IFTTT - If This Then That integration with Sonos

With somebody so supposedly in touch with technology, you'd think they'd have read the latest blog. And if you think 100 replies is significant, well that proves you don't read this forum much either. Hell, the old hires thread could get 100 replies in a couple days when it heated up.

Jgatie, you should realize that this forum is mainly visited by existing Sonos users. It is not visited by the thousands of people who simply dont buy Sonos because of lacking functionality.
Even if you dont consider any new functionality being important for yourself, I do think that its of your interest that the product survives ?
Personally i had the system for seven year and its quite a small system of only five units, and what prevents me from expanding further is that my fear (really hoping im wrong) is that being the leader made them complancent, not understanding where the market is going. Do you remember Ericsson mobile phones ? Nokia mobile phones ? Seen them around lately ?

Wouldn't the likely future intergration with Amazon Alexa/Echo bring about voice automation? ie Alexa switch sonos off, and they could all power down...maybe

Wouldn't the likely future intergration with Amazon Alexa/Echo bring about voice automation? ie Alexa switch sonos off, and they could all power down...maybe

That would only be possible if the Sonos units had an off function, which they don't (probably, there might well be a shutdown command left behind in the Linux OS they run but it's not commonly accessible to the users). So what you'd actually need is alexa integrated with your home power switches so you can command them to cut power when you want. That's a generic non-Sonos task though.

Jgatie, you should realize that this forum is mainly visited by existing Sonos users. It is not visited by the thousands of people who simply dont buy Sonos because of lacking functionality.
Even if you dont consider any new functionality being important for yourself, I do think that its of your interest that the product survives ?
Personally i had the system for seven year and its quite a small system of only five units, and what prevents me from expanding further is that my fear (really hoping im wrong) is that being the leader made them complancent, not understanding where the market is going. Do you remember Ericsson mobile phones ? Nokia mobile phones ? Seen them around lately ?

I have absolutely no idea what this has to do with my post. In fact, since my post brings up a blog entry that speaks to future expansion into voice control and other technologies, I'm even more baffled.

Wouldn't the likely future intergration with Amazon Alexa/Echo bring about voice automation? ie Alexa switch sonos off, and they could all power down...maybe

Uhhh. maybe. But I would rank it pretty low on priority. I don't know how many times you have rebooted a Sonos system, but I imagine people would be pretty frustrated if after saying "Alexa, play my morning playlist in the breakfast nook." she replies "Please wait 5 minutes while I boot up the Sonos system and bring the mesh online. Why don't you make some toast?"

I just bought a new house and have added a ton of automation to include the echo, lifx lights, august locks & door bell w/ keypad, smart things hub, scout alarm, etc. Everything in the new house will be connected. Even my garage door opener is internet accessible! I am interested in buying into the Sonos platform but am waiting to see what they do with things like ifttt and amazon echo integration. I want to be able to set an alarm that makes my lights turn on slowly, play music (sonos), start the coffee maker, and put the news on my television in the living room (harmony remote). The music is the part that is still missing for me.

Sonos - please let us know if you are going to add ifttt and/or echo integration. If you are, there are many people like myself who will buy in now and happily wait for these features. Until we know for sure if you intend to add them many of us will hold off or go to a different system should one become available that meets these needs/wants. Please let us know! :)

2 cents.

I've been using Sonos for over 10 years. Love it. But something happened: I bought an amazon Echo and hooked it up to Spotify. Haven't listened to Sonos in my kitchen since. (and the echo does not sound nearly as good). Please do this. My ears are killing me.

I'm itching for Amazon Echo support, but if IFTTT was supported, it would be an interim solution for getting Alexa to control Sonos. I would be the happiest man if that day comes.

At the end the Sonos Controller is an app. So it should not be so difficult to add a few simple options, such as geofencing, more sofisticated alarms , integration with Siri and Google voice to the apps without having to touch the Sonos embedded software. A perfect solution will requite time and resources, a first layer of imrpvements should be much simpler.....