Contributor I

Group two rooms

Forum|Forum|3 years ago
November 26, 2022
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Hi, I only have two rooms in my system but I can’t create a permanent group with them. The group option is greyed out and it says I can only create groups when three or more rooms exist. What is the purpose of this limitation?

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Ken_Griffiths

@mrfish

Sorry the animation in my previous post perhaps isn’t very clear, but hope you understand that it’s possible to group the Sonos rooms without having to go and physically open the Sonos App separately, albeit the ‘group rooms’ screen is from the App. It all opens from within Spotify.

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mrfishAuthor

Contributor I

Yes I use this feature but :

When clicking the 3 dots of my One SL it brings me to the Appstore to download the S1 app! (It works with my Beam Gen 2)

The process is not user friendly, requires switches between apps and does not work with spotify desktop

Ken_Griffiths

Yes I use this feature but :

When clicking the 3 dots of my One SL it brings me to the Appstore to download the S1 app! (It works with my Beam Gen 2)

The process is not user friendly, requires switches between apps and does not work with spotify desktop

Fair enough, I wasn’t sure if your were using the ‘group rooms’ option. Personally, I tend to use SVC for room grouping/ungrouping, I just find that the easier option.

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John B

Actually my need is to start playing music from spotify app directly into a group, without using the sonos app. I understand that it si not currently possible because it requires:

Ability to create a group in a two rooms system
Support of groups in spotify connect

thanks

Both of these already exist. Grouping as it has always existed in Sonos is exactly the same in a two-room system as in systems with more rooms. Any limitations in grouping using Spotify Connect need to be addressed by Spotify.

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thorbym

Lyricist I

Because it isn’t necessary. There is already an “Everywhere” option when you tap the group icon.

The option to save a group is not really creating a permanent group. You are just creating a shortcut to group speakers. The “Everywhere” option would be the shortcut to group your two rooms.

"It isn't necessary"? How can you be sure about someone else's requirements?

I'll give you an example. My downstairs has two main, open-plan rooms with 6 Sonos scattered around in them. I'd like to be able to say "{voice service}, play {song} on downstairs".

I could do this with my old Chromecast built-in speakers, I could do this if I bought some echo speakers, but I can't do it on my brand new Sonos system because of some strange arbitrary rule made up by Sonos.

Instead I have to go into the native app and press buttons like it's 2012.

Why limit the functionality? What's gained?

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