Does anyone know if there is a way to trigger Sonos to switch on shuffle? I have a load of bedtime songs in a Spotify playlist and am using the new IFTTT integration triggered from a Smartthings simulated switch to launch the playlist but it would be great if I could get different songs every night
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Looking through all the IFTTT Applets, I don’t think there is an option to shuffle a chosen playlist at the moment, perhaps Sonos Staff here will forward the idea to the team concerned. It would be a useful feature, I think.
Starting a shuffled playlist from the beginning every time is a real weak point in the Sonos apps. It seems like an easy thing to fix. Something like storing a pointer to the last song played and going to the next song the next time.
I posted this to another Sonos Shuffle post, so I hope it helps others in the community:
I had the same issue but I have created the following workaround which is working perfectly for me.
I had the same issue but I have created the following workaround which is working perfectly for me.
- Install the Yonomi app on your smart phone and create Yonomi account and follow prompts to link Yonomi to your Google Assistant. (Yonomi is a free voice controlled automation service which has the ability to link to both Google Assistant and to Sonos)
- In Yonomi, create a "routine" and name it "Shuffle". I have Sonos speakers in two rooms - Living Room and Bedroom. For me, having two rooms, the Yonomi routine runs two "actions" - (1) turn on Sonos shuffle in Living Room and (2) turn on Sonos shuffle in Bedroom. It sounds complicated but quite user-friendly to create.
- Once the Yonomi routine above is created, whenever I am playing a playlist which I started using my voice via Google Assistant, I then simply say "Turn on [name of Yonomi routine]" (in my case, I would say "Turn on shuffle". It's been working perfectly for weeks now.
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