Alexa in Canada

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October 6, 2017
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I have been stomped for days pondering about why Amazon has not release Alexa yet in Canada. I really hope it is not because of new privacy legislations that has been brought up. I probably am on the wrong forum about this and find an Amazon dedicated forum. But does anyone know why or if Alexa is launching soon in Canada?

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Best answer by Giller

Alexa is now up and running in Canada.

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dswayze

Lyricist III

I have four Echo devices which I imported from the US over the last year and 4 Play:1 speakers as well as the Connect. I set up my Echo devices using my US account. Actually, I first installed the AVS on a Pi and set up a developer account before getting 2 Dots. They work well in Canada. I sideloaded the .apk and now have it direct installed from the Play store. I control my Logitech Harmony Hub, and my Wink home automation hub using Alexa. I get CBC flash briefings. When the Sonos skill went public beta I enabled it and now have control over my Sonos speakers, yes, in Canada. When Amazon annouced the Canadian release this week I pointed my Echos to my Canadian address (to get local weather) and enabled Prime Music. I've been streaming Prime Music through my Sonos speakers from my Echos all weekend. So yes, it all works. The Sonos integration is still buggy and Alexa has problems locating some of the Made in Canada playlists on Prime Music but they are there. The Sonos app also confirms that the source is Prime Music. I am hoping that Amazon releases a SiriusXM Canada skill as right now the skill is US only and without it on the Echo you can't properly control it on the Sonos using Alexa. This has truly been one of those cases where patience has been required but Canada is catching up, slowly.

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bounou

Avid Contributor I

Hey everyone, as you've seen, Alexa just entered Canada. We're working with them right now to bring Alexa support to new areas. When Alexa starts working somewhere new, it takes some dedicated engineering work and testing to bring support to Sonos, but we are committed to bringing Alexa voice control to Sonos in Canada in early 2018.

In Sonos-speak that means 11:59 PM June 30, 2018

If you have the Sonos skill on Alexa it will work right now, i setup 3 One's today and it works great. Spotify integration and everything.

The only noticeable difference i can tell is that Alexa uses the old US english voice on my One's but the new Canadian english accent on the dot's i had working before.

Just like in the US not all features are supported, namely flash briefings.

The only thing i find weird is that when i ask Alexa to play Audible, it tells me it is starting and the name of the book but never actually starts. I would expect it would either tell me it is not supported or that i need to add Audible to the Sonos app.

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DarrylGittins

Lyricist I

If you have the Sonos skill on Alexa it will work right now p.

How do you get the Sonos skill on Alexa? I'm in Canada and I can't see it in Search.