The New Echo

When you are using an Echo device everything is in the same unit so when you issue a command while music is playing it just mutes the music. If you engage a different function like ask for a weather report or something it just does that and then returns to the music when finished. Sonos does not need to do anything more than that but there is a question of how that will work when you have two separate devices involved. Will the Echo in the room keep track of the state of a Sonos component in the same room so it can do the same sort of muting that it does when everything is in the same box? That seems like an unrealistic expectation so the next best thing would be to be able to mute the Sonos manually when a competing function is happening on the Echo. Just wondering what mechanism will be available to do that and how easy it will be in day to day practice. I'm sure Sonos is already thinking about this.