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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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      Sportsnapper
      Lyricist II
      March 12, 2014
      And this....http://www.patricklenz.co/blog/2014/1/1/last-one-out-turn-off-the-music
      pwhite8314
      Avid Contributor I
      March 12, 2014
      Good info, but realistically all too complicated for your average consumer.  All we need is for Sonos to embrace IFTTT.....
      Alexandre_2
      Contributor I
      May 28, 2014
      Yes please! I want IFTTT to tell Sonos to start a playlist automatically when I get home. It'd be cool to have it turn off music when I leave home automatically. I could play a song when my favorite sport team scores a goal. I could have audio notifications for emails or weather alerts. SOOOO MANY USES, PLEASE do ! Simple : go here : https://ifttt.com/platform
      The_1
      Lyricist II
      May 29, 2014
      Yes please! I want IFTTT to tell Sonos to start a playlist automatically when I get home. It'd be cool to have it turn off music when I leave home automatically. I could play a song when my favorite sport team scores a goal. I could have audio notifications for emails or weather alerts. SOOOO MANY USES, PLEASE do ! Simple : go here : https://ifttt.com/platform


      AGREE...  Would love to see IFTTT & Sonos seamless!
      A belkin wemo motion could turn on Sonos I would have one in every room!!
      The_1
      Lyricist II
      May 29, 2014
      AGREE...  Would love to see IFTTT & Sonos seamless!
      A belkin wemo motion could turn on Sonos I would have one in every room!!
      User483204
      Lyricist III
      June 16, 2014
      IFTTT with sonos would allow me to play a certain song when my team scores a goal, or when I get a email from a certain person...the possibilities are endless!
      Marcus Wilson
      Lyricist III
      June 16, 2014
      There is no need for IFTTT integration with SONOS anymore. SmartThings picked up the slack and did a GREAT job! I can play songs when I get home, when my team scores, tell my dogs to get out of the room, tell me goodmorning when I press my UP band button, etc etc. shit is off the chains. If you like SONOS and are starting to get into home automation, buy a SmartThings starter pack and you will be extremely happy. They have come a LONG way in the last few months. IFTTT is still chill for a free service but it will never be as good as whoever wins in the home automation game, which at this point, looks like it's going to be SmartThings
      Machiel456
      Lyricist III
      June 16, 2014
      There is no need for IFTTT integration with SONOS anymore. SmartThings picked up the slack and did a GREAT job! I can play songs when I get home, when my team scores, tell my dogs to get out of the room, tell me goodmorning when I press my UP band button, etc etc. shit is off the chains. If you like SONOS and are starting to get into home automation, buy a SmartThings starter pack and you will be extremely happy. They have come a LONG way in the last few months. IFTTT is still chill for a free service but it will never be as good as whoever wins in the home automation game, which at this point, looks like it's going to be SmartThings
      Marcus,

      Smartthings indeed looks promissing, but at the moment it's only available in the US. Besides that there are more home automation products and some of them have IFTTT support. I think IFTTT support for Sonos still makes sence and It would make endless things possible.
      User483204
      Lyricist III
      June 16, 2014
      There is no need for IFTTT integration with SONOS anymore. SmartThings picked up the slack and did a GREAT job! I can play songs when I get home, when my team scores, tell my dogs to get out of the room, tell me goodmorning when I press my UP band button, etc etc. shit is off the chains. If you like SONOS and are starting to get into home automation, buy a SmartThings starter pack and you will be extremely happy. They have come a LONG way in the last few months. IFTTT is still chill for a free service but it will never be as good as whoever wins in the home automation game, which at this point, looks like it's going to be SmartThings
      Funny you say that because I actually have smartthings and sonos. Smartthings works for about a week and then breaks and I have to reset everything. I've done it every week for the past 3 weeks. It's annoying and takes more effort than it's worth. I've had IFTTT recipes working for a year with no problems. I'd rather have IFTTT pick up the slack.
      pwhite8314
      Avid Contributor I
      June 16, 2014
      There is no need for IFTTT integration with SONOS anymore. SmartThings picked up the slack and did a GREAT job! I can play songs when I get home, when my team scores, tell my dogs to get out of the room, tell me goodmorning when I press my UP band button, etc etc. shit is off the chains. If you like SONOS and are starting to get into home automation, buy a SmartThings starter pack and you will be extremely happy. They have come a LONG way in the last few months. IFTTT is still chill for a free service but it will never be as good as whoever wins in the home automation game, which at this point, looks like it's going to be SmartThings
      I'm yet to be super-impressed by SmartThings Sonos integration (hence why it's still in Lab's, I assume).  It certainly does not allow the kind of flexibility that IFTTT would.  For a start, it's painful to configure this kind of thing via the ST app...there's so many potential conditions and triggers, it takes forever just to create one event for a particular situation.  Plus, the handling seems kind of buggy; for example, I use ST to announce the weather forecast in the morning on a specific ZonePlayer.  What actually happens is that the weather gets half announced, then quits, and the music that was playing doesn't restart, even though that option was selected.  So it's OK, but definitely not amazing at this point.
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