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Malbers52
Contributor I
September 14, 2026
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alarms and groups

It’s disappointing that SONOS acknowledges that you cannot select a Group for an Alarm and instead instructs you to pick a Room and select Include Grouped Rooms. What if that Room is part of more than one Group??  The easier, more intuitive option would be to allow you to choose a Group for the Alarm, right?  And here is an additional issue I’m having with Include Grouped Rooms - a speaker that is not “included” in a room that is selected for an Alarm, comes on with that Alarm intermittently..?  Worst part of the issue is - it’s a 6AM Alarm that comes on in the bedroom when it shouldn’t.  That only heightens my frustration with this lack of feature/function when that happens.  Thanks for considering this enhancement. 

Sotiris C.
Sotiris C.Answer
Sonos Staff
September 15, 2026

Hello ​@Malbers52, welcome to the Sonos Community!

 

I am sorry to hear about your experience with the Sonos Alarms when used for grouped rooms within your Sonos system.

Allow me to explain and provide a bit more information:

What if that Room is part of more than one Group??

Each Room (Speaker) can be part of just one Group. It is not possible to have a Room be part of multiple different Groups within the Sonos App.

If you check “Include Grouped Rooms”, the alarm will play in the Rooms that are grouped together at the time the alarm goes off. It does not play in the Rooms that were grouped when the alarm was originally added to the Sonos System.

a speaker that is not “included” in a room that is selected for an Alarm, comes on with that Alarm intermittently..?

There might be a connection issue specific to that Room (speaker). I would recommend a quick network refresh by rebooting the affected speaker.

Worst part of the issue is - it’s a 6AM Alarm that comes on in the bedroom when it shouldn’t.

An alarm will go off in a Room only if it is set to within the Sonos App. Either as a Room targeted by an alarm or as a member of a Group that has a different member/Room targeted by an alarm and the option to Include Grouped Rooms is active.

 

If you can please provide a bit more information or explain the use-case so that I can mark this thread as a feature request and forward it internally.

I hope this helps.

 

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Sotiris C.
Sotiris C.Answer
Sonos Staff
September 15, 2026

Hello ​@Malbers52, welcome to the Sonos Community!

 

I am sorry to hear about your experience with the Sonos Alarms when used for grouped rooms within your Sonos system.

Allow me to explain and provide a bit more information:

What if that Room is part of more than one Group??

Each Room (Speaker) can be part of just one Group. It is not possible to have a Room be part of multiple different Groups within the Sonos App.

If you check “Include Grouped Rooms”, the alarm will play in the Rooms that are grouped together at the time the alarm goes off. It does not play in the Rooms that were grouped when the alarm was originally added to the Sonos System.

a speaker that is not “included” in a room that is selected for an Alarm, comes on with that Alarm intermittently..?

There might be a connection issue specific to that Room (speaker). I would recommend a quick network refresh by rebooting the affected speaker.

Worst part of the issue is - it’s a 6AM Alarm that comes on in the bedroom when it shouldn’t.

An alarm will go off in a Room only if it is set to within the Sonos App. Either as a Room targeted by an alarm or as a member of a Group that has a different member/Room targeted by an alarm and the option to Include Grouped Rooms is active.

 

If you can please provide a bit more information or explain the use-case so that I can mark this thread as a feature request and forward it internally.

I hope this helps.

 

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    Malbers52Author
    Contributor I
    October 10, 2026

    I don’t understand why you note that, “Each Room (Speaker) can be part of just one Group. It is not possible to have a Room be part of multiple different Groups within the Sonos App.” That’s not true and I just confirmed it. In fact, I’ve setup up four different groups, ALL with the same speakers in them.

    “Kitchen Counter” is the name of an Era 100 speaker I have there. It’s one of the first alarms I created. I have it grouped it with “Kitchen Move”, “Foyer”, and “Living Room”. This morning, the Alarm came on (again) in the “Bathroom”. “Bathroom” is NOT a part of the “Kitchen Counter” Group (??). 
    “Foyer” is a second Group that I created with the same speakers as the “Kitchen Counter” Group. When creating that Group, there were no restrictions. “Kitchen Counter”, “Kitchen Move”, “Living Room”, and even “Foyer”, the primary speaker for this second Group, were not greyed out and unavailable? I selected them just like while creating the “Kitchen Counter” Group. 
    “Test” is a third Group I created just now. Same speakers selected. None of them greyed out or unavailable because they’re already a part of another, as you believe. 
    incidentally, “Morning Wakeup” is a group I created that I WISH was a part of the list of Groups that I could choose from when creating an Alarm, but it’s not. And you guessed it, it has all the same speakers as the other three Groups. I see no restrictions on adding a speaker to more than one group…

    craigski
    Local Superstar
    September 15, 2026

    This request has been tagged as feature request many times already, don’t hold your breath.

    Feature Request - Alarm Groups

     

    There is a work around if you use iOS:

     

    craigski
    Local Superstar
    September 15, 2026

    Here is Sonos AI ‘Search’ response to this request:

    Group Alarms AI Response

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