SONOS + ECHO DOT

Hi Windypete, it's coming this year, but we haven't announced when. We'll let everyone know what it's ready to go.

Everything up until now said 1st QTR 2017. Disappointing.

Everything up until now said 1st QTR 2017. Disappointing.

Nothing from Sonos ever said 1st QTR 2017. Matter of fact, the press release specifically said "general availability in 2017". Anyone who said differently was making an assumption.

And there were a lot of people who were making that assumption. Quite a few posts on these boards. People being hopeful, I'd guess.

OR SHOULD I PUT THIS IN ALL CAPS ! ?

Never said what I read was from Sonos.

Never said what I read was from Sonos.

What was said were assumptions. Incorrect assumptions, as it turns out, by myself as well as others. But I'm not sure where Sonos' responsibility lies in regards to the incorrect assumptions of its users.

I'm really disappointed about how long this is taking. A firm which was an innovator now feels like a dinosaur. I'm wondering if i might not be better off investing in an amazon echo rather than wait for my play 1's to integrate with my dot.

If what I understand, when support for the Dot becomes available on Sonos, it'll be pretty useless for someone like me who subscribes to Apple Music which is not a service supported by the Dot. Have tried Spotify and Amazon Music in anticipation but have gone back to Apple Music, so unless I go back to one of these I won't be able to fully use Dot with my Sonos. I appreciate this will not apply to many many others though.

If what I understand, when support for the Dot becomes available on Sonos, it'll be pretty useless for someone like me who subscribes to Apple Music which is not a service supported by the Dot. Have tried Spotify and Amazon Music in anticipation but have gone back to Apple Music, so unless I go back to one of these I won't be able to fully use Dot with my Sonos. I appreciate this will not apply to many many others though.

I think you too are making assumptions. The interviews I have read with the CEO, whilst being careful not to give too much away, do give hope that the Sonos Alexa integration will be more comprehensive that i first feared.

It does look like you will be able to call up music from your Local source. This may also mean it will work with all music services, but I suspect that may not be the case.

For me so long as i can call up music by Album/Artist/Track and play the whole album as one or individual tracks that will be great. This also assumes, Volume, Track skip and other features too. Will be interesting to see how zones are handled too. If it is anything like home automation you may need to state Room/Zone before initial music request. Just hope it is not required for subsequent requests on the same dot/echo.

What is clear is that Sonos sees voice control as very important so want to get it right at the outset. I can wait for that....but not too long 😃

The interviews I have read with the CEO, whilst being careful not to give too much away, do give hope that the Sonos Alexa integration will be more comprehensive that i first feared.

Quite right; but combined with the time being taken, it has raised expectations to a level that may not be met!