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Alister_3
Contributor I
June 25, 2013

IFTTT - If This Then That integration with Sonos

If-This-Then-That (IFTTT) integration could be cool. You could expose playlists to IFTTT as either triggers and/or actions. Use cases could be when a certain playlist is started trigger lights (via WeMo or Hue). So for lighting, a "Dinner" playlist could set a particular light pattern via Hue, or turn off some lights and dim others. You could also start a playlist when motion is detected via a WeMo motion detector, or when a switch is turned on, start a playlist. You could use a special playlist to provide a house-wide audio notifier of new emails, Facebook/Twitter/app.net mentions, or Google Calendar events.
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      TomTomTom
      TomTomTom
      Avid Contributor I
      December 15, 2015
      Yes please!
        GreenI
        GreenI
        Avid Contributor I
        December 16, 2015
        Yes I would like to see Sonos integration with some external services / home automation services ....
        andrew77uk
        Trending Lyricist I
        December 23, 2015
        I'd love this, imagine being able to wake up with a report of your days calendar, being able to have emails read out from certain users, having notifications of when people are leaving work, reminders for the day, Audio notifications when someone comes to the front door, intercoms.... possibilities are endless.
        CodeSlinger
        Avid Contributor I
        January 10, 2016
        Please add IFTTT support!
        sunspot
        Contributor III
        January 29, 2016
        Sonos, you guys should really find a way to open up an API to allow people like all of those pining here to help build the Sonos into an even more amazing platform. Imagine if you gave hooks so we could use the Sonos platform with Amazon Echo and/or with Siri, etc.

        Let alone opening up to work with IFTT. If you created a channel, how amazing would that be!

        Disappointed to see all these requests for several years, with no feedback whatsoever. Learn from others who do give their user base real time feedback, at least to show them the love a bit.
        nicka99
        nicka99
        Local Superstar
        February 2, 2016
        +1 !
        just got a Nest thermostat as my first device that prompted me to investigate IFTTT. There is huge potential here with Sonos also.
        chicks
        chicks
        February 7, 2016
        http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6b2012a8-008c-11e5-b91e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3zWS9C9JT

        in spite of being an early example of the benefits of adding wireless connectivity to a previously offline device, Mr MacFarlane is cautious about the hype around the “smart home” and “internet of things”.

        “I don’t think people are looking for us to control your TV or your lights. I do believe in the ‘smart home’ but I think it has to solve problems for people,” he said.

        “There is so much for us to do with that narrow focus of filling your home with music. I think the music services have just gotten started.”
        User717546
        Lyricist II
        February 11, 2016
        +1
        We really need this protocol to be integrated, Folks !
        Rog10
        Contributor I
        March 14, 2016
        While Sonos were among the first and for sure are the biggest and have excellent products, Im getting afraid they will be missing out on the new customers entering the segment. No IFTTT integration (almost ALL new successful products entering the market in any kind of streaming / connected products opens up for IFTTT, )no Apple HomeKit integration, no voice control etc etc.

        I really hope they will not become the Nokia of streaming music. (They had the best phones, they were the biggest, but missed the train and where are they now ?)
        William_37
        Trending Lyricist I
        March 16, 2016
        Missed the point entirely, did you?

        I was attacking the ridiculous notion that Sonos doesn't respect its customers..
        Seems you did too, apart from making obnoxious yet irrelevant remarks.

        The lack of respect point is regarding the fact that this thread, with over 100 replies, and this feature, which might be the #1 requested by users, didn't received an official reply from Sonos in the past two years. And this - IS - indeed a lack of respect for their customers.
        I don't care if you're a Sonos fanboy, I do love my sonos system myself, but you should start to show a little objectivity - improvements could be made, not on the overall experience, but on connectivity.
        I just hate when someone is attacking my posts instead of exchanging on the real issue raised here.

        I was quite understanding with the lack of support of DTS and AirPlay, two other major requested features, that Sonos didn't want to implement for - I guess - licensing costs & hardware. But open APIs and Third Party Connectivity are purely a matter of goodwill and developer time.

        The fact that two years ago this development was not a priority for Sonos might have been true, but I think it would now be time to at least give us an update on where they stand. What is taking priority now?

        I definitely agree with the latest contribution, Sonos needs to be integrated to the home, being able to automatically disable the speakers when leaving home (smart alarms / nest integration) is what we expect to see now. When I walk out of my house, the alarm system turns on, my nest thermostat is set to away, my hue lights turn off, why is my Sonos system stupid and still playing if I forgot to get my phone out of my pocket, fire the app, and press pause? Time to move on! Hell with their Music partnership, Apple should throw them HomeKit connectivity as well!
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