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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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      Andyman30
      Trending Lyricist I
      January 12, 2014
      P-L-E-A-S-E ! Will be great to have geofence support for my Sonos System !
      Tom_133
      Contributor I
      January 29, 2014
      +1, yes
      Marcus Wilson
      Lyricist III
      February 11, 2014
      This is a must. Do you not have the developers to do it sonos? If not, open it up to open source coding, there are plenty of us that would be willing to bind the API for free.. You could even just send your API to me and I would happily do it! I am all about home automization and use SmartThings, Wemo, hue, nest, and most recently Sonos... Upset to see that it's not on IFTTT tho! Such a perfect fit... I just assumed it was on there when I bought. I mean, the speakers are cool and the controller option with multiple iPhone rocks... But if you open up to IFTTT, your $$$ price tag will be more easily accepted
        pwhite8314
        Avid Contributor I
        February 11, 2014
        Marcus, I'm into all the same HA systems you are - check out Revolv as well, it has potential to join everything together ,and it talks to Sonos. But still, IFTTT would be a huge advantage for Sonos, especially with some of the other companies finally coming out with competing products.
        webgs
        Lyricist I
        February 12, 2014
        How has this not happened yet?! I'd echo Marcus' point - if you can't develop this in-house, please, please, please provide some open source resources. I enjoy my Play:1, and would consider networking my house with more Sonos products --- but only if I had the flexibility use them the way I want.
        Marcus Wilson
        Lyricist III
        February 12, 2014
        Thanks Peter, I was just about to buy the Revolv but then saw that SmartThings is opening up connectivity to third party apps including sonos, hue, wemo, and more to follow. I already have the SmartThings so I wrote them to see if I can get access to the SmartLabs (which you need to access the unreleased apps). I am going to hold off getting the revolv to see if SmartThings can do it. Seems that it will work well and I like smartthings anyway... Also nice to save $299! I will post back when I am able to try it!
        pwhite8314
        Avid Contributor I
        February 12, 2014
        I was an early investor in SmartThings, but it was too buggy in the early days. Revolv has it's issues too, and there's no way (yet) to build rules. I have all kinds of reliability issues with Wemo. Then I'm also invested in WigWag, Goldee Canary.....the first gizmo that comes out that can glue all of this stuff together will take the crown, I'm just not sure which it'll be yet! Good luck with Smart Things, they seemed to be a good bunch of guys. I'm happy to switch bits of my HA platform out, but the only two that will always stay are Nest, and, of course, Sonos. Bring on IFTTT!
        Marcus Wilson
        Lyricist III
        February 12, 2014
        Awesome! Ya I just keep adding new things as I find them and it will be nice to have something that brings them all together. For now, IFTTT surely seems like the easiest solution. It's such a great tool!
        Matt_43
        Lyricist I
        February 14, 2014
        Yes please! I have 3 Sonos speakers and am looking to buy 4-5 more if integrated with IFTTT
        Marcus Wilson
        Lyricist III
        February 14, 2014
        Alright, I am on day three with my SmartThings Labs access and have successfully integrated my Sonos, Nest, WeMo, and Hue. I still have some things to work out but I can have my music turn on when I get home, lights turn on in specific rooms, switch the fan on, and set the heat/ac to my desired temp. Can also do the opposite when I leave. There is a lot of coding that needs to be done, but luckily, most of it has already been done by the SmartThings Build community. I would highly recommend it, especially if you already have a SmartThings or are thinking of getting one. Once you get your account, you just have to send an email to labs@smartthings.com asking them to give you access to the labs.
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