberry Pi for my local controller host and run a third party controller on it. I can connect to that using a remote desktop tool. Here and there are a few forum topics on it too.

        http://pascalopitz.github.io/unoffical-sonos-controller-for-linux/

         

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