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November 19, 2012

Sonos as Intercom / PA system

  • November 19, 2012
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Surprised I can not find this idea in here. My house is not exactly small, and I am now running 7 Sonos players. When running the Sonos app on iPhone, it would be great to be able to select a sone (or a sone group), press a button and talk via my phone to that sone. I can not imagine it being a technically complex solution. I would be really excited about being able to use Sonos in this way, and so would quite a few others! (see discussion forum): http://forums.sonos.com/showthread.php?t=8672 Is this something that can be considered? If this could be a part of Sonos long term solutions, I would wait for it. Else I would need to start think alternative solutions.
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    Gopikrishnan Gopalakrishnan
    Contributor I
    May 20, 2015
    Drew, it will be great if you can have the app enhanced to have a quick access to it from widget screen! Since the premise of your app is simple, I hope it will be well suited for this?
    MnMshorty
    Lyricist I
    July 12, 2015
    Have you tried the Sonos Voice ios App?


    Drew please continue work on the SonosVoice Android app. I have been waiting for that sway my decision to purchase Sonos apeakers.
      Jordan Koorey
      Lyricist II
      July 31, 2015
      Adding this feature will most certainty add to people wanting to purchase this system. I would love to see an app on android!
      Rodieandpa
      Lyricist I
      July 31, 2015
      I have 6 Play1's and use them as music sources and use SonosVoice for intercom.  The intercom app works ok but if Sonos integrated it, that would definitely be a large competitively advantage in fending off home integrators.
      Jordan Koorey
      Lyricist II
      July 31, 2015
      I have 6 Play1's and use them as music sources and use SonosVoice for intercom.  The intercom app works ok but if Sonos integrated it, that would definitely be a large competitively advantage in fending off home integrators.
      Yes definitely! I have 8 at my place .. I like to use it to play around with the family and send casual announcements out. I bet if Sonos does develop one It will be 10x as better as Sonosvoice. A bit upset that Sonos voice isnt on android but life goes on!
      Jordan Koorey
      Lyricist II
      July 31, 2015
      Hi Drew Im from Australia .. not sure if apps are universally the same .. I had it on my apple iphone but I changed to android. Would love to see little things such as a "pre tone" to catch peoples attentions and most important see it on android? If it takes me paying for it, I will be happy to pay for what ever the cost may be. Thankyou 🙂
      jonbellemore
      Lyricist II
      August 5, 2015
      Any luck here for android? Would love to use it for a wedding...
      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      August 5, 2015
      Honestly - even the iPhone app is good for calling the kids - but the noticeable delay makes it hard to do a lot of talking in.

      You would be better off with a Sonos with input (like Play:5) attached to a mic.
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        Bidbox
        Lyricist I
        August 23, 2015
        An app that does this is already available for Android and is called "AirAudio".

        It works really well and its free.
        ckoral
        Lyricist II
        December 31, 2015
        An app that does this is already available for Android and is called "AirAudio".

        It works really well and its free.

        BidBox, I know your post is 4 months old, but I created an account to say thank you. This is exactly what I needed.

        Now to find a way to remote start SONOS for my mother in-law when I am at work. She has no clue how to use technology. This type of stuff is what makes SONOS really awesome!
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