Sonos doorbell

I believe you can do this now with SmartThings.

Do you know how to setup SONOS with SmartThings? Or can you point me to instructions on how to achieve it.

SmartThings can apparently control a Bose system.

I have the same issue, would love to integrate My ring doorbell to the speakers.

Maybe a good idea......maybe! Really though, do some people just try to think up some new idea for Sonos? A ringing door bell or knock on the door is hardly a new thing. How do you think we managed when playing our non-Sonos music at home and somebody was at the door?

I am a bit surprised in this day and age od IoT (Internet of Things) and Smart cities that Sonos have seemingly shied away from development of additional components including: Door Bell (which is a no brainer, could be a partnership with Ring should be a pretty simple API integration)... In car after market Wifi amp / memory stick (simply expose the wires to the car radio insert them into the small "Sonos Box" including the 12V power. Then send music to the device or connect if via your phone internet connection to your services... There are many others which at least should be going through a lab.

I have worked with a vast number of Mobile Network Operators over the last 10 years on a global basis on creating these types of services.

@Sonos CEO, you have my email address by virtue of my registration and I am also a Beta Tester for you. Ping me if you would like to discuss the business cases associated with some of these devices, capabilities and partnerships.

Does anyone from Sonos HQ monitor this? or are the comments just blowing into the wind?

Does anyone from Sonos HQ monitor this? or are the comments just blowing into the wind?

You expected an answer after 15 minutes?

On the doorbell issue, I'm pretty sure you can do this with smartthings as the common integration point. That is if you have a smartthings hub, sonos speakers, and compatable smart doorbell...like ring. It might be tricky to resume play after a doorbell ring though. Might be interesting to try.

But sonos should absolutely not make their own doorbells though. Let Ring and others do that, and let smarttthings and others be the common integration point. I somewhat see the logic of a direct ring to sonos integration, but why ring and not the others? What if the user really wants the music to stop AND the exterior lights to come on?

As far as the car goes, I like the idea, but I don't know why sonos would want enter a flooded market where their existing tech doesn't have any advantage whatsoever. Your car isn't a multi zone scenario. It's just one zone. And there isn't anything that sonos can stream that you wouldn't be able to stream through your phone + Bluetooth. Sonos won't be able to access your home file system since you are out of home wifi range.

There are cars now that have their own wifi network, but they also tend to have a highly integrated sound system. Meaning that the radio is tied to the AC is to tied the car's PC and related info, is tied to the Bluetooth phone system, etc. Why does sonos want to get involved with that?

If sonos gets involed with cars, I see it more as brand recognition thing than leveraging their tech. And I would think it wouldn't be aftermarket, but I deal with Ford on new cars for example. It makes even more sense if Amazon alexa gets involved. A car with built in wifi, Alexa voice recognition, and sonos speaker system would be amazing.

Does anyone from Sonos HQ monitor this? or are the comments just blowing into the wind?

You expected an answer after 15 minutes?

... the first post on this string is a year old... Just saying.

... the first post on this string is a year old... Just saying.

And there is less than a single page of posts in that year+, fewer than that actually supporting the idea. I'm not sure Sonos is concerned with such a fringe case with so little support. Either way, you are only going to get a canned "We will pass this along to our developers for consideration" anyway. Sonos rarely states they are working on something, unless it is a major partnership like Amazon Alexa or Apple Music.